Fuck Samsung, I’m glad these companies are spanking them. That said, my boss bought me a Fold5 cause you don’t say no to a free brand new phone. Its not worth the price tag buy a different foldable if you are enthusiast.
Let’s see why that might be…
- not waterproof (or resistant in any way to water)
- ugly crease in miffle of screen.
- uber sensitive “glass”
- fragile mechanical hinge
- stupidly expensive price tag
- inferior cameras when compared to slabs
Well, first you should really check the facts before you throw out some nonsense.
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The Z Folds are IPX8 water resistant. But it’s not resistant to dust.
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Having a big dynamic island taking away content on screen is actually 10000 times worse than an invincible crease when you look at the screen in front of the screen.
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Actually, the outer screen on any smartphones are likely to get cracked a long time before the inner screen on the Z Folds gets damaged.
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The hinge on the Z Fold5 is rock solid. The Z Fold4 had a bad hinge. I know because I was unlucky to get a bad hinge on my Z Fold4.
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If you look at the price on an iPhone 15 Pro Max, specifically here in Norway, you will see that the Z Fold5 with 512 GB internal storage is about 100 dollar cheaper than the iPhone 15 Pro Max with 512 GB internal storage.
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That’s true. But that doesn’t means the cameras on the Z Fold5 are bad in any ways though.
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Samsung phones are full of adware and shit. No accident they are “chosen” as top phones by reviewing websites.
Consumers don’t get the best phones in those reviews. They are paid for.
I still don’t think the tech is there. My current phone is 6 years old and there still is no reason to get a new one - I couldn’t imagine a foldable lasting that long. The ones I’ve seen in person didn’t age particulary well.
And you still have an SD card slot and headphone jack - you are ahead of the curve
Also an IR blaster as someone who also has an LG V20. It’s a shame that these phones can’t rock custom roms beyond android 8 or 9 (only if you live in Korea) due to Qualcomm refusing to give the community volte drivers and technically these phones never having an official way to unlock the bootloader. But using android 8.0 in 2024 isn’t that bad yet and I can totally justify still using a 2016 smartphone in 2024 especially when it benchmarks the same as low end smartphones today plus it has a removable battery.
I had the Z Fold 3 and now the 5. It’s great. I’d happily move to another company’s if they were just as good or better, but also cheaper. The price tag is the only issue and I managed to avoid the full price twice. First by buying a used one at half price, then trading it back to Samsung for any $800 off the 5, which was a great deal.
Foldable phones look like the best of both worlds, but that screen looks like one fold the wrong way and it’s problems.
I have the galaxy fold 4 and it is still going strong. Love that phone.
