Samsung Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 Impressions: They Settled!
Samsung Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 Impressions: They Settled!
Samsung’s Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 have settled into form
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0.06 -> - So this is the brand-new
Z Fold 5 and the Z Flip 5.
4.71 -> This is what it looks
like when Samsung settles.
8.1 -> I'll explain.
9.022 -> (upbeat music)
11.73 -> So welcome to your first look
12.78 -> at Samsung's newest
generation of foldables.
16.56 -> They look very similar to last year.
20.85 -> Matter of fact, you
probably didn't even realize
22.74 -> that this is last year's phone.
24.84 -> So Samsung makes two foldables right now.
27.15 -> There's the Z Flip 5 and the Z Fold 5.
30.51 -> Same exact shape and
dimensions as last year,
33.18 -> same aspect ratios, same
cameras, same batteries.
36.78 -> It would actually be faster for me
37.92 -> to just tell you everything
that's different,
40.14 -> so that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
41.34 -> So I'll start with the Flip
5, the more interesting one.
43.47 -> It gets an upgrade to the
new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip
46.08 -> that's been both powerful and
efficient in the S23 series,
49.23 -> and it gets a new and improved hinge
51.69 -> that's smaller in every dimension
53.52 -> and actually has less moving parts.
55.8 -> It's simpler, which should
help with everyday durability,
58.5 -> and it now allows the phone
to fold completely flat.
61.26 -> I don't really see or feel any difference
63.12 -> with the crease on the other side.
64.44 -> It's, you know, still the same tech
65.88 -> that we've been using on the
screen for a few years now.
68.13 -> It's just the fact that Samsung
has gotten rid of the gaps,
70.8 -> so it folds down a little bit
smaller, a little thinner,
73.23 -> and is less likely to
catch any dust or debris
75.15 -> on the inside because it's flat.
77.28 -> But the main upgrade
78.21 -> is definitely the larger outside screen.
80.55 -> So this is something
that's slowly, steadily
82.95 -> been getting bigger and
bigger with each generation.
85.02 -> The Z Flip 4, you might
remember, had the biggest yet.
87.54 -> That was a 1.9-inch cover display.
89.76 -> This one is graduating up
to a 3.4-inch Flex window
95.04 -> that goes almost from corner to corner
97.38 -> 'cause, you know, you
gotta name everything.
99.15 -> It's very clearly not quite as bold
102.54 -> as what Motorola did with the Razr Plus,
105.45 -> which is this crazy,
107.01 -> it's actually corner to corner basically,
108.54 -> and there's, like,
cutouts for the cameras,
110.43 -> which, it's pretty sick.
111.84 -> It's very visually striking.
113.16 -> But the idea is the same,
115.56 -> which is that it's giving you
116.52 -> more readable, glanceable information
118.17 -> and making it more usable
before you even open it.
120.69 -> So as the size of the
outside display has expanded,
123.3 -> so has the size of the dozen-plus widgets
126 -> that work on the outside screen,
127.35 -> showing you everything
from clocks and timers
129.9 -> to notifications and messages.
132.6 -> There's also a new pinch
gesture to zoom out,
135.45 -> and it'll show you
136.283 -> all of the widget
screens you have enabled,
138.36 -> which is kind of smart.
139.59 -> Kind of feels smart watch-ish.
141.18 -> But anyway, the new screen is also covered
142.86 -> in Gorilla Glass Victus 2,
144.21 -> as well as the back of the phone.
146.13 -> And that's it. That's all that's new.
150.18 -> New cover screen, new chip, new hinge.
152.46 -> Everything else,
153.54 -> everything else from the
cameras to the battery
156.03 -> to the charging speed to the crease,
158.19 -> the speakers, the inside screen
159.69 -> is all the same as last year,
161.67 -> except the base storage
162.87 -> because the $1,000 starting price
164.94 -> now will get you 256 gigs
of storage instead of 128.
