Hi Friends,
Samsung launched their foldable devices some 2.8 years back and I fell in love with them right from the start but I never got a chance to review any of these foldable devices either from Huawei or from Samsung. I used to see them hanging on the retail stores asking me to have them sooner or later. Samsung launched newly foldable in August 2021 and I got one in October 2021 which I am currently using. I am using the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G smartphone in Phantom Black Colour. The first thing that attracted me is the black beauty which looks just like the more famously Filmfare awards trophy in India. It gives the same kind of satisfaction in your hands as the trophy will be given to its chosen or deserving winners.
Comparing this device in particular to the top the range Samsung Galaxy S21 series is just a waste of effort as these are made for some other kinds of individuals. The internet is flooded with a lot of such articles and videos but this device in your hands brings the jealously level in the other person to the highest level possible and when you flip the screen it up and down - it's icing on the cake.
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The 4.2inch flippable smartphone is really sleek and you will feel that if it falls it's going to break the Corning Gorilla glass panels so to protect the same I bought an original Samsung's R1000 Leather Cover in Black as there is no free silicon case in the package and you should not expect the same too. Samsung though as a part of the pre-launch offer gave some goodies to the deserving buyers of the device. Once I installed my leather cover - I even was jealous of myself. The grains on the leather covers are just like the MKBHD skins from D-brand or whatever he calls them. Even after the cover, it's still so small as it weights only 183g to fall into the front pockets of your jeans easily. Though I felt a little scared of losing my phone as for many years we have been conditioned to put large screens in our pockets.
Another feature is that there is no need to unflip the device as you can do most of the things from the Cover screen itself which is now 1.9 inches (Super AMOLED display) with 302ppi making it a beauty. You can easily control a lot of notifications and other widgets and can adjust them as per your needs. I even used some of the images to create a gif that plays on my cover screen and changes wallpapers every time I double-tap the panel. Double-tap enables the screen and you don't need to press the side fingerprint scanner as well as the power button. You can also use the same cover screen to use Samsung Pay which is awesomeness at the best. Double-click on the power button puts you in the camera mode and you can take a photo in 1.0x and up the screen will put you on 0.5x selfie covering more people or can be called as a wide-angle selfie. Swiping left or right brings you to the video feature and you can use the rear cameras to record your videos and the same 1.0x and 0.5x can be enabled with swiping up and down.
I did love the 6.7-inch infinity flex display with AMOLED 2X is 425ppi making it great to see the contrasts and colours of your videos and photographs in Samsung Z Flip 3 5G a great experience. The adaptive display can perform at 60Hz as well as 120Hz and if you are using power saving mode then it reduces the same to 60Hz. The power-saving mode also reduces the 5G connection to 4G as I did the same to reduce my battery consumption to last me till the end of the day. 3300mAh dual battery is only going to last if you are using the phone on wi-fi and disabled some of the advanced features but who cares as you can wirelessly charge the phone as and when required in your car or at home or office desk. I am sure you will have a car that has a wireless charger built into it if you are buying this smartphone.
Another thing I really admired is the sound quality or audio output on this device in the flipped position which is much better than the Bluetooth portable speakers in the Rand 2000 range. It's the loudest audio amongst the S21 series also as far as I have heard. This happens because of the surround sound with Dolby Atmos technology built into the stereo speakers. Also freshwater is not a problem even if you wash the phone under a tap with its IPX8 rating. With its 256GB of storage, I can store an unlimited amount of music on the device so as to enjoy it for the rest of my life without repeating any song twice.
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Being a fan of the S Series of smartphones, this phone's camera is not comparable to them nor the Note20 Series also but whatever you got is best as using the One UI v3.1 brings in a lot of software specifically meant for foldable devices. 12MP Ultra-wide camera (f2.2) and 12MP Wide-angle camera (OIS, f1.8) are the dual camera setup next to the cover screen. Selfie camera or Front camera is 10MP (f2.4) which are really great in daylight conditions but the night is a bit of a problem for all these cameras in a direct point and shoot mode. You can overcome certain problems faced in the dark using the Night or the PRO mode available in the camera settings as well as using the flash. I hope Samsung moves forward from its 12MP camera range into the new versions with the S22 series.
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Flex mode is also one that makes this device unique which generally you do it using a tripod or gimbal to shoot your photos and videos. It also helps you to do the multi-tasking with the screen divided into 2 parts to open 2 apps at once and this even works with the Google Duo calls. I used it to watch Youtube videos on the top panel and check my emails on the bottom panel after enabling the Labs from the advanced settings. The flexible Ultra-Thin Screen is made durable to withstand up to 200,000 flips as certified by Bureau Veritas and as you flip Samsung logo appears in the folded position which looks really unique and has the same effect as the Apple logo on the MacBook Pro.
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There is a little bit of a problem when you are trying to take selfies in the flip mode as the volume up/down button works as a shutter and it changes the centre of gravity for the phone making it susceptible to falling which you can overcome using the gesture mode (palm) to click the selfies or videos or flip the phone such that it rests on your palms with cameras on the left side upwards. Other than that the camera software has all the features available in the S21 series phone along with some unique features like dual preview and auto framing. Overall, it's a fun foldable smartphone from the house of Samsung at the cheapest price ever for a flip device at R21995 (max RRP) and I am really in love with the same.
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I am sure you must have gone through almost all the other features about the Armour Aluminium and New colours from famous Tech Gurus and Youtube Geniuses who have the Samsung ecosystem too to showcase the interface along with the smartphone but sadly I am still not in that ecosystem as I have to find a Samsung Watch for my hands and not touched any watch other than the Samsung Watch Gear 2 Classic which I bought long ago and now lying in my tech museum as a dead machine. If you have any queries on the device whatsoever, do comment here or ask me on my Twitter handle @thelifesway.
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