Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Galaxy Fold 4 vs Galaxy Flip 4: Don’t make a mistake!”.
Thanks to bridge for sponsoring a portion of this video, it’s probably one of my favorite times of the year right now, new foldables. I know we’re still in the early phases of what foldables are going to be, but every generation can’t help but get excited. So this year with Samsung, we have the z-fold 4 and the Z flip four and I think for a lot of people. The Wonder of foldable is starting to wear off and now Samsung is left with, like a prove it is there a value with this form factor, so I’m going to take the flip in the fold, not nutritional verses, but determine whether or not this is kind of An S year or if Samsung is finally made the perfect foldable devices for everybody. Let’S talk about traditionally, I started off these Versa videos with a blind camera test, but since both of these phones basically treat photos more or less the same, I should put up examples for you from both phones. You can see how they look uh to my eye. These photos on each phone look great. Are they better than last year’s subjectively? Maybe that’s kind of a nebulous answer: uh they’re a little punchier in the shadows and colors, which is a look. I prefer some of you, though, on YouTube. Let me know in the comments I prefer a flatter warmer, more sort of true to life photo, which last year’s versions these phones had. In fact, here are some pictures of last year’s phones compared to this year’s and, as you can see, uh Samsung did indeed return to their more like classic Samsung look of higher saturation that they’ve been known for. However, they did keep the slightly warmer tone from last year’s processing, and I think this year with the flip 4 and the fold 4, the struck a nice balance between white balance and vibrancy. That now puts these closer to the photos that are coming out of their Ultra line and when I say coming out Ultra line, I’m talking just software wise Hardware Wise. It’S still like the plus line, and that is probably one of my biggest gripes with the z-fold. Four for, depending on when you buy it or how much run 1800 bucks, that is clearly flagship phone prices, and I think for that price you should get the best camera Hardware that Samsung has, and that would be the camera Hardware that is on the ultra. Now. It’S not a knock on what’s here again.
What we’ve got is essentially the camera Hardware from the s22 plus line, but I still believe it should be the best that Samsung has to offer. The camera Hardware is still generally the same between the flip and the fold. Aside from the three times telephoto, that’s only on the z-fold 4., if you’re like me and love the zoom, then you’re going to want to go for the fold. The flip will have digital zoom up to 10x and the folds got it to 30.
But honestly, those get to be like Picasso, looking oil paintings, they’re usable uh, but not great. So I think that the main thing that I can say about cameras and photos on these phones uh compared to last year’s, is the photos on this. Current generation feel current generation. Last year’s foldables were using Hardware that was essentially one generation behind Samsung is definitely fixed that, while the difference in the photos might feel small, I think overall I’d be much happier if these newer versions, if you were someone sort of holds onto these phones uh for Two or three years, the flip 4, the full force photos ink, will age a lot better than the flip 3 and the full 3’s will.
A video on both of these devices is on par with the s22 ultra the help of that Snapdragon, 8 plus gen 1. A Samsung and Android really as a whole. I think it’s been stepping up their game last figures of the video and I love to see it. That was a big knock on Android devices years ago.
No longer the case, the fall does have the ability to film uh. 8K. 24. One feature: that’s not on the flip.
I don’t use it often, but it is nice to have, but if you’re looking to buy one of these phones, I think you expect the camera to be some version of good to great and I think for the most part they are that’s not why. At least, I believe, a lot of people are shelling out all the money uh for these devices, especially on the fold side and that’s the design and what you get with that side. So one’s a flippy boy, one’s a foldy boy, this one better than the other to me, 100. But it depends on who you ask and before we get into who, I think each one is for here’s, some updates that were made from the previous generation for both the biggest change you’re going to see on these phones, something that’s designed to be taken for granted.
That’S a hinge on both phones. The hinges are a little more reinforced, a little stronger and a little more reliable and that’s the most important part of what a folding phone should do right. It’S got to be what it was designed to do every single time without fear of breaking it, and the hinges feel a little harder to open, and I kind of like that. It was a little bit more like reassurance with the devices instead of that confidence in the hinge.
