![]() ![]() And for something like the Z Flip series, Samsung actually has done a decent job of that. ![]() That’s kind of disappointing because after five generations, you like to see Samsung leverage its size to scale down the price of foldables. And other big foldables from China, like the Oppo Find N2, are doing a better job at eliminating the crease.īut perhaps more importantly, the Z Fold 5 still costs $1,800, which is ludicrously expensive. On the Pixel Fold, which is Google’s first foldable phone by the way, we got an interesting new design that’s even thinner than the Z Fold 5 while having a similarly sized screen plus a longer 5x optical zoom, not to mention Google’s superior photo processing. However, my issue with the Z Fold 5 is that while a lot of the changes are nice in a vacuum, for a company that has had such a head start in the foldable phone space, it seems like Samsung isn’t pushing that advantage as hard as it should. And while the taskbar is largely the same as before, there are now four spots for recent apps (up from just two).įinally, while there’s still no room for it inside the device itself, Samsung has created a new S Pen for the Galaxy Z Fold 5 that’s around 40 percent thinner than before that works with a revamped and more compact phone case so there’s somewhere to stash it when it’s not being used. But I like the direction Samsung is going, it reminds me of dragging a file down to the taskbar in Windows which gives you more of a taste of desktop-style productivity. Depending on where things are on the screen, sometimes it feels like you’re playing Twister with your fingers. You can also drag and drop files and photos from one app to another without being in multitasking mode by touching and holding on something, and then using a different finger to open a new app from the taskbar. Alternatively, if you want to minimize an app into windowed mode, there’s a new diagonal swipe in from the corner of the display. When you want to quickly get into side-by-side app view, there’s a simple two-finger swipe in from the left or right. Those who can ignore the divot though, will find a few new gestures to make multitasking on that expansive screen just a bit easier. That said, it still has a crease, which may be an issue for some. ![]() That main screen’s peak brightness is now the same as what you get on an S23 Ultra at 1,750 nits, which is rather impressive for a flexible display. ![]() You still get a skinny baton-like shape with a 6.2-inch OLED Cover screen along with that big 7.6-inch main display on the inside, both of which sport 120Hz refresh rates. The screens are also essentially the same. Though, Samsung says it’s added some new processing tricks. As for its cameras, we’re looking at essentially the same general setup as on the Z Fold 4 highlighted by a 50-MP main camera, a 12-MP ultra-wide and a 10-MP telephoto with a 3x optical zoom. However, the Z Fold’s battery is staying pat at 4,400 mAh, so Samsung is really relying on power efficiency gains to deliver longer runtimes. On the inside, you get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy for increased performance along with 12GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. ![]()
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