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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 Unboxing
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00:00Hey everyone, Tim Schofield here.
00:02And I'm here in Paris where Samsung just announced
00:04a ton of different products
00:06and we have just about all of them,
00:08including a couple new phones
00:10and even their brand new Galaxy Watch Ultra,
00:13their first one ever.
00:15But anyways, in this video,
00:16we're gonna take a look at the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
00:19Those other videos are coming soon,
00:21so be sure to click that subscribe button
00:23so you're notified when they go live.
00:24Now, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 is up for pre-order now.
00:28Samsung has a ton of different offers on their website
00:31to save you a lot of money, even over $1,200.
00:35And if you pre-order through any of the links
00:37I link in the video description,
00:39you get an extra $100 off your pre-order.
00:42So be sure to click through that link
00:44if you want that extra $100.
00:46Anyways, let's dive into it.
00:47This is Samsung's thinnest and lightest fold device
00:51they've come out with yet.
00:52We're gonna take a quick look,
00:53what comes in the box of the Z Fold 6,
00:55and then of course, get some hands on with this new phone.
00:58Let's get started.
00:59And here it is, the Galaxy Z Fold 6
01:02from Samsung opening up the box.
01:06Looks like we have a Verizon SIM.
01:08Setting our phone to the side,
01:10building some suspense
01:11because there's a box underneath here.
01:14Inside there, looks like we've got our SIM ejection tool,
01:18a getting started guide,
01:20and a USB-C to USB-C cable for charging.
01:24And that is everything that came in the box.
01:26This is the silver shadow color.
01:29However, there's a lot of other great color options
01:32and some samsung.com exclusives.
01:34They look really good.
01:37That was a close one, but let's open up the phone,
01:40taking it out of the box here.
01:42And there is just a little screen cover.
01:45We're gonna take that off and that is it.
01:49Here we go.
01:50Our brand new phone.
01:52Looks like there is another screen here.
01:55Let's peel this off.
01:58All right.
01:59Now I'm gonna boot up our Galaxy Z Fold 6
02:02for the first time.
02:03And while it turns on,
02:04let's take a closer look at this updated hardware.
02:08First of all, I am noticing how much lighter
02:11this phone actually is.
02:12That is a great addition.
02:14It is noticeably lighter.
02:16Anyways, down at the bottom
02:18is where we've got our microphone, USB Type-C port.
02:21That bottom left is one of our speakers.
02:25Moving along, you will see very flat sides.
02:28You've got your power button
02:29with that embedded fingerprint scanner.
02:31Our volume rockers.
02:33This is, I believe, our ultra wideband antenna.
02:35And then on the left side here
02:37is where your SIM card slot is.
02:39Make note, there is a camera bump.
02:42It's nothing too crazy, but there is one.
02:44And then up towards the top,
02:45we've got more microphones and our other speaker as well.
02:50And then finally, just a closer look at that back hinge.
02:53It does have a Samsung logo.
02:56Now let's actually fold this open
02:58so you can see the mechanism.
03:00It does clasp completely flat
03:05with the screen and the back to screen.
03:07And again, this is their thinnest
03:09and lightest foldable yet.
03:12Definitely noticeably thinner.
03:13Also, I really like how there's no gap here.
03:16Just better for that dust resistance
03:18so dust can't really get in there.
03:19Very sleek and minimal back.
03:21I do really like it
03:22with their signature triple camera setup.
03:25Now you get a 50 megapixel wide angle lens,
03:28a 12 megapixel ultra wide angle lens,
03:31and then a 10 megapixel telephoto camera,
03:34which will zoom up to three times optically.
03:37You're going to want to protect your new premium
03:39and expensive phone.
03:41And this brings us to our sponsor, Spigen.
03:44I actually had a Spigen case on my first Android phone,
03:48and I've used their cases for years.
03:50Their Slim Armor Pro was the OG hinge protection case.
03:54The first ever for any Galaxy Fold at the time,
03:57and they've only gotten better.
03:59Their semi-auto sliding tech's really impressive.
04:02I have no issues opening and closing the phone
04:04and have peace of mind in case I accidentally drop my Fold.
04:08My go-to case for the Z Fold 6
04:10is going to be the Spigen Tough Armor Pro P.
04:13This case offers the protection you're looking for
04:15while adding a hidden silo inside the hinge
04:20to store your S Pen.
04:22So useful.
