Samsung’s first foldable phone, the Galaxy Fold, had a phone-to-tablet design. Its second, the Galaxy Z Flip, takes on the old-school flip phone paradigm. As a gadget freak, I dashed to be an early adopter. Since many were concerned of the phone’s durability over prolonged usage, here’s my take after 100 days with the Galaxy Z Flip.
When the Z Flip is in its folded form, it feels very snug in the palm even if it is thick. In fact, it feels like holding a rather exquisite (and large) powder compact. Its front is mostly empty real estate, save for a tiny 1.1-inch 300 x 112 pixels resolution Super AMOLED Cover Display on the bottom left, and a dual camera module on the bottom right. The front display is so tiny that it can be mistaken for not being touch responsive, but users can actually interact with it.
Some may argue, why not just utilize a larger, more useful display, like the Motorola Razr, but I think its large reflective real estate makes the Galaxy Z Flip look classier and less of a tech gadget.
One interesting thing about Z Flip is that its fingerprint scanner is located on the power button (like the Galaxy S10e). It may seem like a step back from an in-display fingerprint scanner, but ergonomically, it makes sense as you’ll have to hold the sides of the phone to flip open anyway.
This story is from the July 2020 edition of HWM Singapore.
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