Are you interested in the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip?

[dungoyle]

Pre-ordered it the day after the unpacked event after watching multiple hands-on reviews. I'm on the Galaxy Forever program with Sprint, so I was planning to do my annual upgrade to the Galaxy S20 this year until they finally announced the product at unpacked. The generation bump to S20 just isn't doing it for me this time around, and while the Z Flip is very expensive, it actually feels like something new. I've read several folks crapping on the specs, but considering that they basically match the current S10 specs, I have no complaints in that regard; particularity on the 5G front as I very much doubt I;ll be seeing that in my area for at least a couple of years.

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

This interests me more then the fold, but it's first generation again with folding glass. I think I'll wait for second generation and from comment above doesn't look like Verizon is getting it anyway.

I'm thinking about the S20+ at the moment. I have the note 10+, I actually have 2 of them. I only need one, and the trade in plus best buy's deal, I can get one for $300. That's hard to pass up, and then you throw in $200 Samsung gift card promo. I would even consider doing that with this fold, why isn't Verizon carrying this?

 

[Dooki]

I would love one. but I work in construction and I don't think massive amounts of sawdust would do it any good

 

[Darwm]

I have an S10 now but i think my next upgrade is going to be a flip

 

[cbreze]

I think it’s pretty cool tech but I doubt I’d ever pay that much for a phone. That, and it’s Samsung whom I am not a fan of.
Did you all catch the CNET drop test? From 3 feet to concrete and completely shattered the outside glass. I get the wireless charging craze but I don’t need it. I wish metal backed phones were more of an option.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Fake glass. See my other post for details.

 

[Dooki]

I think it’s pretty cool tech but I doubt I’d ever pay that much for a phone. That, and it’s Samsung whom I am not a fan of.
Did you all catch the CNET drop test? From 3 feet to concrete and completely shattered the outside glass. I get the wireless charging craze but I don’t need it. I wish metal backed phones were more of an option.

Dropping out from three feet onto concrete and it breaking is not unusual, it complete depends on how it lands.

Metal backed phones are stupid, just as stupid as glass. You can have wireless charging with metal or ceramic. A high quality plastic or polymer is the way to go.

 

[Mike Dee]

Dropping out from three feet onto concrete and it breaking is not unusual, it complete depends on how it lands.

Metal backed phones are stupid, just as stupid as glass. You can have wireless charging with metal or ceramic. A high quality plastic or polymer is the way to go.

You can't have wireless with metal but you can have it with ceramic.

 

[dungoyle]

Fake glass. See my other post for details.

Saw this on YouTube this afternoon I'm not mad that it's not glass so much as I am that they are marketing it as such. All hands-on tests I've read and viewed have mentioned how much better this surface feels than the plastic on the Fold and the Razer, so they're apparently doing something different; unfortunately, it's still some sort of plastic :-(

 

[Ry]

Fake glass. See my other post for details.

Technically there's glass.

But yeah. I still see it as fake glass.

 

[anon(50597)]

Can’t wait to hear all the broken screen complaints.

 

[joeldf]

No interest in any screen folding device.

If it folds, it's gonna have a crease. And flexing a crease will only weaken it over time.

An immediate no-go for me.

 

[trucksmoveamerica#AC]

Already getting the broken screen complaints and others. One article about Corning glass and the z even says this isn't the one to buy

https://www.google.com/amp/s/wccftech.com/galaxy-z-flip-has-some-issues-here-is-a-list-of-them/amp/


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.th...-glass-galaxy-z-flip-explained-schott-corning

 

[Wenlocke]

I'm finding myself more and more interested in the phone, despite all the commentary about the screen being plastic (Samsung marketing fubar there, if they'd advertised it acknowledging the fact it's a glass substrate with a layer on top, a lot of the current shouting could have been avoided) and such, it still piques my interest in a way few phones have in the last couple of years.

I find myself in the position of being 7 or 8 weeks out from contract term upgrade date, currently running an S9+, with both the S20 variants and the Z Flip slated to be available by that point. So my options are looking like:

S20+/S20 Ultra: Big step up in practically every sense.
Z Flip: Effectively a folding S10 on new software. Much smaller step up in spec, although still better than my S9.

Use case: I mostly use my main camera for shots of opportunity, it never sees much use as a serious camera, really. The one on my S9 is perfectly fine. this, in fact, it pretty much what I have to say about the whole show, the S9+ has functioned admirably in every task I have set it, and I have never really pushed its capabilities to the absolute limit (frankly, if it wasn't for normal deterioration and the problem of lack of software updated at some point sooner than the s20/Z, I could stick with it.) It's things like that that mean I don't see the (clearly better) spec on the s20 in terms of cameras, storage, memory, etc as too much of a plus point over the Z as I'm unlikely to ever need all the extra oomph.

So essentially it comes down to trad, more robust phone with bigger battery but overkill vs folding, fits in pocket better but possibly will have screen life/durability issues. and the cool factor.

 

[Dooki]

You can't have wireless with metal but you can have it with ceramic.

The way around that is you basically cut a hole the size of the coil in the back and fill it with a conductive material, then finish it to match. Not hard.

 

[Matthew Stegman]

switched from xs max to z flip and I love it! its different and a conversation starter when people see me using it in public. and the best part closing it to end a call!

 

[Mike Dee]

The way around that is you basically cut a hole the size of the coil in the back and fill it with a conductive material, then finish it to match. Not hard.

That's never going to happen.

 

[Mike Dee]

switched from xs max to z flip and I love it! its different and a conversation starter when people see me using it in public. and the best part closing it to end a call!

Sorry, I don't need a foldimg phone as a conversation starter or to impress people.

 

[BergerKing]

Pass. Hard pass. My last flip was a BlackBerry Style, which was a true flip, but that experience is the last I plan to have. I'm in the "Big Screen Slab" camp, because I do waaaay too much on a phone screen to take the chance of it failing like that at a bad time. And any time is a bad time.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I have zero interest in it. I prefer a bigger screen with no moving parts that are subject to breakage due to wear and tear.

It has no benefits to me for my use case.