04:24Of note, Spigen offers easy fit screen protectors,
04:26and even their Easy Fit Optic Pro
04:28to protect your camera lenses, which I can recommend,
04:32and they are so simple to install.
04:34They also offer protection for your Galaxy wearables.
04:37There's some really cool cases for the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro,
04:39which you can see.
04:40I love the style of that Urban Fit case,
04:44and Spigen already has me covered for the Watch 7 Ultra.
04:47That video's coming soon.
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04:59Now, we are all set up and ready to go.
05:01I'm going to run through the boot-up process.
05:03Talk about anything that's noteworthy.
05:05Fingerprint scanner built into that power button.
05:09I do believe you can set it to skip the lock screen
05:12when you set your thumb down.
05:14I do like the subtle vibration haptic feedback
05:18that you get.
05:19The vibration motor does feel very premium, as expected.
05:23Continuing through, there we go.
05:26You can add more if you'd like.
05:27So this is what I'm talking about.
05:28Fingerprint always on with the cover screen,
05:31the main screen, or both, just by touching that side button.
05:35And a big one, Galaxy AI is built into the Fold 6.
05:39You get a ton of features, including interpreter,
05:41scrolling down, photo assist, drawing assist,
05:44health assist as well, and just a few notes
05:47about taking care of your phone.
05:49There is a pre-installed screen protector.
05:51Do not peel that off, but Samsung does offer
05:53one free replacement of that screen protector,
05:55plus a one-time $200 fee to replace
05:59the internal screen itself.
06:02So definitely nice of Samsung to actually set that up.
06:05And we are all set up and ready to go.
06:08Here is the home screen of our Galaxy Z Fold 6.
06:14And while opening and closing our Fold,
06:17I have to say the hinge does feel extremely premium.
06:19Samsung has really refined their hinge over time.
06:23In terms of the crease, you can still see it slightly.
06:28It seems to get slightly better every year.
06:30And you can feel it, but it's very subtle.
06:33And when you do have content on the screen,
06:36it's really hard to see, but hopefully going forward,
06:38maybe in a future generation,
06:40they can eliminate it completely.
06:41A close look at that 6.3-inch AMOLED display up front.
06:47At 120 hertz refresh rate,
06:49this is a 22.1 to nine aspect ratio.
06:53So a little bit taller than you would see
06:55on some other phones.
06:56And then let's open up to that internal screen.
07:00Real quick, I went to change the wallpaper
07:02and notice there's a couple AI wallpaper features,
07:05including photo ambient.
07:07So it'll take your own photo and AI will change it
07:10based on the time and the weather.
07:13So that's a really neat feature.
07:14That'll be fun to try out.
07:15And then generative, which you can create on your own.
07:19If you wanted to select something like mineral,
07:21it will be a text prompt
07:23and you can actually customize those words.
07:25So if I wanted to say, instead of cool, warm hues,
07:28and then hit generate.
07:33And there we go.
07:34So there's a closeup image of Galena with warm hues.
07:37So this is a 7.6-inch dynamic AMOLED display.
07:42It goes from one to 120 Hertz refresh rate.
07:45Also a 20.9 to 18 aspect ratio
07:50when it's completely opened up.
07:51Now, what I want to do is dive into settings
07:54and go into display.
07:56And I can already tell the refresh rate is higher
07:59just based on how smooth everything looks.
08:01If I go into motion smoothness, there it is.
08:04It's on adaptive.
08:06You can bump it down to standard 60 Hertz
08:08if you wanna save some battery life.
08:10Also a really big setting.
08:12Continue apps on cover screen.
08:14That is a huge one.
08:15So we're gonna just do a quick test with the calculator app.
08:19And when I go into it, here we go.
08:20If we wanted to do a quick calculation, there we go.
08:23But if I close the phone, it's not gonna close that app.
08:26It's actually going to continue it
08:28on this front screen.
08:30Really useful, especially if I'm maybe texting
08:33and want to quickly just type something
08:35on the front screen and then put it in my pocket.
08:37I can do so.
08:38And by the way, this internal display
08:40gets up to 2,600 nits of brightness.
08:43So their brightest internal screen yet.
08:45Anyways, real quick, let's test out that fingerprint scanner.
08:47I did not turn it.
08:48I have to actually press the button.
08:50So if we go to the lock screen, set our thumb down.
08:53It seems to be very quick and accurate.
08:54In terms of some other specs,
08:56the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor
08:59and a 1.6 times larger vapor chamber cooling system.
