WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.080 Today, Samsung has one job, actually two jobs. 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:09.160 First, they have to convince me that upgrading to the Fold 5 is gonna be worth the hassle 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:14.960 of moving all of my apps and settings and logins and all of that crap over from my Fold 3 daily driver. 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:19.120 Second, they have to convince me if that I'm gonna go to all that effort, 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:22.640 I should go with the Fold 5 rather than the Pixel Fold, 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.840 which is, I was gonna say one of the hottest devices 00:00:25.840 --> 00:00:29.120 on the market right now, but that's a little on the nose. 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:35.240 So let's have a look. Wow, that is a lot heavier than I was expecting. 00:00:35.240 --> 00:00:39.680 Got my handy Jerry Rig Everything knife, available on lttstore.com. 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:44.720 Is this an actual hard hat? Am I about to get glitter bombed by Dbrand? 00:00:44.720 --> 00:00:49.000 Whatever this is, is in a lot of pieces. 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.160 Those appear to be glass shards. 00:00:52.080 --> 00:00:57.080 Did Dbrand actually ship me a box of glass shards? 00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:04.040 This is not the smart way to do this. 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:10.760 One of these days, Dbrand is gonna mail me a corpse 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:14.080 or something, they're gonna take it too far. 00:01:14.080 --> 00:01:19.800 The Galaxy Z Fold 5 then. It's got everything the Z Fold 4 had, but more better. 00:01:19.800 --> 00:01:26.080 So all the latest goodies from Samsung, including the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy processor, 00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:31.400 which means that essentially it's a little bit overclocked compared to a regular Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:35.920 up to 12 gigs of RAM, Android 13, up to a terabyte of storage. 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:40.440 That is if you have 2200 US dollars 00:01:40.440 --> 00:01:45.200 burning a hole in your pocket. No included accessories to speak of, that's right. 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:49.440 We not only don't get chargers, we don't get cables, we don't get, oh, we do get a cable. 00:01:49.440 --> 00:01:54.120 Oh, look at that. Ha, a USB-C charging cable 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:58.320 that probably won't even do data transfer. Thanks, Samsung. 00:01:58.320 --> 00:02:01.680 I should say thanks, Apple, for the industry trend that you started. 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:05.400 It also won't do any data transfer if the phone's not on. Let's get this thing fired up, shall we? 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:08.400 Speaking of which, charging is a strength of this device. 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:11.640 It charges from zero to 94% in an hour, 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:17.880 according to our data from the lab. That is, does that work out, to 17% more 00:02:17.880 --> 00:02:22.000 than the Pixel Fold in the same amount of time, which is pretty cool. And that's not the only thing about it 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:27.880 that's better than the Pixel Fold. We measured gaming performance that was anywhere from 20% faster than the Pixel Fold 00:02:27.880 --> 00:02:32.080 to nearly double, which is flipping impressive. 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.760 Oh, that would have been a great pun if only I was covering a completely different phone. 00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:41.560 Okay, it's a USB-2 data transfer cable, so good job, I guess. 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:44.920 Before we get into any more performance stuff, I just want to take a closer look at this. 00:02:44.920 --> 00:02:49.140 Right out of the box, I can say it is significantly flatter 00:02:49.140 --> 00:02:53.280 than the Pixel Fold was, even similarly, right out of the box. 