- The Samsung Galaxy ZFold 3 and the Flip 3 have just been officially announced. I've had some earlyhands-on time with both and this is everythingthat you need to know. This video is sponsoredby Huel Ready-to-drink. Stay tuned for more information. What's up guys,
Saf on SuperSaf TV. And although both devicesare foldable devices, they are quite different. And hopefully by the end of this video, you'll know which onemay be right for you. Now, disclaimer, I do say Z Fold, not Z, and that's because I'mBritish, so just deal with it. Although,
I'll pretty muchjust be referring to these as the Fold 3 and theFlip 3 going forward. Right, so the Flip 3 ispretty much a smartphone that folds in half, whereasthe Fold 3 is a smartphone which opens up into a tabletwith a very large display. So quite different. Some people are on the Fold side, some people are on the Flipside, which one are you?
So if we start off withthe built-in design, there are lots of improvements here. We do have what Samsungcall armor aluminum. So this is around 10%stronger aluminum compared to what we've had in previous years. The foldable displays alsohave a new protective film which is supposed to be 80% more durable compared to last year. And most importantly,
both devices now haveIPX8 water resistance. Now this is brilliant because if you are usingyour device out in the rain, you get a bit of water on it, you're not going to haveto worry about it breaking. And from the durability side of things this has been a big, big improvement to what we've seen previously. These are the first foldabledevices
the world that have an IPX8 rating. Now, during the hands-on time I couldn't actually get somewater on the sample units, they didn't let me, but I'lldefinitely be doing some tests as soon as I've got theretail units in hand. Now for the colors, we doget three color options on the Fold 3, and we have amatte finish across the board which looks really nice in my opinion. On the Flip, we have fourofficial color options. One of which is matte,
the black version, but the others are glossy. Now, I definitely preferthe matte here again. And there are some additionalcolor options available exclusively from Samsung. Now in terms of the size and dimensions, of course, the Fold isthe much larger device, it also weighs quite a bit more because it turns into a tablet. The Flip 3 is a lot more compact, so that might be something thatgoes towards your decision. Now let's look at one ofthe most important things, and that is the displays. So we've got AMOLEDdisplays across the board and both devices have two displays each. So, the Flip 3 has a1.9 inch cover display, which is still quite small,but it's a lot bigger compared to what we had on the original flip. So if you want to use thedisplay as a viewfinder for the cameras, then you can do that. You can have lots of differentwidgets on here as well, such as controls to yourmusics, your notifications. Now, on the other hand,
theFold too has a much larger 6.2 inch cover display. You can pretty much use the Fold closed with that cover display, younever even have to open it. I mean, if you don't ever open it, that's going to be a realwaste, but you can do that. It's a fully usable display. And this year it has anadaptive 120 Hertz refresh rate which makes things a lot smoother. Last year on the coverdisplay for the Fold 2, we only had 60 Hertz. So this is a big improvement. However, in terms ofthe size and the bezels and the punch out,
itlooks pretty much the same as what we had on the Fold 2. Now, the real magic thatwe get on these devices is when we actually fold them open. So the Flip 3 when it is foldedopen has a 6.7 inch display. This has an adaptive120 Hertz refresh rate. Now we had 60 Hertz on the Flip 1, so things are going to be much smoother,
and this is definitely a welcomed upgrade. The Fold 3 has a massive 7.6inch main fold out display. Now, although the sizedifference might not seem much in terms of the actual specifications, because of the different aspect ratio you are getting a lot more real estate which is going to be absolutelygreat for multitasking. Now this also has an adaptive120 Hertz refresh rate, and it is 29% brightercompared to what we had on the Fold 2. And the most exciting thing is the fact that this foldabledisplay is now uninterrupted. So we don't have a punchout,
we don't have a cutout, it is fully immersive. And that's becauseSamsung has managed to get an under display camera. Now before we continue, I am super hungry. How convenient. Let's take a quick break to thank our sponsor for this video, Huel. Now,
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it's not so high. And I did try to do some comparisons versus the 10 megapixel selfie camera which is on the cover display. And you can clearly seethat you're going to get much more crisp imagesfrom the cover display on the Fold 3 compared tothis under display camera. However, this does give youan immersive experience. And the thinking behind it is that when you do have the device folded out,
you'll be using the front facing camera for conference calling andyou can have 1080p video, but when you do want to take selfies or when you want to vlog, then you can actuallyuse the cover display which has a punch-out with the10 megapixel selfie camera. This is pretty much the same as the 10 megapixel selfiepunch-out camera that we have on the Flip 3,
but what'sgreat about both these devices is that you can actuallyuse the rear facing cameras for selfies and use the coverdisplays as viewfinders. This means that you'll not only be able to use a better quality primarycamera for your selfies, but you'll also be able touse the ultra wide camera and you can get lots morepeople into your shots. This is something thatI definitely do like. Now moving on to the rear facing cameras, we do have a triplerear-facing camera sets up on the Fold 3, we have a dualrear-facing camera sets up on the Flip 3. So, we do have 12megapixels across the board and both devices do have pretty much the same ultrawide
camera,same angle of view as well. The primary camerasare slightly different, but not by a huge deal. And then the Fold 3 does get the advantage of a two times optical zoom camera. Now, as far as I know, thehardware for these cameras is pretty much the sameas what we had last year. However, the glass usedto cover the lenses is actually super clear glass and that's Gorilla glass with DX,
