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the worst thing about the galaxy fold is the crease because even though this is

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the first device in years that you can pull out of your pocket at a party and

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be confident that it'll spark the curiosity of everyone there it's the

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first thing that they're going to notice especially at the wider viewing angles

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as they look around your shoulder leading some people to immediately lose

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interest and honestly that's a shame because

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i absolutely love this phone i'll be

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using it as my daily driver probably until the fold 2 comes out so don't

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write it off just yet stick around and let me tell you guys why i think this

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phone is not just really cool but changes the way that i use my mobile

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pulsewave's gonna be a way better experience on the galaxy fold

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anything productivity-wise yeah i'll wait i'll wait i'll wait

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most of you have seen this phone by now so i'm only going to spend two breaths

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describing how it works when it's folded the front has a 4.6

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inch 21x9 amoled display a 10 megapixel

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selfie camera and all the hardware you need to make phone calls while on the

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back there's a triple camera setup with a telephoto wide and ultra wide lens

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but when you open the phone up that is when the magic happens one continuous

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7.3 inch display with 362 pixels per

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inch and a 4.2 by 3 aspect ratio

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there we go now i will admit that the crease was distracting for me at first

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but i've been using this phone for almost two weeks now and at this point i

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barely notice it especially in dimmer environments when the background image

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is displaying something bright or when i'm viewing it straight on and watching

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video content on this thing is badass thanks in part to the stereo

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speakers it really is like having a

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tablet in your pocket except that it's still useful once the show ends and the

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large screen puts productivity through the roof because even if you don't use

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the super intuitive controls to open up and switch between up to three apps at

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once it still makes even full screen

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basic things like controlling a remote desktop through teamviewer or using a

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website that wasn't built for mobile way

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easier the folding screen does have a couple drawbacks though while the

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smaller display on the front is glass and therefore feels totally normal by

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2019 standards glass don't fold so the big screen is a

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soft plastic with a higher friction feel

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and the tendency to grab onto junk that's not easy to wipe away especially

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if you don't want to risk you know using your fingernail to

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pick it away and then accidentally scratching the screen

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but the bigger issue literally is the gigantic and in my

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opinion completely unnecessary notch it

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contains cameras five and six

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but it makes swiping down notifications more difficult if you're right-handed

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like me while cutting deep into your full screen content

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now i will admit that there are benefits to having these cameras accompany the

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main screen because it makes taking selfies way better and it turns your screen into

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a really nice foldable pocket mirror which happens to be a common use case

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but as someone who rarely does either of those things i would much rather lose

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those cameras and the notch and the extra price that i paid for them and

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just have all the cameras on the outside of the phone then open it up if i want

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to preview an image speaking of outside wear a hoodie when you go outside

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lttstore.com

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speaking of the outside i ended up using the outer screen a lot less frequently

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than i originally anticipated seeing as it's a fully featured screen opening the

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phone all the way really does take some extra effort and holding the unfolded

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fold one-handed felt quite

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unwieldy at first

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while there was a learning curve for me i actually now find that even one of my

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small hands can hold and use the phone

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stably as long as i'm not trying to do anything complicated like reach all the

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way across it combine that with how limiting such a

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small screen can be especially once you're used to a big one

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and the fact that using this thick and heavy chocolate bar one-handed is itself

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actually kind of tricky because of its thickness

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and the end result is i basically only ended up using the front screen when i

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was gonna dictate a message to someone or when i wanted to close up the google

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maps search i just did and like put it in my phone holder on my windshield

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actually overall this is kind of crazy the fold

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made me use my phone less as a whole the extra time that it

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takes to open it has nudged me to use my phone more

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intentionally with less time spent just idly scrolling stuff that i didn't

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really want to read anyway and fewer instances of just mindlessly taking it

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out of my pocket when i'm like waiting for an elevator

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it's counter-intuitive but the phone made the time that i spent on my phone

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better without compelling me to spend more time using it with one notable

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exception this thing has actually got me reading more because the kindle app on

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it is so awesome i mean i've said it a couple times now

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but it's like having a folding tablet in your pocket which brings us i guess to

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the software experience as a whole which

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is aside from the kindle app a bit of a mixed bag this is the only device of its

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kind and samsung is doing their best but they still have to rely on third parties

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to optimize for it some apps like google maps are really

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great at keeping continuity as you transition between screens which is

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something that you can configure on an app by app basis but others are

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completely unable to resize themselves while they're running and need to be

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restarted it's a little annoying

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typing is a bit of a different experience as well now samsung did a

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fantastic job of designing a split keyboard that's really smooth to type on

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in fact it was one of my favorite things about the device until i realized that

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no i in fact still do not like samsung's prediction but if you want to load up a

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custom board you're kind of rolling the dice g board no longer supports a split

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mode and swiftkey which is my preferred third-party keyboard does support a

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split mode but the keys are ortholinear which takes a little bit of getting used

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to so does the price tag at 1980 us dollars this thing costs more

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than a lot of people's cars it is really

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expensive it is 500 more than even the

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most tricked out

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it is 500 more than even the most tricked out iphone 11 pro max which by

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the way we did review so go check that out

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and yet i don't think samsung is being entirely

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unreasonable here not only are you getting more hardware than any other

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device like for real basically three screens six cameras and

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a pair of wireless earbuds in the box and not only does samsung need to and

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deserve to be compensated for all the r d that it took to bring this thing to

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market but the fold also delivers experiences that you are not going to

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get on any other phone like this is the

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first phone that i thought maybe when i'm on the plane

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i don't need something with a bigger screen as long as i don't need to do too

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much typing is it a first gen product

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yeah they need to lessen the crease i would

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love it if the fingerprint reader and the lock button were combined into one

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and an official ip rating would be really nice to have at this point not to

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mention that the accessories ecosystem needs to catch up so i can like mount it

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to my dashboard and get you know a variety of cases that make any sense

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but overall i'm super impressed with what

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samsung has accomplished here with the fold and i'm looking forward to all the

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copycat devices trying to emulate this form factor in the coming

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