169.62 -> That's good to see.
170.453 -> So then the Z Fold 5, the big dog,
172.89 -> actually has even less new here.
175.05 -> So it also gets the new chip,
177.33 -> it's also got Gorilla Glass Victus 2,
179.28 -> and it also has a new hinge.
181.8 -> And I don't think that
should be underrated.
183.06 -> Like, that's clearly one
of the most important parts
184.74 -> of a folding phone,
185.573 -> so the fact that it
now is slightly thinner
187.98 -> and slightly more durable
and folds completely flat,
191.1 -> all of that is thanks to the
hinge and that's all sweet.
193.08 -> But then also,
193.913 -> the inside display is now
actually much brighter.
196.44 -> It gets up to 1,750 nits,
199.62 -> which is dramatically
better than last year,
201.42 -> which was 1,000 nits, so that's awesome.
204.12 -> And then, yeah, that's it.
207.18 -> Like, the outside screen
208.17 -> is the same tall 6.2-inch cover display.
211.8 -> The triple camera system on the back
213.36 -> appears to be exactly the same hardware.
215.55 -> The under-display
4-megapixel selfie camera
218.04 -> hidden in the big display
is also exactly the same.
221.79 -> The battery size is the same,
223.29 -> the charging speeds are the same,
224.73 -> it's IPX8 water resistant again.
226.71 -> There is a new S Pen. I'll say this.
228.69 -> The S Pen for Fold is now 40%
thinner than the last one.
233.31 -> It still doesn't go inside the phone
234.9 -> like a S23 Ultra or a Galaxy Note used to,
237.78 -> but at least if you wanna
carry it alongside the phone
239.97 -> in that little case they made for it,
241.26 -> it'll stick out way less
because it's this flat shape.
243.51 -> And there are some software improvements,
245.4 -> like a few more optimized apps,
247.32 -> you know, like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube,
249.72 -> when the screen is open or halfway open.
251.88 -> And the improved task bar at the bottom
254.37 -> can now show up to four
of your most recent apps,
258.06 -> which, I guess that goes
pretty hard for multitasking.
260.52 -> But, you know, I believe these things
261.9 -> can also make it to the last gen Fold.
263.64 -> All that being said,
264.473 -> that phone's also gonna
start at the same price
266.04 -> as last year, $1,799.
268.492 -> I saw all this stuff,
269.46 -> and Samsung told me about the phones,
270.93 -> and I was thinking about
it for a little bit,
273.15 -> and I guess I kind of
came to the conclusion
276.12 -> that this is just the Samsung way.
279.66 -> It's not like they're
getting lazy or something,
281.61 -> like it's a small, minor update,
283.05 -> and that's all Samsung ever does anymore.
284.58 -> But it's more just,
285.57 -> this is on this state
of foldables in general
288.72 -> and where Samsung sits in that space.
290.67 -> So I made a video like a year
ago on the state of foldables
294.36 -> 'cause we had a bunch of them coming out,
296.49 -> and I'll leave a link below
if you wanna watch it,
298.59 -> but basically the conclusion I came to
300.51 -> is there are three form factors
that we've been settling on,
305.7 -> which is the Flips, the
Folds, and the others.
309.99 -> And so my theory on the way
Samsung operates in this space
312.78 -> is, basically, they're so settled
315.63 -> into these two form factors
317.43 -> and being safe with these
and churning along with them
319.71 -> that any drastic change, any
major change that I would want
323.19 -> would actually probably
just be a new phone.
324.99 -> Like, okay, think about this.
326.16 -> In the past, we've typically seen Samsung
328.26 -> just throw stuff at the wall
just to see what sticks.
330.69 -> They're not afraid to have
1,000 different phones
332.43 -> in their lineup.
333.33 -> They practically invented big phones.
335.55 -> Do you remember the Samsung Galaxy Mega?
