Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Galaxy Z Fold 5 Day 1: Unboxing and First Impressions”.
This is the Samsung Galaxy Z, fold, five and I John uh. What time is it uh yeah I’ve had this phone in my hands for about 24 hours and I have a couple First Impressions I want to share and let’s start at the beginning, with an unboxing. So the Box itself is nearly identical to the ones that came for the Galaxy Z, fold 3 and the z-fold 4. However, the biggest difference is going to be right on the lid there. We now have a little kind of a graphic of what phone it is, including the color.
This is the cream color Galaxy Z, fold, five, so let’s unbox it together all right. So, as you can see, not a lot has changed when it comes to the boxes and meaning that it’s really just the phone and that USBC cable. So you think for 1800 that we would get like an S Pen or that S Pen case. That would be amazing or a power brick, but we get none of that.
So one of the most expensive phones in the world, you just get the phone and that cable. But let’s move on to the actual feel of this phone and it does feel different. I know a lot has been made about how identical it is to the previous version, but that hinge. It just fits nicer in my hand, and these are all my My First Reactions with this.
Also, when it’s open, it feels less bulky on the back here, so it feels a little bit like the Google pixel fold that came out about a month ago. In terms of the screen, though, I mean this is the biggest selling point I think, of these Galaxy Z. Folds is that bright screen and this screen is brighter.
In fact, compared to the screen on the Galaxy fold, it’s actually brighter and let’s see if we can take a look at that and see any differences fold. Four is the left one, the new ones on the right and I’m going to adjust the brightness. The brightness on the full four on the left is full.
I’M gon na take the one on the right all the way to full um. What’S interesting is the new one should be brighter, can’t tell if it turned up in camera and there’s also extra brightness that each has so oh yeah. I can see that in person – I don’t know if it registers on camera here. Does this one look a little brighter than this one? I really like it does all right, so that was fun all right, so this hinge has a lot of benefits. I’M just discovering I mean the biggest is going to be. This is the Galaxy Z fold for when it’s closed, there’s a big space in it and that’s been the case for all the folds up to the point and the Galaxy fold.
Five doesn’t have that space and why that’s good is not only does it make holding it feel a little more normal like a normal phone. It helps keep dust uh from sliding in there. Maybe you have this in a bag.
You don’t have like something that might damage the screen that slides in between the two halves. However, the other thing is, the actual hinge itself makes the phone uh skinnier when it’s closed, it’s not as wide it’s not as thick, and I think that’s why. I’M kind of getting that Galaxy.
Excuse me not gaussy, but the Google pixel fold Vibes. It has a very similar feel to that. Something else I want to talk about, though, is the actual camera bump on the back and we’ve seen this happen for the last couple years, where that camera bump keeps getting smaller and smaller on the Z fold, four, it was significant.
Secondly, smaller, even though the individual lens is kind of poked out on the z-fold five, I believe these are pretty much the same cameras as the previous phone again, it’s smaller, but the lenses stick out even more so it’s still giving it that depth. For those those cameras on the z45, all right, so the cameras and the hinge aren’t the only changes, one of the other big ones is that main screen. Now this to me is still one of the best foldable screens that any phone made currently Samsung has just really honed in the experience.
There’S no notches, there’s not a cut out for the camera. It’S still the same under screen camera that we’ve had on the previous Galaxy phone. I should be able to use it in daylight and direct sunlight even more than I could the previous fold four. So that’s a win on my book and, to be honest, the fold 4 had an advantage over the Google pixel fold with its main screen.
So this this gives Samsung even more room uh to grow past. What Google’s offered just a month ago, I thought out the Galaxy Z fold 4 last year. That’S the first time I really became enamored with these full devices. Up to that point I was a little skeptical. I thought they were kind of awkward, especially when closed, but this takes a pretty significant step toward that refinement and, if you think of it as a refinement, it makes a lot of sense. It’S pretty obvious.
It’S not radically different than the Galaxy Z fold. 4.. However, as I pointed out throughout this first impressions, video, there are a number of small refinements and changes, and some big ones like that new hinge that I do think are worth calling out next up for me is, I need more time with the Galaxy Z fold, Five, I want to test it. I want to track the cameras more run, battery test and just live with it for some time and give you a full review. That’Ll be up very soon, but if you want to know more about the Galaxy fold 5 or the flip 5 or anything else announced at Samsung Galaxy unpacked make sure you check out CNET for more information. .