Samsung Z Flip 5 Review: I Was Wrong!
Samsung Z Flip 5 Review: I Was Wrong!
I was wrong about how much I’d like the Galaxy Z Flip 5
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0 -> all right so
1.68 -> I was wrong about the Z flip 5.
6.359 -> kinda
7.74 -> kinda
11.519 -> all right so this is the new z-flip 5
14.16 -> from Samsung this is their smaller
15.839 -> folding phone again starting at a
17.699 -> thousand bucks and in nearly the same
19.74 -> dimensions as last year's four and I
22.32 -> remember when it first got announced we
23.4 -> had some well-respected reviewers saying
25.199 -> this changes everything this is the big
27.599 -> upgrade it's the biggest upgrade ever
29.88 -> and my impression was they've settled
33.48 -> here now to be fair my video was
34.92 -> examining both the flip 5 and the fold
37.739 -> five and looking at how much like the
39.84 -> foldables world has evolved in the past
41.64 -> year and how much Samsung seems to be
43.739 -> sticking to their tried and true form
45.78 -> factors so it just feels like they're
47.219 -> refining and settling into their
48.84 -> positions but now after using the flip 5
50.7 -> much more over the past couple days I
52.739 -> gotta say I was wrong about this phone
55.219 -> uh this is actually one of the biggest
57.539 -> updates yet so basically there's three
59.219 -> main new differences with this phone
60.78 -> over the Z flip 4 which are the chip the
64.86 -> hinge and then the new outside display
66.659 -> and I'm gonna go in order of importance
68.4 -> here actually because I think it's a
69.84 -> pretty clear order so first of all well
71.76 -> they got this new overclocked Snapdragon
73.74 -> 8 Gen 2 chip in here great it's now up
76.979 -> to date with the latest flagships it's
78.659 -> the same one that's in the s23 and s23
80.82 -> Ultra and yeah it's been a great chip
82.799 -> you know the phone is super responsive
84.36 -> it can handle multitasking since it's
86.759 -> paid with eight gigs of RAM it's Snappy
88.979 -> apps open quickly there's no issues here
91.2 -> it can also handle heavy gaming and I
93.42 -> don't even gain much on my phone but it
94.68 -> can do it it's great the other half of a
96.299 -> great ship though is efficiency so when
99.06 -> I saw Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy I
103.38 -> was hoping to see maybe an improvement
105.72 -> in overall battery life
107.939 -> but I didn't and I mean I guess I
109.68 -> shouldn't be surprised considering the
111.36 -> physical battery size is still the same
113.46 -> it's still 3 700 milliamp hours but it's
115.619 -> got way more pixels now to power which
117.78 -> we'll talk about that in a second so the
119.28 -> new chip fine but y'all have heard me
121.56 -> talk about the hinge though the hinge
123.24 -> being the most important physical part
126.299 -> of a folding phone you can't Ace a
128.819 -> folding phone without acing the hinge
132.06 -> and this hinge is nice so Samsung for
134.04 -> the first time has actually taken Parts
136.319 -> out of and simplified the hinge of this
138.72 -> phone which has resulted in less moving
140.879 -> Parts which is typically a win for
142.92 -> long-term durability but also means a
145.14 -> little less volume and a little less
146.4 -> thickness around the back of the phone
147.84 -> shout out to dave2d for this graphic
150.36 -> basically illustrating the new internal
153.14 -> multi-axis folding mechanism that allows
155.58 -> the OLED inside to have this slightly
158.16 -> gentler wider radius when it's folded up
160.68 -> which should put less stress through the
162.84 -> middle honestly I don't notice a huge
165.18 -> difference with the crease it's still
166.98 -> clearly there like it's one of those
168.12 -> things where you turn the screen off or
169.739 -> look off axis and it's very obvious but
172.14 -> once you get into the flow of using the
173.7 -> phone it's very easy to forget about
175.22 -> honestly the most important difference
177.3 -> here with the hinge is actually just
178.92 -> that it folds completely flat now so
181.319 -> every z-flip up to this point has folded
184.26 -> shut with just like a little small Gap
186.48 -> that could get you know a little bit of
188.64 -> dust a little bit of sand a little bit
190.379 -> of dirt inside which is not great when
193.5 -> the inside screen is the most delicate
195.239 -> part of the phone so now all these
196.86 -> folding phones across the board from
198.239 -> everybody they're all working towards
200.099 -> this gapless close it's still
202.8 -> technically not fully dust resistant I
205.739 -> mean it has an ipx8 rating again the 8