which is supposed togive you cleaner images. But more importantly,we do have improvements for the software processingand also the ISP. The ISP is an Image Signal Processor which comes as part of the chip set. And the Fold 3 as well as the Flip 3, both are powered by the QualcommSnapdragon 888 5G chip set. We've got this across the board. Usually Samsung has a Qualcommchip in certain regions and then an Exynos chip in other regions, but for the Fold and the Flip, we do have the 888 across the board. Now the 888 is the flagshipchip set this year. It's very capable,
very fast. And both of these devices are going to be absolutelygreat for performance. However, you do get 50%more RAM on the Fold 3 compared to the Flip 3,and this is really going to help towards multitasking. And that's what theFold 3 is really about, being able to have lots ofapps open at the same time. And the software is goingto help towards this. So both devices do have Androidwith Samsung's OneUI on top,
and we do have some specificfeatures for both the devices. So the Fold 3 in particular,we have improved split view, and now you can usemulti-window across all apps, and a lot of the apps havenow also been optimized, in particular Instagram I'm told. And this is a big problemthat I had with my Fold 2. Instagram Stories wouldjust kind of chop things off for other people's stories. And when I would post them,they'd look fine on my Fold, but as soon as somebody else saw them, then they'd have things cut off. So hopefully thesethings will be improved. Now you can use bothdevices partially folded. So if you want to kind ofsit them down somewhere to take a photo or something,or for instance on the Flip if you're watching a video
,you can have the video playing on one side and on the bottom side you can kind of scroll throughand browse other videos or browse through comments and things, which is definitely good. And in terms of someof the other features, both devices do have a sidemounted fingerprint scanner, and they both also have Stereo speakers. And one feature that the Fold 3 has which the Flip 3 does notis support for the S Pen. Now, Samsung actually hada giant S Pen on display at the briefing area. I'm not saying they got the idea from me, but you just need to lookat some of these thumbnails. (bright music) But anyway, the Fold3 having S Pen support is absolutely awesome,especially considering the fact that we're not going to be getting a new Note series device this year. Anyway,
I've coveredthis in a previous video, I'll link that in the cardsunder the description. So the Fold 3 does not comewith an S Pen included, you will have to buy this separately. And it is compatible with twodifferent types of S Pen's. The first is a Fold edition S Pen which is specifically for the Fold. And then it's also compatiblewith the S Pen Pro. Now testing up the S Pen Pro,it's obviously much larger, but it has a switch at the top which lets you go to the Fold. And I believe what it does iswhen you are in the Fold mode,
then it is a bit more retractable, the nib, so it's not goingto be pushing down as hard. Latency for the S Pen's is around 2.8 milliseconds, I'm told, which is very, very fast. And in my brief testing,it was very smooth. Definitely a welcomedaddition to the Fold series. Now one thing you're going tohave to keep in mind is that unlike the Note series, thereis no space within the body of the Fold to keep an S Pen. So, if you do buy an S Pen, it's either going to becompletely separate or you'll have to buy it with a case that hasan enclosure for the S Pen. I did get a chance to try out this case. And although this is pretty good overall, it does add more bulk toan already bulky phone which is the Fold 3. So,
definitely something to keep in mind. And moving on to the batteries. Both devices actually havebatteries split across the body of the devices because they are foldables. And the fold 3 as expecteddoes have a larger capacity compared to the Flip 3. Now, in terms of usage and battery life, I'm obviously going to haveto spend more time with these and I will be covering batterylife in the full review when that's
available,make sure you've subscribed and hit that bell icon soyou don't miss that coverage. But generally speaking,the Fold 2 and the Flip 1 did give me good overall battery life. We'll see how they perform with the higher refresh rate displays. For charging, we do have upto 25 Watts of wired charging on the Fold 3. On the Flip 3, it's only up to 15 Watts. Now, neither of the devicescome with a charger included out of the box, whichwas,
I guess expected. A moment of silence forchargers included in the box. Lets have a bit of a flashback. Anyway, anyway, neither ofthese come with a charger included out of the box. However, both do support wireless charging out at around 10 Watts, and both also havereverse wireless charging wireless power share, soyou will be able to use them to charge other devices wirelessly. Now finally, let's look at pricing. Interestingly,
the Flip 3, in my opinion, actually comes at a verycompetitive 950 pounds or $999. So, this is the firsttime we've seen a foldable under the thousand pound,thousand dollar mark. And just for 50 pounds more, you will be able to double the storage. The Fold 3 does come in higher, so it's coming in at around1600 pounds or $1,800 for the 256 gigabyte option. Now, that is a high price
, no doubt, but if we compare it to last year's Fold, it has been reduced, andboth devices are available for pre-order right now. And they will be coming intostores on the 27th of August. And that is the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 versus the Z Fold 3. I'm a huge fan of foldable devices, and it's great to seehow far they've come. In terms of my opinions,
I'm still leaning a bitmore towards the Fold because I think it gives you more. You can have a regular-sized smartphone, be it a little bitthicker, and it can open up into a full-sized tablet, which in my opinion is a lot more useful compared to the Flip which is very cool, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't really add toomuch in the way of benefits. But the best thing about Flip is the price that it's coming in at. Now, in my opinion, itbecomes a lot more accessible to a lot more peoplebecause you can now choose between either going for a foldable device or a regular flagship. And that's something that I think will make it a lot more compelling and reach a lot more people. That's what I think anyway. What do you guys think?
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