So it’s definitely not something we had in the first gen we didn’t know if the design was going to stay if it was just a first first gen thing, but it does appear that Samsung is leaning heavily into that original design of both phones as working to Perfect it and to solve the problems that went along with it and just kind of just refine the whole thing I give Sam some credit here whether it was a brilliant decision or a stubborn decision, except for that OG design for the most part and have just Made it better and I think after the first two generations of the fold, I think it’s shifting slowly from like an Enthusiast device to a more consumer oriented phone and that’s awesome uh to see to have, especially as somebody who loves the tech behind it. So, on the flip, my knock on, it is still the same knock I’ve had since gen 1, hoping the outside front screen would have been a little bit. Bigger does seem that Samsung has settled on that size. They have added, though, to their credit, uh, more widgets and features that you can use on the screen. So it does feel more functional, but the function is just not great.
For me, you can see who’s calling. You can see some notifications, you can control. You know your Wi-Fi and some quick settings on there.
I didn’t find it over the useful. I wish I did a little bit more. Maybe the whole outside could be a screen, but it is what it is and if I’ve ever seen a phone that needs redundant. Biometrics uh, it is the Z flip of any generation.
First of all, when you open it, it would be awesome if there’s some sort of facial recognition or even bring back the old. What iris skating they had on the S9 it’d be a perfect opportunity as you open this phone and start scanning your face and then unlock now, the fingerprint reader on the right does work well, but if you’re left-handed, I imagine that could be a problem for you. There’S no fingerprint reader in the screen either so you’re left but sort of one method of Biometrics, or I guess technically two. If you want to use a very, very, very, not secure sort of photo recognition they can use on that front-facing camera. I still think that’s a Miss for Samsung on both these foldable devices. On the full side, the outside screen did get a little update and by little I mean three millimeters uh. It’S that much wider due to shrinking bezels, not a huge difference, but I think it’s one that I think actually did make a decent difference in actual usage. That outside screen also has stronger gorilla glass.
So a bit more durability. If you’re going to be very, very brave trout without a case, I’m gon na take a break from things that flip and fold uh to talk about something, I guess also flips and folds. I’Ve been talking about the surface line of laptops for a while. They are my go-to computers in the windows, world uh and the latest is the Surface Pro 8..
It’S an amazing machine. We talked about it, you know about it, but one thing: I think that it’s missing is a really good keyboard option. Microsoft is happy to sell you one that does a decent job, but it’s not perfect. Bridge has built the perfect keyboard for the Surface Pro 8, but it does more. Just give you a great surface to type on which it does. It also gives you antimicrobial protection.
It also gives you a place to put your pen it’ll, also give you a one year, warranty which, in all fairness, may not need considering how like beefed up and tough. This thing is: it’ll, keep your Surface Pro 8 well protected, but the warranty is at least nice to have gives you amazing. Key travel gives you great trackpad support and there’s no pairing needed at all with secure connect drop this thing in and you’re my favorite thing about it is that actually angles itself up a little bit like a traditional laptop when you type so you don’t have any Wrist issues, then, if you want undock it and use it as a tablet, so you’re getting tablet when you want it laptop when you need it Bridges, the name and reputation you know, will deliver a quality product. If you are using a Surface Pro 8 or even debating getting one, you’ve got to check out the bridge SP Max Plus, so we’re the where the magic happens for both uh is when you open the screens. So the screens this year look and feel really good. As you’d expect they’re Samsung screens, they always look good. The protective film on each which, just so you’re aware, should not be removed. As we learned with the Gen 1 flip, it actually feels like a screen instead of a soft kind of greasy mess. Uh, like previous years, it’s more refined like the phone itself. Uh the crease in the middle doesn’t feel any smoother or any less greasy, but I’ve noticed it less and less as the years have gone on.
