• avant-hier
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00:00Hey what's up, MKBHD here. Samsung had their Foldy event today, which means I get to show
00:07you the phones that I got to play with behind the scenes a little bit before they came out,
00:12which is, as we expected, two folding phones. So we've got the Galaxy Z Fold 3 with a better
00:17cover screen, more durable folding glass, S-Pen support, it's got an under-display selfie
00:23camera. I made an entire separate hands-on video with this phone, it'll be the first
00:27link below that like button, definitely check it out, it's really nice. But then also,
00:31there's this guy, the Z Flip 3. And while honestly this feels like a less surprising,
00:36pretty modest update comparably, of all the folding phones, this is actually the one that
00:41I feel like I'm most likely to start recommending to regular people. They've made a lot of good
00:45calls here. So the Z Flip and Z Flip 5G have been out for a little bit, what were people
00:50asking for from a new flipping phone? So a better, bigger cover screen, a higher refresh
00:57rate main screen, and lower the price a little bit. Okay, check, check, and kinda check.
01:06So let's just start with the price. The Flip 3 is gonna start at $999, which is its lowest
01:11ever price, it's the lowest price of any of their folding phones. But the baseline version
01:16of it now has 128 gigs of storage, where the previous Flips all had higher prices,
01:22but they all started at $256. So they've made a lower priced version, thus having a lowest
01:29ever price, but you can see how they've sort of turned that narrative a little bit. I still
01:33think $999 is pretty clutch though, because while it is definitely still expensive, it's
01:37now in line with some other regular flagship smartphones people are gonna be considering
01:42buying, it just happens to be the one that's folding in half. So I'm happy to see this
01:47lower price, but the inside screen, the folding display, which is still the same size and
01:51aspect ratio, is also now 120 hertz, which is great, everything is now benefiting from
01:56being super smooth, and you can always turn that down to 60 hertz if you want to. Literally
02:01feels like the iPhone will be the last flagship to go higher refresh rate, but that's a conversation
02:05for another day. And all of this is wrapped in a design refresh that includes a larger
02:10and more functional cover display, going from that tiny 1.1 inch screen from before
02:16to a 1.9 inch cover screen. Now it's not quite the huge 2.7 inch screen on the Razr, but
02:24this is a much bigger window and it makes a huge difference. So by default, it's still
02:29just gonna be showing you the time, which is the same as before, cool, plus you get
02:32the battery and the date. But now swiping over to those different widgets and quick
02:37actions is way more functional and comfortable now. It's not that tiny postage stamp size
02:42screen. You've got music controls, alarms, timers, and they're now an actually usable
02:48size. And so this is the stuff you don't always want to have to open the phone to get to.
02:52But the most important thing is notifications. So if you swipe to the left of the time,
02:56you get all the notifications on your phone. And yes, you can read more than one and you
03:01can actually swipe to dismiss individual notifications and you can actually manage them properly
03:06from the outside display. That is beautiful. So you can of course dive into the settings
03:10and customize a little more of what happens on this outside screen. Samsung's built a
03:14bunch of neat time animation. So if you want a little more color or if you want to keep
03:18it clean, or maybe you want multiple clocks for different time zones, there's a lot to
03:22play with here. And then you can even add or subtract widgets you don't use. So I know
03:26I'd probably add in the weather widget and the calendar for myself and you can reorder
03:31them. All of that is great. And you always know what to expect when you swipe. So overall,
03:36that's a pretty big usability improvement for the outside screen on the flip. Of course,
03:40it can still be your camera viewfinder when taking photos with the primary dual cameras.
03:45It still shows you the phone number or the name of whoever's calling you. All that good
03:49stuff is still here, just bigger. And I don't know about you, but I'm kind of liking this
03:54new dual tone design. Honestly, if you didn't have any logos on it, like if you just told
03:59a younger version of me that this was a folding pixel, I probably would have believed you.
04:03It kind of looks like the aesthetic from that Panda Pixel 2. But the sides are a little
04:08bit flatter too, which definitely helps with modernizing it a bit. And it feels good in
04:12the hand. Plus the new hinge is improved again and it's improved to the point where the whole
04:16phone is now IPX8 water resistant, which is pretty sweet. That means you can dunk the
04:23phone in water, drop it in a puddle or spill something on it momentarily and it'll be fine,
04:27which is cool. Now IPX8 does not mean dust resistant. Unfortunately, the stuff that
04:34usually ends up plaguing folding phones, like the grit and stuff that gets in the hinge
04:38can still make it through there. So it's not certified to block that stuff out, but it's
04:43cool to see a watertight seal. And also they tossed in some better speakers this time.
04:46So the original flips just had this one, not that great speaker at the bottom and the earpiece.
04:51Now flip three actually gets a much improved speaker in the same spot and they're Dolby
04:56Atmos stereo speakers now. So new Gorilla Glass Victus on the back, same fingerprint
05:01reader on the power button. This is nice. This is a nice package. This is a really nice
05:05folding phone design in 2021. Now this doesn't go as far into the high end as the Fold 3.
05:12So it doesn't have S Pen support, even though it does have 30% stronger screen protector
05:16on the inside folding glass. And it also doesn't have the under display selfie camera. It still
05:22has the hole punch. But as far as the most reasonable folding phone put together so
05:27far in 2021, I mean, this one, I think this one takes the crown. It has the flagship specs,
05:34Snapdragon 888 and eight gigs of RAM. It has flagship cameras, a standard and an ultrawide.
05:40The battery is the same size as last year. So that could be the only concern now that
05:44we just got high refresh rate, but then putting this all in nicely designed water resistant
05:49refresh at 999. To me, this has serious potential. And even if this doesn't turn out to be the
05:55one that a lot of people start buying, the trajectory is pretty good of getting down
06:00that price and making it as close to a regular phone as possible. But all that being said,
06:04I still have to test this phone. I'm going to be reviewing it very soon. So make sure
06:07you subscribe to see that if you haven't already. And of course, check out the Fold 3 because
06:11you might be into that bigger, more high end, more interesting look. Again, it's the link
06:15below, but either way, that's been it. Catch you guys in the next one. Peace.