208.019 -> means it can be splashed but the X means
210.36 -> no official dust resistance yet but it's
212.94 -> also an even more satisfying clap now
218.819 -> and yeah it's also just it's slightly
220.44 -> more firm it's a nice sturdy hinge every
222.84 -> year which is hard to appreciate until
224.819 -> you go back to the earliest folding
226.44 -> phones and see how loose those were I
228.239 -> still personally hardly ever use those
229.62 -> like half folded features where you can
231.36 -> like prop it up and use the camera like
232.92 -> this or like watch videos or whatever
234.239 -> but look a good hinge is a good hinge
237.12 -> but the biggest change to this phone is
239.4 -> clearly the bigger screen on the outside
243.72 -> so let's talk about it so the z-flip has
246 -> gone from this tiny little 1.9 inch slot
249.36 -> to a full squared 3.4 inch 720p cover
253.92 -> screen called the flex window this is
256.68 -> huge it's a massive Improvement that's
258.419 -> way more screen for checking the time or
260.699 -> reading notifications way more screen
262.68 -> for framing up pictures with the primary
264.54 -> cameras on the outside it's a huge win
266.28 -> for all that stuff and then also sends
268.139 -> us this huge new screen they've sort of
269.58 -> organized this UI of up to 11 pages of
273 -> apps that you can flip through uh sort
275.759 -> of encouraging you to use the outside
277.74 -> screen more you're using a phone without
279.36 -> even opening it so you can fully unlock
281.04 -> and then just start swiping over to
283.32 -> either quickly View and organize your
285.12 -> notifications or move between all these
287.46 -> full screen widgets I have a calendar
289.08 -> widget of course which is scrollable
291.06 -> you've got a scrollable weather widget
293.4 -> basically these are all not even really
295.56 -> widgets they're more like mini apps that
297.419 -> have been specifically Built For This
299.1 -> outside screen to be fully functional
301.5 -> and optimized and then it if you're
304.139 -> feeling bold you can also jump into the
306.54 -> lab settings and start enabling other
309.139 -> non-optimized apps to also work on the
312.479 -> outside screen so there's no question
314.4 -> you can do way more with this outside
317.22 -> screen than you ever could before on the
319.74 -> flip the question that's up to you now
322.02 -> really is just will you actually use it
325.259 -> like how will you use it and it's a
327.479 -> surprisingly hard question to answer
328.68 -> like when I first saw the phone get
330.12 -> released you know at first you see that
332.639 -> gets a bigger outside screen but I
333.96 -> honestly thought I wouldn't use it much
335.22 -> like I thought I would just continue to
336.72 -> use the phone mostly open and I would
339.12 -> enjoy the barrier between me and endless
342.06 -> Doom scrolling and maybe I'd check the
344.34 -> time or some notifications a little bit
345.72 -> more on the outside
346.919 -> but I was wrong basically the thing that
348.539 -> I found I do much more often especially
350.88 -> like early in the day is notification
352.979 -> management just triaging going through
355.38 -> at the beginning through a bunch of
356.699 -> notifications and clearing through the
358.38 -> ones I don't need reading the ones that
360.36 -> I do need to see that's way better than
362.82 -> opening the phone and like accidentally
364.38 -> starting to Doom scroll through Tick
366.18 -> Tock or something so in the lab settings
367.919 -> there's basically only a few apps that
369.539 -> you can actually officially enable on
371.52 -> the outside screen it's basically Maps
373.88 -> messaging apps and then Netflix and
376.86 -> YouTube for some reason for you psychos
378.78 -> out there I definitely tried to answer
381.12 -> some texts with the full qwerty keyboard
383.88 -> that shows up on the outside screen now
385.88 -> and yeah it technically works but it's
388.199 -> like all right do we really want to be
389.94 -> doing this like my hands are too big to
391.56 -> be typing on this small of a keyboard
393 -> regularly maybe a few quick responses to
395.4 -> stuff here and there maybe voice to text
397.44 -> a little more often but nothing too
398.819 -> crazy there's actually also even a whole
400.86 -> app in the Samsung Galaxy store called
403.44 -> good luck with an extension called
405.18 -> multi-star and basically if you have
407.639 -> both of these it lets you add a launcher
409.74 -> to the outside screen with literally any
412.199 -> app on your phone and so you can go
414.12 -> through and experiment and find all