I know that’s a big knock on people. You can see the crease personally, since I have a screen, that’s folding! I can easily look past it. I don’t notice it after a few hours, but if you care about a crease, then don’t buy a phone with a crease, but if you’re on the fence, I do think you probably won’t notice it after a short period of time, something I did notice on the Fold was in a taskbar, it’s built into Android 12l that has been awesome for multitasking when you open the phone up like a book uh, there’s icons that shrink to the bottom, like a dock kind of giving you more space on this giant screen to do what It is designed to do if you get a customize and access recently used apps. You can access all your apps too.
If you want, on the left side, sub navigation buttons there as well again this device and the execution feels way more mature, and I think part of this maturity comes from not just the hardware but the software as well so Android 12l and I imagine 13 – will Come eventually has been a welcome addition for these larger screen. Phones, it’s on Android tablets for almost a year, but it feels designed for these affordables and again. Things like the taskbar have been great for multitasking and features like apps automatically adapting and scaling when the phone is sort of bent and kind of tabletop mode and half open.
Uh is awesome, especially for video calls. Not every app is going to be supported, but the ones that do work great, hopefully more, will come over time. The other knocks and people have on the fold is the underscreen camera on the big foldable display. It doesn’t look great here are some samples from it. As you can see, it’s not awesome, but that’s mostly used for video calls.
You can use the other screens for selfies and pictures do the nature of the foldable. I think it’s so cool that it’s there to have a camera built under a display. Again, it’s a lot great but for video calls it works. Absolutely perfect.
Foldables to me still feel Cutting Edge, and I still have that Wonder, especially on the fold side being able to open something on that outer screen and then open up the phone and have it automatically be on a larger kind of mini tablet. Display is incredible: it’s a really cool use of tech. Now neither of these phones are necessary for anybody, but they do add something you’re, adding a bigger screen, you’re, adding a smaller form factor. It can go into a pocket or a purse more easily.
That’S really cool: are they worth the premium price? Probably not if you’re going based on a sheer rational decision, but the emotional side of me loves these things and a lot of people really love the flip for the form factor. I’M not a flip guy. I feel like I’m a fold purist. I just love having that giant screen.
It’S really new on the flip. When you open it up, you have a pretty just skinny typical candy bar style foam, but on the fold you get two form factors in one and for me I absolutely love that, so I’m always a guy. That goes for the fold, but I know a lot of people out there, love flip. So at least now you have a choice.
If you want something foldable, do you want different form factor or you want just a smaller one, you put easily in your pocket. So all that stuff aside, I think battery could make a decision easier for you. So the fold has the same 4400 million dollar battery as last year and if you like battery life on that was fine uh this year, though, with the Snapdragon 8 plus gen 1.
The battery should have been a little bit better with how efficient that chip is uh for the fold. It seemed almost exactly the same for me here. The battery life improvements did show up, though, or in the flip, they increase the actual capacity. It’S 3 700 milliamps up from 3 300 last year and again, when you pair that, with the 8 plus gen one inside there are gigantic and battery life improvements. Now, if you’re a heavy user you’re going to want to obviously have to charge every day, both device do offer fast charging and get up to 50 charge less than 30 minutes.
That’S awesome, more or less your battery life is not really a concern anymore. What could be a concern? Uh is price. Now the flip starts it’s crazy to say this more affordable thousand dollars. Uh.
The full, though, is eighteen hundred dollars, and I think that is a gigantic barrier to entry, not a Samsung’s credit. They have awesome trade-in. Those prices generally can come way way way down, but at retail the flip is certainly the same price as most uh Flagship, candy bar. So that’s an easier pill to swallow.
800 bucks, though you got ta, really want that form factor and for eighteen hundred dollars to still not have the flagship cameras on the back to not have redundant Biometrics there’s still a lot of areas. I can see that could be improved for Gen 5.. But having said all that, I’m still someone that likes to sort of live on the bleeding edge and for me nothing represents that bleeding edge more than devices that fold. Neither of these are phones for everybody, but you know who you are.
If you want one of these and chances are, you’ve probably already worked, and if you are in that camp you’ll get a device that is more refined than the last generation more capable than last generation and gets us one step closer to the foldable promise. .