Landon Affo
What’s goin’ on, folks, it’s Lando from today’s tech annnd let’s talk about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 in 2021. The Fold 2 has been out for 10 months and every time I use it, I get more and more excited about the future of foldables. This is just about as premium as it gets for tech enthusiasts right now. But that’s just it. The Z Fold 2 is more of a tech enthusiast’s device more so than it is a smartphone for the average consumer. And, I’ll explain why. But, it gets me thinking, you know, where to next, where do we go from here to get every company making one and get one of these in everyone’s pocket. We’ll get to that. But first, let’s take a look at what we have now.
The Z Fold 2 is one of the two best-designed foldable phones on the market. The cover display is a very slim and tall 25:9 aspect ratio that still comes out to 6.2” surprisingly. However, the inner display of the Galaxy Z Fold 2 is like a step right into the future. It’s massive at 7.6”, so, bigger than your iPhone or your traditional Android device. It has a 120 Hz refresh rate, so everything looks buttery smooth, and again it’s an OLED made by Samsung, so it just looks so good.
And it’s nice, I feel like Samsung has taken almost as many precautions as they could to make the Z Fold2 durable. Especially after the Fold 1 debacle. But unfortunately, there’s a lot of things you could do with a traditional smartphone that you wouldn’t wanna’ risk with this guy. So, no beaches, no water, probably shouldn’t take it on any outdoor adventures. It’s kinda restrictive.
But hey, Samsung has done a fantastic job with the software experience with the help of their Good Lock apps. If you’re not familiar, Good Lock is kinda like the home base app for extra customization features for Samsung phones.
Now, camera-wise, they’re nothing too crazy. No 8K or 100x space zoom or anything, it’s your usual triple camera array with the wide, ultra-wide and a 2x optical telephoto camera. And pictures come out pretty good, they’re vibrant, they’ve got great HDR, great autofocus, so, maybe a bit better than the S20 Ultra and just about on par with the Note20 Ultra.
And lastly, as far as performance and specs go, it hangs with the best of ‘em. It’s got 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage and it’s powered by last year’s flagship snapdragon 865+, so of course, it easily keeps a ton of apps open and allows you to multitask like it’s nobody’s business.
But, this all begs the question of: where to next? Like, what can be done to get foldables in the pockets of the average consumer?
S21 Ultra Review:
Note20 Ultra Review: https://youtu.be/yt_qnib_8ag
0:00 Intro
0:49 Design
02:24 Displays
05:57 Durability
08:12 Software
10:23 Cameras
11:17 Performance
11:58 Conclusion: Where To Next?
Stay safe, everyone!
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