DO NOT Buy The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 Before Watching This Video By Shane Starnes

What's up guys Shane stars here and the galaxy z4 3 is finally here. Of course, I've already got mine on pre-order. I can't wait for it to arrive. There's plenty of things to get excited about over this phone, a thinner, lighter design. We finally have water resistance on this phone, and it's overall more durable than any fold before it. However, this is not a perfect phone in this video we're going to talk about the top problems with the Galaxy Z, fold 3, and we're going to see if this should shape you're buying opinion on this phone.

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What we have here is a 4 megapixel camera that actually is kind of distracting. So when you look at the inner display, it's going to be very obvious that that camera is where it is, so you're going to see a circle of pixels. That kind of stands out when you're, looking at the rest of your content, instead of a traditional hole, punch kind of blending in with the rest of the content and being something that you can easily forget about, you actually have something that stands out and tends to be a little more distracting. Not only is it a bit distracting, but the camera quality here actually suffers. Photos taken with this camera aren't as sharp.

They tend to be overexposed and have an overall haze effect to them. I don't know that this is going to be a dealbreaker, since this is the least important camera out of all the lenses on the phone you're almost never going to be using this camera. I actually would have preferred that Samsung skipped this camera all together, instead of adding a lower quality camera. That is distracting. But that's just me.

That being said, I'm also glad that Samsung's willing to take risk here, and they are innovating with technology pushing technology forward. So another major issue has actually been an issue on all previous versions of the fold, and that is the aspect ratio. So we have a 24.5 by nine aspect, ratio which is actually perfect for gaming and scrolling through websites and things like that or, if you're doing anything, kind of productive. It's great to have all of that screen real estate. The aspect ratio is not ideal for content viewing.

So if you're, watching Netflix or say you're catching up on the latest marvel series on Disney plus you're, just going to have tons of letter bars so really when you're watching movies or TV shows or any kind of video content. You have like an inch or more letter bar on top of and below the main content. You might be better off just watching content on your front display or choosing another phone altogether. It kind of makes no use out of this big display. There is a zoom feature, so you can actually zoom in on the content and fill up the screen's display in some applications, but you do miss out on a lot of the content there, because you're actually cutting parts of the scene out of your view in order to fill up that screen.

So I'm not really sure what the fix is. I love having that big inner display. I don't like watching movies and TV shows on the fold three earlier we mentioned that it is finally water resistant, and that is true, but one thing that I do want to make clear here is: this is in no way waterproof, and it is an ipx8 water resistance rating, which means it only protects your phone in fresh water. This is not going to help in chlorinated water, so like pool water, it's not going to help with salt water. So if you take it to the beach that could be a problem.

Another issue with taking it to the beach is the fact that it includes no dust resistance, so you're not going to be able to protect it from sand or dust and dust is the main culprit of why these foldable displays go bad. So if any kind of particle or dust gets trapped inside your phone you're, probably going to have damage to your display, so hopefully, on next year's fold, we will have some dust resistance built in. I am glad that we are progressing forward here with ipx8 water resistance as long as its fresh water. Maybe you accidentally washed your phone with your jeans. Maybe you accidentally got caught in a rainstorm.

These are the things that your phone will be protected from and overall, adding any extra durability is definitely a plus in my book. I just wish there would have been a little more next up is the charge speed. So, with the Galaxy Z fold 3, you can actually charge up to 25 watts, which is as fast as you're going to be able to charge on a Samsung phone. The flip 3 can only charge at 15 watts uh. We have phones out there that you can charge up to 65 watts, I'm not really sure why we don't have that yet on Samsung phones, these are the most expensive phones on the market, yet they don't have those extremely fast charging features.

I don't know if Samsung's trying to save overall battery life, or I'm not really sure why they don't feel like they can help us with faster charging. With the current 25 watt, charge speeds you'll be able to get from zero to 30 percent in about half an hour, and it's going to take you about an hour and a half to get a full 100 charge. There are other phones in the market that can get a full 100 charge in under 30 minutes. I would love to see that on Samsung phones- we just don't have that yet. So the main three lens camera sensors on the back has not been majorly upgraded.

The one thing that I'm really missing on this device, especially since we don't have a Galaxy Note.21 ultra this year, is the telescopic zoom. So there is a telephoto lens that gives us two by optical zoom. But if you've had a Galaxy Note, 21 ultra or a galaxy s21 ultra, then you're really used to that extra telescopic, zoom uh, being able to get super clear, focused pictures at 10 by zoom or even 30 by zoom, is usable on those cameras. They're not usable on the camera on the fold. Three, so 10 by Zoom is totally trash and unusable with the fold three, and that is really disappointing.

My last gripe with the Galaxy Z fold: three, it's not the price of the phone. So okay, this is a foldable display. This is the most innovative technology in cell phones today, so eighteen hundred dollars, I'm not whining about that, especially considering the fact that they're giving us the option to trade up to four phones. Uh my pre-order for the Galaxy Z fold, three plus a watch 4 was only 600 to me. There are ways that you can get perfect value when purchasing a z-fold 3, but I do think that it is kind of a shame that at 1800 there's no s pen included Samsung in a way is forcing us to buy the z-fold 3 because they're not giving us the option for the Galaxy Note 21 ultra this year, so you know, there's no pin reservoir on the fold 3.

That would have been a nice feature. Speaking of accessories, we all know that Samsung did not include a charger in the box with the Galaxy Z fold.3. Of course, their excuse is they're trying to save the planet by not creating extra waste. I also find it interesting that in other countries like China, the charger is included with the phone. So to me, it feels kind of hypocritical we're not really trying to save the planet.

If we go ahead and include the charger in other countries, they just know they can get away with it here in the US, so they take it out, and I feel like it is more of a money saving than saving the planet, but that's just my opinion. Overall. This is really not a major upgrade from the Galaxy Z fold.2. The main updates here are the under display camera, which isn't all that great and ipx8 water resistance. If those things are important to you, of course, you're going to want to upgrade this phone if you're coming from a fold, one, or maybe you've never experienced a foldable device.

The fold 3 is actually priced less than previous versions. I do like that about the phone and, like I said, I just love using the Galaxy Z fold and this fold. Three. Of course, I'm going to have it, what do you guys think is it worth buying? Is it worth upgrading from a s21 or a note, 21 ultra to the z fold? 3? Are you guys going to order one for yourself? Let me know in the comments below I'm also going to go ahead and leave a five percent discount to the Galaxy Z fold. Three.

So if you do decide to place an order, be sure to use my link in the description below that about wraps it up for this video guys, thanks for watching be blessed I'll, see you in the next one.

Source : Shane Starnes