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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2023
The unique feature is the enormous inside screen, and it doesn't disappoint. It's big and bright, and with a barely-noticeable fold line - ideal for watching movies, streams, browsing the web or reading books or magazines. There’s an under-screen camera for videoconferencing, hidden until used, and I can honestly say I haven't noticed it in my usage. The folding feature is utilised by Flex mode, which when the screen is half open functions like a laptop - the lower half flat on the table can show a keyboard or media controls, with the upper half folded upwards used as an email composition window or for media display. Multitasking is another big advantage of the big screen - you can split the screen so you have the equivalent of two regular phone screens, and have another as a floating window. It's a great way to keep information on-screen while composing a message or filling in a form.
The Fold 5 comes with a new chipset and a big 12Gb of RAM, so more apps stay open in the background, and in my testing, there were no slowdowns or stuttering in apps or the home screen. It also has a big battery (or actually two) and this means lots of screen time - I got about seven hours of screen-on time, which means you could use it for pretty much all of a working day. In conclusion it’s a powerful, flexible, elegant device and a joy to use.
The Galaxy Z Fold 5 is an incremental but worthwhile improvement over the previous generation, reducing the handset thickness and improving the feel of the hinge, but keeping the excellent inside screen and narrow outer screen unchanged. The reduction in thickness makes it slimmer, and closes the gap of the Fold 4, making it visually more elegant, and excluding dust and fluff. The small outside screen is good for anything you'd use a normal phone for, and being a little narrower than average I think lets you maintain a better grip when it's closed.
The unique feature is the enormous inside screen, and it doesn't disappoint. It's big and bright, and with a barely-noticeable fold line - ideal for watching movies, streams, browsing the web or reading books or magazines. There’s an under-screen camera for videoconferencing, hidden until used, and I can honestly say I haven't noticed it in my usage. The folding feature is utilised by Flex mode, which when the screen is half open functions like a laptop - the lower half flat on the table can show a keyboard or media controls, with the upper half folded upwards used as an email composition window or for media display. Multitasking is another big advantage of the big screen - you can split the screen so you have the equivalent of two regular phone screens, and have another as a floating window. It's a great way to keep information on-screen while composing a message or filling in a form.
The Fold 5 comes with a new chipset and a big 12Gb of RAM, so more apps stay open in the background, and in my testing, there were no slowdowns or stuttering in apps or the home screen. It also has a big battery (or actually two) and this means lots of screen time - I got about seven hours of screen-on time, which means you could use it for pretty much all of a working day. In conclusion it’s a powerful, flexible, elegant device and a joy to use.
The unique feature is the enormous inside screen, and it doesn't disappoint. It's big and bright, and with a barely-noticeable fold line - ideal for watching movies, streams, browsing the web or reading books or magazines. There’s an under-screen camera for videoconferencing, hidden until used, and I can honestly say I haven't noticed it in my usage. The folding feature is utilised by Flex mode, which when the screen is half open functions like a laptop - the lower half flat on the table can show a keyboard or media controls, with the upper half folded upwards used as an email composition window or for media display. Multitasking is another big advantage of the big screen - you can split the screen so you have the equivalent of two regular phone screens, and have another as a floating window. It's a great way to keep information on-screen while composing a message or filling in a form.
The Fold 5 comes with a new chipset and a big 12Gb of RAM, so more apps stay open in the background, and in my testing, there were no slowdowns or stuttering in apps or the home screen. It also has a big battery (or actually two) and this means lots of screen time - I got about seven hours of screen-on time, which means you could use it for pretty much all of a working day. In conclusion it’s a powerful, flexible, elegant device and a joy to use.
Small in the pocket, huge when you need it.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2023
The Galaxy Z Fold 5 is an incremental but worthwhile improvement over the previous generation, reducing the handset thickness and improving the feel of the hinge, but keeping the excellent inside screen and narrow outer screen unchanged. The reduction in thickness makes it slimmer, and closes the gap of the Fold 4, making it visually more elegant, and excluding dust and fluff. The small outside screen is good for anything you'd use a normal phone for, and being a little narrower than average I think lets you maintain a better grip when it's closed.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2023
The unique feature is the enormous inside screen, and it doesn't disappoint. It's big and bright, and with a barely-noticeable fold line - ideal for watching movies, streams, browsing the web or reading books or magazines. There’s an under-screen camera for videoconferencing, hidden until used, and I can honestly say I haven't noticed it in my usage. The folding feature is utilised by Flex mode, which when the screen is half open functions like a laptop - the lower half flat on the table can show a keyboard or media controls, with the upper half folded upwards used as an email composition window or for media display. Multitasking is another big advantage of the big screen - you can split the screen so you have the equivalent of two regular phone screens, and have another as a floating window. It's a great way to keep information on-screen while composing a message or filling in a form.
The Fold 5 comes with a new chipset and a big 12Gb of RAM, so more apps stay open in the background, and in my testing, there were no slowdowns or stuttering in apps or the home screen. It also has a big battery (or actually two) and this means lots of screen time - I got about seven hours of screen-on time, which means you could use it for pretty much all of a working day. In conclusion it’s a powerful, flexible, elegant device and a joy to use.
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