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Samsung made a welcome change to the internal design of its phones with the Galaxy S23 series earlier this year. It included a pull tab to make battery replacement easier. The company is seemingly bringing this design improvement to its foldables as well. Both Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 will have pull tabs under their batteries, a recent certification listing confirms.
The battery packs for Samsung’s 2023 foldables were recently certified by the South Korean regulatory agency Safety Korea. As usual, each device will include two batteries — one each in either half. The power units for the Galaxy Z Fold 5 bear the model numbers EB-BF946ABY and EB-BF947ABY (the device has the model number SM-F946). Likewise, batteries for the Galaxy Z Flip 5 (SM-F731) have the model numbers EB-BF731ABY and EB-BF732ABY.
Safety Korea has publicly listed its certifications for these batteries complete with their images. As you can see below, all four units have a pull tab. This would make replacing the battery a whole lot easier. Repair technicians will not have to deal with an extensive amount of glue. Simply pull out the tab and the battery will come out with it. Many brands offered this convenience for a long time, but Samsung didn’t until a few months back. It is finally listening to its fans and DIY (do it yourself) enthusiasts.
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 may feature a smaller battery
The text printed on the batteries is blurry and not legible in the images shared by Safety Korea. We can’t see their capacities. However, Galaxy Club confirms that the EB-BF731ABY (secondary battery for the Galaxy Z Flip 5) has a rated capacity of 971mAh. It’s marginally smaller than the one found inside the Galaxy Z Flip 4 (rated capacity of 1,040mAh). This suggests that the new Flip model will arrive with a smaller battery. But we can only be sure after we know the capacity of the primary battery (EB-BF732ABY).
It is worth mentioning here that Samsung tested two sets of batteries for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 last year: EB-BF721ABY/EB-BF722ABY and EB-BF723ABY/EB-BF724ABY. The latter set has a higher combined capacity and made it to the end product. So it’s possible that the new batteries certified by Safety Korea may not ship inside the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 later this year. We shall find out soon as leaks and rumors about the new foldables have started to come thick and fast. The devices will launch in the second half of 2023.
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