338.91 -> This is gonna sound crazy,
339.93 -> but one day, Samsung decided
to just make a gigantic phone.
343.74 -> Compared to what else was out,
345.03 -> it looked like this next to
normal phones at the time.
347.73 -> But sure enough, over
the years, guess what?
349.62 -> We kind of settled into that form factor,
351.93 -> and that 6.3-inch Galaxy Mega today
354.42 -> would be a pretty
normal-sized flagship phone.
356.7 -> You remember the Galaxy Note Edge?
358.77 -> Eight years ago, Samsung
tried curving the display
361.59 -> over the edge of the side of the phone
363.12 -> when no one else had
really done that before,
364.65 -> and now they've been settling
365.7 -> into that sort of thing ever since.
367.62 -> Same deal with the Note and styluses.
370.02 -> So as I hold the new Z Fold 5,
372.75 -> yeah, it's super similar
to last year's phone,
374.58 -> which was a really good phone,
375.57 -> but the thing is now that I've
held some of these others,
377.91 -> like the OPPO and
especially the Pixel Fold,
380.7 -> I am struck by how tall and narrow
384.15 -> Samsung's outside cover screen is.
386.37 -> It doesn't feel nearly as
natural as the Pixel Fold.
388.92 -> And I don't really enjoy typing on it
390.21 -> or watching content on a display
391.74 -> that's so tall and
awkwardly shaped either.
394.2 -> But for whatever reason,
395.19 -> it feels like Samsung
is so set on settling in
398.88 -> and just iterating on
these two form factors
401.4 -> that they've already made.
402.6 -> So if they were to decide, "Oh, yeah,
404.4 -> we should make, like, a more
passport-shaped foldable,"
408.81 -> I think they'd just make
a whole nother phone.
411.06 -> So there's a bunch of other smaller things
412.53 -> I was really hoping to see in this update,
415.02 -> like an improvement on the
under-display selfie camera
417.48 -> that I've been talking
about on the inside screen.
419.55 -> But this appears to be literally
the exact same hardware,
422.52 -> so you're still gonna
have some heavy processing
425.16 -> and some rough image quality there.
426.96 -> It would've been nice to see
the improved back cameras
429.78 -> get closer to the flagship
status of the S23 series,
432.63 -> but they're also using the same sensors
434.52 -> back there again as well, which were fine.
437.16 -> A bigger capacity battery
would've been cool to see
439.62 -> to match the Pixel Fold
441.06 -> or even a slot where
the new super slim S Pen
443.76 -> maybe could've been
stored inside the phone.
445.38 -> That would've been legitimately
very impressive innovation.
448.17 -> But still, even leaving
so many of these things
450.51 -> literally the same as last year,
452.49 -> collectively, it's still
gonna be a pretty safe phone.
455.55 -> As far as folding phones
that you can buy right now,
457.56 -> this one's still gonna be really good.
459.57 -> There's also some other
hardware, by the way,
460.95 -> at this announcement.
461.85 -> Samsung did this whole Unpacked event.
463.65 -> There's some incremental
improvements on the watches
465.78 -> with bigger screens and
thinner rotating bezels
468.45 -> that are super sweet.
469.29 -> And the new S9 series of tablets,
471.45 -> they just got the new
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip as well.
473.97 -> And I still just love
the S9 Ultra so much.
477.57 -> What a ridiculous,
awesome, gigantic tablet
481.17 -> with a 14-1/2-inch, 120-hertz display,
484.02 -> just a razor-thin monster media device.
486.96 -> I'm just glad this exists,
488.13 -> so just wanted to shout that out.
489.84 -> But that's all we've got for now.
491.01 -> I'm super curious to hear
what you guys actually think
493.32 -> of Samsung keeping especially
the $1,800 folding phone price
497.43 -> and not really changing much,
499.47 -> but let me know.
501.36 -> Till the next one.
502.71 -> Catch you guys later. Peace.
504.98 -> (upbeat music)
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