Galaxy Z Fold 3 Hands-on: Best Foldable Tablet Around! By PhoneArena

This is the new Samsung Galaxy z, fold, 3. The new foldable flagship, and some may call it the phone, but essentially it's a 7.6-inch folding tablet, and this latest edition is finally cheaper. Yes, it's still quite expensive. It costs about as much as two conventional flagships, but it does address many concerns about durability and also brings a newer processor, tougher, build support for the s-pen and better multitasking, hey everyone Vic with phone arena here today, and let me tell you that the z-fold 3 does not feel like a huge change over last year's z-fold 2. , but it is improved in some very important little ways and by the way we have a special z-fold 3 deals for you in the description box. You can click it right away or stick until the end for more details.

So, let's start by listing all the improvements right here. The xefo3 first is cheaper, not by much it's ever so slightly lighter still way heavier than an average flagship phone. It's also got armor aluminum for more rigid and tougher frame. The main screen also has 80 percent better durability. The cover screen on the front is the same size as before, but it now supports 120 hertz fast, refresh rate, like the main one for better consistency.

It's got the newer snapdragon triple a processor that brings the performance boost, and it's got a very interesting under display, selfie camera for a more immersive viewing experience. So, let's start with the durability. Yes, the z-fold 3 is more durable, but it's still not quite as durable as a regular phone. Let me explain why. For example, Samsung now adds support for the s-pen, but you cannot just use an earlier s-pen you may have lying around.

Samsung is selling a brand-new addition with a retractable tip that would prevent you from applying too much pressure on the screen and scratching or denting it, and all of this suggests that the company knows that the screen is still not quite as tough as on a regular phone, and do you even need a foldable phone? Slash tablet like this one. Oh, opinions are kind of split on this, but Samsung is really making a good case with better multitasking. For example, you can get three apps in split screen view and easily swap apps for better productivity. Then you can have another app floating on top of this three plus. Now you get a full-blown dock that you can have running on the side to quickly switch between us much like a full-blown desktop computer, which I find fascinating, and you still get full continuity.

So if you open an app on the cover screen, once you unfold the device, it will automatically show you the same app on the larger screen and compared to the z, flip 3. This is a vastly more immersive experience. Just take a look at the difference in screen area between these two. It is massive. Now what hasn't changed? Much is the cameras sure you have this pill-shaped camera module that looks cleaner and kind of different, but essentially you still have the same three cameras as last year.

You have your main camera, the ultra-wide one and a two time, zoom telephoto lens, and they do a good job. Don't misunderstand me, but you don't have, for example, the long range zoom that you can get on the s21 ultra, so you miss out a bit on the variety but okay, you're, probably also wondering about that cool futuristic under the screen. Camera. Interestingly Samsung had to drop the resolution for this new sensor in order to make it work and the zfo3 has a 4 megapixel sensor versus a 10 megapixel one on the previous generation, and this new camera mostly fades out of view, just as you would expect, but if you're really trying to find it, you can still notice it, especially on a white background now, as for the quality of the images, well click the card on your screen to see a detailed comparison to the regular selfie camera on the z, flip 3. But in a nutshell, this on the display, camera or UDC definitely captures softer photos with less clarity, and it's still a compromise, and that would have been pretty bad if this was the only camera to take selfies with.

But it's actually not. You can actually use the main cameras on this phone to take selfies. So you still get excellent quality, and it's easy to forgive the slightly lower quality on this newer camera, and we should also note that Samsung launches the FEFO 3 with android 11 currently, but it promises three years of android updates, so this means you're guaranteed to get android 12, android, 13 and android 14 in the future, so you're pretty much all set on the battery front. You get a 4 400 William hour cell, which is actually a bit smaller than the 4 500 William hour battery on last year's model. Now we did not have any problem getting to a full day on last year's model, so we would say that the slight cut and battery size is actually justified if you can get a lighter and slightly more compact device, which is exactly what Samsung went for and speaking of sizes here, the dimensions for the z-fold 3 against the FEFO 2.

There are some subtle differences. The new phone is thinner, less wide and 11 grams lighter. Also, very surprisingly, it's officially water resistant. Yes, a water resistant, folding phone and yes, it can be submerged in water for up to 30 minutes and survive unscathed, that's what Samsung is telling us and that just kind of wild for a foldable, the key to that is actually applying a special lubricant that will protect the smaller components inside the fold and even using a cured and placed gasket to protect the ribbons that connect the two sides of the foldable phone. So that is just plain cool, but also it kind of screams trouble for future repairs.

But we guess that's the inevitable cost of a watertight foldable phone, so that is the galaxy z43. It really is a folding tablet in my mind, rather than the phone. The changes that Samsung has made this year suggest that the company realizes that this device is still a bit too large for many people, and it understands the concerns about durability with foldable phones, so it has made it a tiny bit smaller and more durable. Still, this doesn't feel like a phone for everyone, at least to me. It's still a bit too cumbersome to carry in a pocket.

It still takes two hands to one fold that you cannot do it with just one, and the cover screen is still a bit too small for comfort. The more compact Galaxy Z, flip 3 is actually far more appealing as the mainstream phone that can easily be used by everyone, and it's also much cheaper. The xefo3 is not that, but that's okay, it's a phone for the enthusiasts who want to have something different and potentially much more powerful, even if that means a few sacrifices to comfort and for those people. We have a great deal on both the LIFO 3 and the z flip 3. Best buy is the place to buy these new foldable phones with a generous offer to save up to 400 dollars instantly on the new z series with pre-order and the qualified activation best buy, has all three z-fold 3 color ways: the silver, the green and the black one, and you can select between a 256 gig and a 512 gig model, and the discount applies across all carriers and all versions.

Usually, we would wait a bit as sensing phones typically drop in price after a while, but saving 400 dollars right away is a really sweet deal to have at launch so head on to the description box below and click on, the link to save up on the new z series. So what do you think about the zoo 3? Will this be the one to finally switch people to the foldable phone hype? And what do you think about the whole idea of carrying essentially a foldable tablet in your pocket? I'm really curious thanks for watching. My name is Vic. This is phone arena and I will talk to you in the next one.

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