--- --- Nov 10, 2021 # The Return of the Flip Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  For the past few years, manufacturers have been trying to merge the functionality of smartphones with the portability of a ’00s-era flip phone—with results that were middling at best. But with the Galaxy Z Flip3, [Samsung](http://samsung.com) finally seems to have nailed it. The Z Flip is as compact as devices from two decades ago, only instead of a tiny display and physical dial pad, you get a vibrant 6.7-in. display, with another screen on the front cover so you can easily read messages or screen calls when it’s closed. Even better: the $999 price tag, making it the first mainstream phone with a foldable display that’s priced below $1,000, putting it in direct competition with high-end iPhone models. _—Jason Cipriani_ **Buy now:** [_Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3_](https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-z-flip3-5g/buy/galaxy-z-flip3-5g-256gb-unlocked-sm-f711uzkexaa/) Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112624/z-flip3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112624/z-flip3/"},"headline":"The Return of the Flip","datePublished":"2021-11-10T11:08:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:55:13.637Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112624/z-flip3/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2021"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdec22c854579ec88/698a1e9409208f23a9418707/best-inventions-2021-galaxyzflip3_5g.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdec22c854579ec88/698a1e9409208f23a9418707/best-inventions-2021-galaxyzflip3_5g.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112624/z-flip3/","name":"The Return of the Flip"}}]}] ```