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:56.760 Although Samsung's hinges have not always had 00:02:56.760 --> 00:03:02.520 a perfect track record for me for staying flat. This is my Fold 3, and this is how flat it is now. 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:06.240 You might actually be able to see this better in the top-down curve. Yeah, yeah, not that flat. 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:10.760 You kind of can give it the ol' eh, you know, eh. 00:03:10.760 --> 00:03:14.340 But even then, see? But of course, this is a new hinge design 00:03:14.340 --> 00:03:17.780 that hopefully is more durable and stays flatter longer, 00:03:17.780 --> 00:03:22.700 but most importantly, is zero gap now. 00:03:22.700 --> 00:03:26.420 I mean, where I'm from, that's not zero, 00:03:26.420 --> 00:03:32.980 but I will give them credit. That is a lot smaller than the gap on the older phone. 00:03:32.980 --> 00:03:36.380 So this is the three in my hand, and this is the five. 00:03:36.380 --> 00:03:41.420 And that's gonna help with ergonomics when you're using the external screen. As someone who actually daily drives one of these things, 00:03:41.420 --> 00:03:45.020 I can tell you, you're gonna find yourself using the external screen a lot more 00:03:45.020 --> 00:03:50.260 than you probably think. That was one of the biggest issues with the first gen, aside from the super dim inner screen. 00:03:50.260 --> 00:03:53.940 So for the outer one, we're looking at a 6.2 inch HD plus display. 00:03:53.940 --> 00:03:57.000 It runs at anywhere from 48 to 120 Hertz, 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:00.820 an adaptive refresh rate mode that helps both make it feel more smooth 00:04:00.820 --> 00:04:06.260 and helps it save power. They claim it'll do up to around 1700 nits peak brightness 00:04:06.260 --> 00:04:09.300 in HDR mode. Unfortunately, we don't have a way to do HDR testing 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:14.500 just yet, but we were able to measure it in SDR mode, which is pretty flippin' bright. 00:04:14.500 --> 00:04:18.140 And of course, it's got a pinhole camera, just like we've seen on the last several generations. 00:04:18.140 --> 00:04:22.240 As for how good it is, I suspect it's fine. 00:04:22.900 --> 00:04:24.460 Hello, here's my selfie. 00:04:26.460 --> 00:04:30.820 One thing to note is Man Samsung is applying a lot of processing to their selfie pictures 00:04:30.820 --> 00:04:33.820 these days by default. Yvonne took a couple of pictures of us 00:04:33.820 --> 00:04:37.280 at a wedding recently, just like, you know, taking selfies. 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:40.860 She's like, wow, it's a really good picture. I'm like, yeah, because it applied makeup, 00:04:40.860 --> 00:04:44.780 it embiggened our eyes, it reduced all our wrinkles. So I turned all that stuff off 00:04:44.780 --> 00:04:49.260 because she had just reset it to default. And we took another picture and we're like, 00:04:49.260 --> 00:04:53.780 yeah, we're pushing 40 pretty quick. Anywho, let's flip open to the internal display. 00:04:53.780 --> 00:04:58.780 This one is 7.6 inches, 2176 by 1812, 00:04:59.300 --> 00:05:02.620 also 120 Hertz, and also apparently capable 00:05:02.620 --> 00:05:06.580 of 1700 nits peak brightness. Now, one of the biggest differences 00:05:06.580 --> 00:05:11.940 between the Pixel Fold and the Galaxy Fold series is, of course, the aspect ratio of the internal display. 00:05:11.940 --> 00:05:16.500 The Pixel Fold is meant to be open more like a wallet. You know, it opens up into landscape, 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:23.340 whereas the Galaxy Fold goes from portrait to slightly less portrait. 00:05:23.340 --> 00:05:26.980 Personally, I've got to say, I kind of prefer this approach, 00:05:26.980 --> 00:05:30.500 just because I find myself more often than not, 00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:35.500 if I am watching video content, kind of reading comments and scrolling down below, 00:05:35.500 --> 00:05:38.720 which is one of the main benefits of having a gigantic screen. 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:43.300 And I also find this aspect ratio really great for remote desktop. 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:47.940 Pretty much no matter what aspect ratio, the monitor of the system you're remoting into is, 00:05:47.980 --> 00:05:52.940 this fits reasonably well. All right, she's bright. 00:05:52.940 --> 00:05:56.740 Can't confirm, wow, those whites are eye-searing. 