Galaxy Z Flip - 24 Hours Later Review from an iPhone User By GregsGadgets

Hey, what's going on everyone Greg here, and I have a new phone, a phone that can actually fit into my shirt pocket over here. This, of course, is the Galaxy Z flip. Now they call it the Galaxy Z flip because, as you can see right here, it's closed, and I can actually just flip it open to open it. Just like that this is a foldable phone ii foldable phone from Samsung their first one was a galaxy fold that had some unfortunate events happen to it, let's just say, and now they're taking another crack at it. This time, though, with a different form factor now, if you're a normal viewer of the channel, it's no secret that I generally use an iPhone. This is the iPhone 11 Pro max right here, and this is basically the main device that I use almost every day, but that's not a foldable phone and Apple currently doesn't make a foldable phone.

This is very new technology, and it's unproven technology, which is why I really wanted to see if folding phones had any sort of merit and to do that, I actually have to use one and to use one I had to actually buy one. So that's what I did I bought the Galaxy Z flip, and this is my first experience ever using a foldable phone. But anyway, let's go ahead and talk about the Galaxy Z flip, but first, let's go back in time to when I unboxed it so the Galaxy Z flip comes in a pretty understated black box with a Z on the front of it open up the box, and you can see that we are greeted with a pamphlet touting the future changes shape, meet your Galaxy Z flip move past that, and you can see that we have the phone with a fair bit of warnings, plastered right on the front and don't worry if you accidentally peel this off too fast and didn't read the warnings. Samsung actually shows it to you again during the setup and yeah. This thing might have a glass display, but I would be very, very gentle with this phone.

Besides the phone, you also, of course, get a fast-charging power, brick, a USB, a two USB cable, a USB, a two USB adapter and some USB-C earbuds. My first experience with a foldable phone was peeling off the adhesive film, which was honestly a terrifying experience after reading all of those warnings, but once you do remove that protective plastic, you can see the full design of the Samsung Galaxy z flip. This is obviously the black version, but it also comes available in purple and in gold in some select countries. The design really reminds me of something like a Nintendo DS or probably more closely, a Game, Boy SP and, like hey check this thing out this phone actually folds, that's pretty impressive. So going back to the president after this unboxing was filmed, I then use the phone for a little over a day, and these are my first impressions.

This is in no way a full review of this device. Now, first, we obviously have to talk about that design and, more importantly, that display the Galaxy Z flip unfolded has a six point: seven-inch LED display with a resolution of 2636 by 1080, with 425 pixels per inch. It also has a weird aspect: ratio of twenty-one point: nine by nine, which makes the phone extremely long and tall and creates a big amount of black bars when watching sixteen by nine video and even two by one video, which is becoming increasingly popular but other than that. At first glance, it looks like your standard Samsung display with a hole-punch camera, except for the crease in the middle, which honestly isn't as visible as I thought. It would be if I'm staring directly at the display, I really don't even notice it, but at certain angles and in certain lighting the crease becomes clearly visible.

Now, even if you can't see the crease you'll feel it, and you'll usually notice this when you're scrolling on the device, it's almost like a slight little bump, as your finger runs along the crease. Now, of course, that crease is there for a reason, and that's because you can fold the display in half making this other I stall phone much more compact, and because you can make this seemingly big phone, much more compact by folding it. That means it fits easier into things like your jeans pocket or really any other pocket that you normally couldn't fit a big smartphone into. For example, this shirt pocket couldn't hold my iPhone 11 Pro Max, but the Galaxy Z flip it fits in there. No problem because I mean you really can't walk around like this I mean you could, but you probably wouldn't want to now folding.

This phone does make it noticeably thicker, but even in this thicker clamshell mode I found that it was much more comfortable to have in my pocket, rather than something like the iPhone 11 Pro max, which, when I do put in my pocket, is almost sticking out of the edge and I should also mention that the front of this display is actually made out of foldable glass. You heard that right, glass, not plastic, like found on the original galaxy fold and the new Motorola Razr. This is actual glass in theory. That means that this display should be more durable and much less prone to scratching I, say in theory, because to my knowledge, this is the first foldable phone that uses a foldable glass display. So basically the people buying this phone right now, people like me, we're practically beta testing Samsung's new technology.

Now the hinge which makes this folding phone possible is also rigid and sturdy enough to allow for multiple angles. So you could prop this phone up all by itself and take pictures, or you can fold it into AV shape and stand it on a table because hey why not this phone folds, perhaps that hinge, is a little too rigid, because flipping this thing open with one hand, is cumbersome to say the least. It can be done but yeah. It is not a smooth or ideal experience, but you do get that old-school, satisfying way of hanging up a phone call. So, when you're dealing with those annoying telemarketers, there's nothing more satisfying than just slamming this thing shut, the folding display can also do some other unique things like splitting the UI in the cab, and it's a nice physical split for multitasking, two apps side by side.

You also have this much smaller front display, which can still be viewed even when the phone is folded. It's a 1.1 inch display and mostly shows things like the time date and battery life or to see who's calling you. You can also scroll across the side to see notifications and other details, and you can also use it as an incredibly tiny viewfinder for your camera. Of course, you have other basic things that come on almost every other Android smartphone like a USB-C port, a fingerprint reader on the power button, which is very fast and reliable, and you also have a speaker granted it's just a mono speaker and if we're rattling off the phone specs, this thing basically has the internals of the Galaxy S 10, so a snapdragon, 855, plus 8 gigabytes of ram 256, gigabytes of internal storage, two rear-facing cameras, a wide angle and an ultra wide-angle at 12 megapixels. Here's a few picture samples, I've taken and at first glance it looks pretty similar in performance to the s10 camera I reviewed last year, maybe even the same camera system if it's using the wide and ultra wide-angle lenses, but I still have more testing to do with this camera before I can conclude that this phone also comes with a 3300 William hour battery, which may sound small for a Samsung phone.

When you consider the latest s20 has a massive 4500 William battery inside it and because I've only been using the phone for a little over a day. Now I can't give you an accurate representation of the battery performance just yet, and yet just to reiterate, these are basically last year, specs inside this phone, but that also kind of doesn't matter, because, if you're buying this phone you're buying it for the simple fact that it folds into something more compact, and that main feature is something that, after my very short time with this phone I'm, still not sure if it is actually useful or a gimmick as of right now, I'm too blown away by the fact that this is even possible. Folding a display is the stuff of science fiction, but I'm able to do it right here and right now, honestly, the main appreciation I have right now for the Galaxy Z Flip is that it just fits easier into my pocket and, while I do like that, even after a day, I've already noticed some compromises. Compromises like getting into your phone takes a few extra seconds longer when unfolded. It doesn't mold as well into your hand, and I can still feel parts like the hinge rub against my skin and its four goes.

Modern conveniences, like water resistance. Also, I, would not be bold enough to take this phone anywhere near places where there might be sand like a beach and, let's be honest, you're also paying a lot of money. One thousand three hundred and eighty dollars to get a phone that doesn't have the latest processor or cameras out of Samsung and I really do feel like I have to baby this phone, especially after seeing all of those warnings pop up, and I feel a little uneasy. Every time I have to open this phone up. But let me reiterate, for the umpteenth time in this video, practical or not.

The very mere fact that this display can fold is an amazing technological feat. I can see why other reviewers, like Mr. mobile, get excited by foldable tech, because it is something novel and while I can at least appreciate the technology that goes into that I do have to use this phone a lot more and do a lot more testing before I can really see if a foldable phone is truly the phone of the future or if it's just an expensive gimmick. Alright, everyone and that's going to do it for this video. Hopefully this video helped you out.

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