Samsung developed the first book-style foldable phone on the market and continues to improve its phones every year. Since then, it has improved the hinge, durability, and software quite significantly. However, Samsung has also become very comfortable in this space and as such has been sitting on its haunches in recent years. Very little changed between the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 – in fact, the biggest change was the fact that it finally folded flat.
That being said, the hardware has been great on the device for a few generations now, so a drastic change wasn’t necessarily necessary. Add to that the year-over-year software improvements, and Samsung’s flagship foldable has been the phone to beat for a few generations and the software continues to improve. There is still a big flaw.
The Fold 5’s cover screen is borderline unusable for the average person. It’s extremely narrow and tall, although it opens to a plush interior screen, perfect for two-handed use. If you like using your phone one-handed, the Fold 5 isn’t bad, but too many other manufacturers have shown us how to do this better. Samsung needs to improve this for next year.
That said, the Fold 5 remains an industry leader in foldable devices. Of course, the best foldable smartphone is also the most expensive, at $1,800, available directly from Samsung.
Samsung developed the first book-style foldable phone on the market and continues to improve its phones every year. Since then, it has improved the hinge, durability, and software quite significantly. However, Samsung has also become very comfortable in this space and as such has been sitting on its haunches in recent years. Very little changed between the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 – in fact, the biggest change was the fact that it finally folded flat.
That being said, the hardware has been great on the device for a few generations now, so a drastic change wasn’t necessarily necessary. Add to that the year-over-year software improvements, and Samsung’s flagship foldable has been the phone to beat for a few generations and the software continues to improve. There is still a big flaw.
The Fold 5’s cover screen is borderline unusable for the average person. It’s extremely narrow and tall, although it opens to a plush interior screen, perfect for two-handed use. If you like using your phone one-handed, the Fold 5 isn’t bad, but too many other manufacturers have shown us how to do this better. Samsung needs to improve this for next year.
That said, the Fold 5 remains an industry leader in foldable devices. Of course, the best foldable smartphone is also the most expensive, at $1,800, available directly from Samsung.