00:05:56.740 --> 00:06:01.180 One thing I can tell you hasn't improved over previous gens is the screen protector. 00:06:01.180 --> 00:06:05.940 It has the same, if not quite glass kind of feel to it, 00:06:05.940 --> 00:06:09.500 but that doesn't mean that I would necessarily recommend removing yours. 00:06:09.500 --> 00:06:13.740 Mine started to peel at the hinge, and so I did eventually peel it up. 00:06:13.740 --> 00:06:19.060 It's not like the first gen where you can't do that. You can, and it does have a nicer glass feel to it, 00:06:19.060 --> 00:06:22.740 even though it's still not glass. But what eventually happened to mine is, 00:06:22.740 --> 00:06:26.540 if you look closely, my display is actually cracking. 00:06:26.540 --> 00:06:29.660 So here, let me just see if I can open something not incriminating here. 00:06:29.660 --> 00:06:34.580 I'm sure Alpha Cool's website. You can actually see there's like micro cracks. 00:06:34.580 --> 00:06:38.660 Can you hear it? Can you hear the noise? That's a bummer. 00:06:38.660 --> 00:06:43.460 It seems to be the very top layer, either cracking or delaminating a little bit. 00:06:43.460 --> 00:06:47.900 And hopefully they're continuing to improve this display technology, 00:06:47.900 --> 00:06:52.780 generation by generation, but it does mean that even if you really like the phone, 00:06:52.780 --> 00:06:54.840 I would have to caution you, and maybe, 00:06:56.340 --> 00:07:00.420 I don't even know how long to tell you guys to wait, because this one was over a year 00:07:00.420 --> 00:07:04.820 before it started to do that. So it's not like you could just wait. 00:07:04.820 --> 00:07:08.620 I mean, there'll be a new one, and then you won't even know if that one has any game breaking issues. 00:07:08.620 --> 00:07:11.660 One thing that has been good on mine though, is the IP rating. 00:07:11.660 --> 00:07:16.140 I regularly use it in the shower, accidentally get water on it, go out in the rain, 00:07:16.140 --> 00:07:20.980 all that kind of stuff, and I have had zero issues with it, other than it warning me not to charge 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:25.180 when there's water in the port. And the Fold 5 is rated at IPX8, 00:07:25.180 --> 00:07:30.660 meaning that all of those same use cases should be fine, but don't take it into the ocean. 00:07:30.660 --> 00:07:35.180 I have high hopes for the rear shooters though. That's something that could potentially convince me 00:07:35.180 --> 00:07:38.620 to move on from my Fold 3. Are they really gonna be much better? 00:07:38.620 --> 00:07:42.660 Oh, we have different zoom levels now though. What are we looking at for cameras? So the main's 50 megapixel, 00:07:42.660 --> 00:07:46.740 12 megapixel on the ultra-wide, and 10 megapixels on the telephoto. 00:07:46.740 --> 00:07:51.540 Ooh, we got some significant improvements here. 00:07:51.540 --> 00:07:55.420 Yeah, look at that. Okay, I mean, yeah, Bell's interesting, 00:07:55.420 --> 00:07:59.620 but forget about Bell for a second. You can't even make out these stitches here. 00:07:59.620 --> 00:08:03.620 Huh? Definitely capturing more detail. 00:08:03.620 --> 00:08:07.340 Hard to say if it's a significantly better sensor, or if it's just better processing, 00:08:07.380 --> 00:08:10.940 but wow, that text is way more readable. 00:08:10.940 --> 00:08:14.500 Another improvement over the Fold 4, let alone the Fold 3, 00:08:14.500 --> 00:08:19.260 is that even though the processor is faster and the battery is the same at 44 milliamp hours, 00:08:19.260 --> 00:08:22.260 Samsung claims that they're able to get another hour 00:08:22.260 --> 00:08:25.380 of battery life out of it, just due to improved efficiency. 00:08:25.380 --> 00:08:30.540 Let's see how that kind of shook out for us. We do have some Labs data, but like I said, we don't have anything for Fold 4 00:08:30.540 --> 00:08:36.220 because we don't have one on hand right now. What we did have for comparison is the Pixel Fold though. 00:08:36.220 --> 00:08:40.540 And that does not tell a very compelling story 00:08:40.540 --> 00:08:44.540 for the Fold 5's efficiency. It got walloped. 