FIRST TEST SAMSUNG GALAXYZ FLIP5
Clam fly with me
Can a gigantic new cover screen make what was already a fine foldable even better? The Galaxy Z Flip5 might be the most credible clamshell phone yet…
[ Words I Tom Morgan-Freelander ]
I wasn’t
the
first
flip-style
foldable
phone,
but
the
original
Galaxy
Z
Flip
quickly
usurped
the
reborn
Moto
Razr
and
made
Samsung
the
brand
to
beat
through
three
generations.
Now, though, rivals have started to muscle in with convincing clamshells of their own. To maintain that lead, the Z Flip5 tackles its predecessor’s two biggest pain points.
Instead of a compact external screen of limited usefulness, there’s now a giant Flex Window display that lets you do more without having to unfold the phone first; and the unwanted gap is gone, courtesy of a new hinge that means this foldable is able to close completely. Add in the latest Snapdragon CPU and some streamlined software that takes full advantage of the form factor, and suddenly those rivals are going to have to work a lot harder to compete.