![]() Broadly speaking the top half is for displaying information, while the bottom half is used for bits you have to touch and interact with. ![]() One UI 2 treats the phone’s screen differently to most other versions of Android. Samsung’s version of Android 10 is called One UI 2, which itself is an evolution of One UI launched on the Galaxy S10 last year. One UI 2 makes the most of the long screen, which together with improved gesture control makes it easier to manage. The Galaxy Z Flip has relatively slow 15W charging, taking close to two hours for a full charge, but has wireless charging and wireless powersharing to wirelessly charge something else from the phone’s back, such as a set of earbuds or a smartwatch. That was while using the phone as my primary device, lots of email, messages and push notifications, a couple of hours browsing, five hours of Spotify via Bluetooth headphones, 45 minutes of Netflix and about 10 photos. The Galaxy Z Flip lasted about 27 hours between charges of medium to heavy usage. If you’re into hardcore mobile gaming this isn’t the phone for you.īattery life was solid but not quite up to the standards set by the very best last year. Snappy, fast and smooth, similar to the Galaxy Note 10+, but not as rapid as the best, the OnePlus 7T Pro despite having the same chipset. It also has 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, which isn’t expandable with microSD. The Galaxy Z Flip has Qualcomm’s top-of-the-range chip from late 2019, the Snapdragon 855+, not this year’s top chip, the Snapdragon 865. Other than wireless charging, the Galaxy Z Flip uses USB-C power just like any other modern Android phone. Operating system: One UI 2.1 based on Android 10Ĭamera: dual rear camera: 12MP wide angle, 12MP ultra-wide angle, 10MP front-facing cameraĬonnectivity: 4G, nano sim + esim, Wi-Fiac, NFC, Bluetooth 5 and GPSįolded dimensions: 87.4 x 73.6 x 17.3-15.4mm Main screen: 6.7in FHD+ AMOLED Infinity Flex Display (425ppi) If you’re at all blasé with the way you treat your smartphone, this isn’t for you. Samsung is offering a one-time £99/ $119 display repair service, but after that you’re looking at a hefty cost in the region of £400.Īll in you have to treat it with the respect deserving of a £1,300 device, and even then you might run into trouble. The screen is fairly well protected when closed, but it’s possible to get grit in between the two halves, while pushing hard with your fingernail could damage it. It uses ultra-thin glass that can fold, which is remarkable, but it’s covered in a plastic layer and is so thin it’s easy to poke holes in. Then there’s the scratch resistance of the glass screen: basically there isn’t any. Hidden in the hinge is a set of nylon fibres that help stop dust getting into the back of the device. Realistically you need at least several months of daily use to truly know if it will stand the test of time. ![]() I was only given three working days to test the device and in that time it worked perfectly. It comes with care instructions wrapped around it in the box, including advice not to press hard on the screen with hard objects, such as your fingernail don’t fold something else in when closing the phone the phone isn’t dust or water resistant don’t put stickers or screen protectors on it and keep the phone away from credit cards as it has magnets in it. It has nylon fibres in the hinge to literally sweep dust and dirt away as you open and close it, while the edges of the folding part have plastic T-shaped caps to try to block dirt from getting in that way.īut there’s a massive question mark over the screen’s durability. It’s rated for more than 200,000 folds, which is 100 openings a day for 5.5 years. ![]() The screen works, looks great and the hinge feels sturdy. The screen has T-shaped caps at the sides of the fold that help stop dirt getting in behind the display. ![]()
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