09:03And Samsung even gave me a cool inside look
09:07at that vapor chamber cooler.
09:08You also have an IP 48 water resistance rating.
09:12Now let's go into the camera app for the first time
09:15and just snap a few quick pictures,
09:18test out that shutter speed.
09:20Actually seems to be really quick.
09:21Now we can go to that 0.6X zoom, which is the ultra wide.
09:25And you can get a lot more in your shot.
09:27I do like this capture view, by the way,
09:29where you can see a quick preview of the pictures
09:31and the right side, that image preview is still really large.
09:35Again, 3X zoom, which is a telephoto,
09:40or I'm sorry, not telephoto, optical zoom, not digital zoom.
09:44And that's all you get, anything more.
09:46But if you want to zoom all the way up,
09:47you can zoom all the way up to 30X zoom if you'd like to.
09:52You may or may not have seen it,
09:53but there is a four megapixel
09:55under display camera right there.
09:58It's really hard to tell.
09:59I'm happy they use it because you rarely need
10:02to use this camera, honestly.
10:04And if I want to take a picture, here you go.
10:06Cover screen preview is on.
10:09So now when I take a picture of someone,
10:11they can actually see themselves,
10:12make sure it's framed correctly,
10:14or of course, swipe to use camera.
10:17If I want to actually take a selfie
10:19with those main camera lenses, I can do that with ease.
10:24Ooh, I really like this thing above me on the ceiling.
10:26It's kind of a cool light.
10:27You do also have all your usual features
10:30like a portrait mode, video you can shoot
10:32all the way up to 4K, or I'm sorry, 8K 30 frames per second
10:39or 4K 60 frames per second.
10:42Going into more is where all Samsung's useful features are.
10:46The pro mode, pro video even.
10:48Love that that's included.
10:49A night mode, food, expert raw as well.
10:53It looks like you have to download that.
10:54I'll get that downloaded.
10:55Perfect segue into some of those AI features.
10:58So pressing the AI icon there,
11:00there's a group of different options
11:03that you can resize and move,
11:04and then it will generate an autofill
11:06where you move it from.
11:07You could transform your pictures and draw an image
11:11and AI will make the drawing look like part of the picture.
11:14So let's try sketch to image.
11:16Now what I'm gonna do is maybe draw
11:18like a parrot on my shoulder.
11:20So if I do a head, a body, and a couple legs
11:24and hit generate, let's see if that actually happens.
11:26Obviously that drawing was terrible.
11:28So just kind of keep that in mind.
11:30Oh, okay.
11:33Just a little guy, just a little friend
11:35hanging out on my shoulder.
11:36You know, that kind of makes sense.
11:37I didn't, I used white color.
11:39It was just such a simple drawing,
11:41but that's pretty interesting
11:44and a little better than I was expecting.
11:46You do, of course, still get circle to search.
11:49So press and hold the home button
11:52or the bottom bar if you're using the gestures.
11:54Oops, I accidentally pressed one of these
11:55nice little shortcuts down at the bottom.
11:57But if you press and hold that home button,
11:59circle something, and it will do a quick search
12:02of exactly the text, image,
12:04whatever it was that you searched.
12:06Quickly jumping back into settings,
12:08scrolling down, lock screen, and always on display.
12:11So nice that always on display is included
12:14and a few other options, including roaming clock,
12:17which I love that Samsung has.
12:18Let's see if it's actually enabled here.
12:20Yeah, it is.
12:21It doesn't know where my home is set.
12:23Obviously it thinks my home is in Paris, France,
12:25but generally when I travel,
12:27it will automatically put Chicago
12:29and wherever I'm at.
12:30It's super useful.
12:31And also under advanced features
12:34is where you're going to find your labs,
12:36multi-window flex mode panel.
12:39So when you use the phone sitting up,
12:41all the different apps that have features
12:44and can control that.
12:45Also going into labs,
12:47I really do like multi-window for all apps.
12:49Make sure to turn that on and check it out.
12:51S Pen, unfortunately not included with the phone,
12:54but I did get some hands on with the S Pen
12:56and I will hopefully be picking one up very soon
12:59because I do love to use the S Pen
13:01on this very large screen.
13:03Anyways, that is everything from me for now
13:06on the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
13:08Drop any questions you do have.
13:09I will have another video coming up in about a week
13:12with some more impressions
13:13on this flagship foldable phone from Samsung.
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