00:08:44.540 --> 00:08:48.300 I'm talking an hour of extra time in the stress test 00:08:48.300 --> 00:08:52.020 for the Pixel Fold. With that said, using the external display 00:08:52.020 --> 00:08:55.780 for video playback, we got an extra four hours on the Fold 5 00:08:55.780 --> 00:08:58.900 compared to the Pixel Fold. So it's a mixed bag at best, 00:08:58.900 --> 00:09:02.420 and the same goes for performance. We showed you guys some gaming numbers earlier 00:09:02.420 --> 00:09:06.420 that have the Fold 5 absolutely walking all over the Pixel Fold. 00:09:06.420 --> 00:09:11.860 But when it comes to productivity, actually their app launch times were surprisingly close 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:15.460 when you consider how much slower theoretically 00:09:15.460 --> 00:09:18.700 the Pixel Fold is compared to Samsung's latest. 00:09:18.700 --> 00:09:22.860 I mean, realistically, if you want the absolute most in performance, you're probably just gonna get an iPhone, 00:09:22.860 --> 00:09:27.020 but that's a whole separate conversation. I mean, we can side load. 00:09:27.020 --> 00:09:31.100 We can side load, baby. Ah, man, I guess that's just general ergonomics. 00:09:31.100 --> 00:09:34.140 They haven't really changed much, to be honest with you. 00:09:34.140 --> 00:09:37.620 It's exactly as handle-able as the previous gen device. 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:42.220 In fact, if you didn't tell me that I was holding a different one, I probably wouldn't notice. 00:09:42.220 --> 00:09:46.020 Like, yeah, it's a little bit shorter, but so was the last gen that was already the case. 00:09:46.020 --> 00:09:50.460 I guess just to help it be a little bit less top-heavy. Oh, how's that pinhole camera? 00:09:50.460 --> 00:09:54.940 Actually, I'm very curious about that, both from a transparency standpoint 00:09:54.940 --> 00:09:57.940 and from an image quality standpoint. Mm. 00:09:57.940 --> 00:10:02.800 Okay. It's poo poo, just like it was before. 00:10:02.800 --> 00:10:05.940 Awesome. Basically looks like there's something 00:10:05.940 --> 00:10:10.380 smudged all over the screen, which there pretty much is, all your pixels. 00:10:10.380 --> 00:10:14.620 As for how noticeable it is, that's better. 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:17.700 I don't know how to describe it, other than to say that the mesh 00:10:17.700 --> 00:10:21.180 is noticeably finer on the new model. Oh yeah, we never really talked 00:10:21.180 --> 00:10:25.100 about the buttons on the outside. So you got your lock button, which has a fingerprint sensor. 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:28.100 I cannot say how much I love having a fingerprint sensor 00:10:28.100 --> 00:10:32.500 button compared to an on-screen fingerprint sensor. Like, especially Samsung's. 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:37.060 It uses ultrasonic tech rather than a camera, and it's just slow. 00:10:37.060 --> 00:10:40.380 This is so fast. I mean, okay, obviously, I can't show you on this one, 00:10:40.380 --> 00:10:44.780 but I'm sure it won't be any worse than this. So you basically just unlock the phone, 00:10:44.780 --> 00:10:49.940 and it's on, it's great. Volume rocker, SIM tray, 00:10:49.940 --> 00:10:53.020 noise canceling mics, other more different mics, 00:10:53.020 --> 00:10:55.740 stereo speakers, USB-C for charging. 00:10:56.740 --> 00:10:59.740 I like the feel of the hinge, but I always like the feel of the hinge out of the box. 00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:04.660 So I'm like, I'm gun shy about saying it's good, right? Cause I said this one was good, and I loved it. 00:11:04.660 --> 00:11:08.740 And then it turned into a piece of crack. 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:14.060 Piece of cracked. Other than the camera, I'm not really seeing a whole lot to upgrade to here. 00:11:14.060 --> 00:11:18.060 I'm definitely not gonna go with the Pixel Fold, not with some of the issues that have been coming out around it. 00:11:18.060 --> 00:11:22.340 First gen woes, you know? But for me, it basically just comes down to, 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:28.340 I really like having a phone that I don't have to worry about. Just like, whatever. 00:11:28.340 --> 00:11:32.660 It's so beat up already. Cause I've accidentally dropped it so many times. 00:11:32.660 --> 00:11:37.340 That has a value to me. Cause I can just give it to my kids knowing 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:40.660 that they're probably gonna drop it, and I can, you know, whatever. 00:11:40.660 --> 00:11:45.700 Whereas this, it's all pristine, I feel like. I don't think the gap is a big deal to me. 00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:48.900 I don't mind the gap. That's why I fall on the subway. 00:11:48.900 --> 00:11:53.260 Sorry, what are we talking about? Watch ShortCircuit, subscribe.