415.8 -> kinds of weird stuff that kind of works
418.199 -> here like you can technically just
420 -> scroll through Twitter through X if you
423.06 -> want to you can flip through your
425.34 -> favorite Reddit app before it disappears
426.84 -> or you can move around Spotify playlists
428.699 -> and these are all kind of not bad
431.16 -> there are also plenty of apps that are
433.199 -> an absolute nightmare that look
434.639 -> ridiculous in a square so I wouldn't
436.56 -> recommend that but I still feel like the
439.139 -> whole point of having a flipping phone
442.759 -> Remains the Same like I this barrier
446.46 -> between open and and shut like it's nice
449.22 -> to have the outside functionality but
450.96 -> this action really signifies okay now
454.02 -> I'm about to get in and like actually do
455.58 -> something on my phone it just really
456.9 -> becomes up to you where that line is of
460.139 -> like when do you open it versus when you
462.599 -> do something on the outside and I think
464.46 -> that my theory is it's just time it's
467.46 -> just how long does that action take so
469.979 -> if it's just checking your notifications
472.259 -> or just reading the time or something
474.18 -> quick like that or pausing your music
475.56 -> that takes two seconds green light like
478.319 -> that could be on the outside screen but
481.199 -> watching a two-hour Netflix documentary
484.199 -> or something that takes like writing an
485.759 -> email you don't want to do that on the
487.5 -> outside screen that's that's a red light
489.78 -> and then there's a whole bunch of stuff
491.22 -> kind of somewhere in the middle like
493.319 -> flipping through a new playlist in
495.36 -> Spotify maybe or
497.28 -> checking your calendar or just like
499.02 -> little brief stuff
500.4 -> that's up to you so yeah if I could give
502.259 -> Samsung any feedback on this thing that
505.5 -> they've made here I mean I think they
507.3 -> will continue to settle into this
509.039 -> General shape I think they're pretty
510.66 -> locked in with it but two things one the
513.779 -> outside screen is 720p and if you look
516.12 -> closely enough you can see some pixels
518.76 -> so maybe a little resolution bump would
520.26 -> be nice but I think more importantly
522.12 -> actually is ltpo this is a 60 hertz
526.32 -> outside screen so it's 60 hertz all the
528.54 -> time and I think if you had an ltpo
530.82 -> screen first of all it would match the
532.68 -> 120 hertz Max refresh of the inside
534.74 -> which it's not the end of the world that
536.88 -> they're different but also that could
538.32 -> save battery life being able to go down
540.959 -> to one Hertz when you're only just like
542.82 -> play pausing music or reading a quick
544.98 -> notification or something that could
546.899 -> help with the relatively small batteries
549.12 -> on these phones oh and uh
551.16 -> maybe add decks
554.7 -> that would be kind of nice too so all
556.5 -> right at the end of the day should you
557.76 -> buy the z-flip 5. honestly the truth is
561.839 -> that I think this is the best folding
563.7 -> phone on the planet for the most people
566.16 -> right now it's a great high-end chip the
568.86 -> cameras are still solid the battery life
571.2 -> is at least decent like the fingerprint
572.94 -> reader is super fast it hits a lot of
574.44 -> fundamental stuff it's not missing any
576.48 -> massive features you got wireless
577.68 -> charging ipx8 and they raise the base
581.399 -> storage from 128 to a respectable 256
584.64 -> gigs for the thousand dollar starting
585.959 -> price which is about as good as it gets
588 -> with foldables and yeah the colors
589.56 -> aren't that interesting but I do love a
591.42 -> extremely easy to install dbrand skin on
594.72 -> the back since it's literally just a
596.459 -> square of glass so I'd drop the icon
598.44 -> skin on there easiest install of my life
600.24 -> but yeah until they do make some big
602.519 -> jump in the form factor or some change
604.56 -> to this thing as long as they're
606.18 -> settling into this this is the safest
608.22 -> easiest to recommend foldable on the
610.44 -> planet
611.16 -> easy and it even has a five year window
614.7 -> of security updates like this feels like
616.56 -> this feels like the iPhone of Android
620.399 -> foldables
621.959 -> I made a video about the iPhone of
623.519 -> Android I'll link that below if you want
624.779 -> to check that out too but either way
627.54 -> that's been it thanks for watching
630.24 -> catch you in the next one peace
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuljKartv2U