My Fold 5 has arrived! (updated)

[11B1P]

I'm so tempted to trade in my Fold 4 for the 5 as with trade in and credit I can get the Fold 5 for 550.00 lol the Fold 4 is in mint condition.
I don't want to do it , damn it .

You need to watch Flossy's review first

 

[Borgie]

You need to watch Flossy's review first

too late lol Don't tell Flossy on him now

 

[ironass]

I'm so tempted to trade in my Fold 4 for the 5 as with trade in and credit I can get the Fold 5 for 550.00 lol the Fold 4 is in mint condition.
I don't want to do it , damn it .

 

[mustang7757]

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Exactly

 

[ironass]

Exactly

As dear old grandfather ironass said to me... "When you get to my age. you don't regret the things you did but you do regret the things you didn't do"

 

[mustang7757]

You need to watch Flossy's review first

Too late
I never let anyone review make my judgement though, I know what I'm looking for otherwise I wouldn't jump to The Fold 5.
I look at finer details than overall appearance of a device where it made a difference.

 

[mustang7757]

As dear old grandfather ironass said to me... "When you get to my age. you don't regret the things you did but you do regret the things you didn't do"

Well said

 

[Morty2264]

I think that with the Fold5, Samsung have adopted a, "Softly, softly, catchee monkey", approach and rather than introducing killer features or styles, they have set about improving what they already had with the Fold4. Seemingly minor improvements such as changing the glue for the screens and altering the hinge mechanism, etc; all add up to fine tuning the Fold phone. Only time will tell.

I think that's a really good way to market their product. Fix what wasn't working as well/make improvements for overall performance, and then they can add more bells and whistles.

 

[jeetu4444]

Time to unbox my goodies

 

[ironass]

Third impressions

Nearly a month ago, when I first received my new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 phone, I struggled on my, "First impressions", post to come up with any differences or features that warranted spending £1,750 (US$2,225), to replace my perfectly usable Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4.

Sure, the hinge both looked and felt better but that seemed to be about it.

How wrong I was!

Never has the phrase, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts", been more true.

I believe that Samsung have listened to the feedback from the previous 4 Fold models and with that knowledge have set about re-engineering and improving the Fold from the ground up. The hinge, the screens, the adhesive that holds the screens, the camera software, etc; etc; etc; have all been changed and tweaked to make a Fold phone to be proud of and on which they can build future releases.

Since I own both the Fold4 and Fold5, I have used them in tandem at the outset but more and more the Fold5 has become my daily driver as the Fold4, still in pristine condition, is consigned to my backup drawer.

That is not to say that the Fold4 is bad but rather, the Fold5 is better.

This video highlights just some of the reasons that I think that the Fold5 is worth upgrading to or, if you have never owned a Fold phone before, worth changing to.

How could Samsung improve on the Fold5?

Well, for me, it would be to introduce the shorter, wider, front screen that the Google Pixel Fold uses... but that is just me!

 

[mustang7757]

Third impressions

Nearly a month ago, when I first received my new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 phone, I struggled on my, "First impressions", post to come up with any differences or features that warranted spending £1,750 (US$2,225), to replace my perfectly usable Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4.

Sure, the hinge both looked and felt better but that seemed to be about it.

How wrong I was!

Never has the phrase, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts", been more true.

I believe that Samsung have listened to the feedback from the previous 4 Fold models and with that knowledge have set about re-engineering and improving the Fold from the ground up. The hinge, the screens, the adhesive that holds the screens, the camera software, etc; etc; etc; have all been changed and tweaked to make a Fold phone to be proud of and on which they can build future releases.

Since I own both the Fold4 and Fold5, I have used them in tandem at the outset but more and more the Fold5 has become my daily driver as the Fold4, still in pristine condition, is consigned to my backup drawer.

That is not to say that the Fold4 is bad but rather, the Fold5 is better.

This video highlights just some of the reasons that I think that the Fold5 is worth upgrading to or, if you have never owned a Fold phone before, worth changing to.

How could Samsung improve on the Fold5?

Well, for me, it would be to introduce the shorter, wider, front screen that the Google Pixel Fold uses... but that is just me!

I heard the Fold 6 will be wider but not short like the pixel Fold

 

[ironass]

I heard the Fold 6 will be wider but not short like the pixel Fold

OMG! Isn't that just a folding tablet, then?

(Actually, I'm warming to that idea!)

 

[mustang7757]

OMG! Isn't that just a folding tablet, then?

(Actually, I'm warming to that idea!)

Well probably not the same height as it is now but definitely won't be like the pixel Fold height but they are rumors and we are far away from that

 

[ironass]

Well probably not the same height as it is now but definitely won't be like the pixel Fold height but they are rumors and we are far away from that

Say, just wide enough to have an integral S-Pen slot?

Now that would be enough for me to upgrade to a Fold6.

 

[mustang7757]

Say, just wide enough to have an integral S-Pen slot?

Now that would be enough for me to upgrade to a Fold6.

They integrate a Spen my Fold 5 be packed up and ready for trade in

 

[Logan Hale]

Got mine today and I must say it feels way better than the Fold 4 but watch out, it can be slippery.

 

[mustang7757]

Got mine today and I must say it feels way better than the Fold 4 but watch out, it can be slippery.

Congrats