WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.280 If you want to buy a folding phone in North America, 00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:08.240 your options are limited, but luckily, Samsung keeps putting out new foldables. 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:12.360 And today we are looking at the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5. 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:17.080 Just say Flip 5, it's really fine. Otherwise, all you get in the box is a phone, no cable. 00:00:17.080 --> 00:00:20.480 No cable? Oh, oh, maybe? 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:25.840 Silly me. There is a cable. No brick, we have a three foot long cable 00:00:25.840 --> 00:00:30.640 that's not super high quality. I guess it feels fine, but not my favorite. 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:34.120 We have our sim popper and our start guide, 00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:38.200 but we don't want any of this. We really just want the phone because that's where things get interesting. 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.560 Some people don't get the Flip phone lifestyle. If you've watched one of Riley's videos covering 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:47.680 the Oppo Find-in-2 Flip or the other Flip phone that he did, both times, 00:00:47.680 --> 00:00:51.760 he didn't get why people would want a smaller phone because it makes the phone twice as thick. 00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:55.000 But I am a passionate believer in the form factor 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.960 because I just think this looks and feels so good in the hand and the pocket. 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:03.600 Sure, it's a little bit more bricky, but it also leaves so much more space for other things. 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.840 Or if you carry a purse or have small pockets, 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:11.360 it actually fits, which is great. But with that, I haven't actually been very impressed 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:15.480 with Samsung's offerings before. I'd use the Samsung Galaxy Flip 4 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:20.240 and I find the battery life wasn't great and that tiny outer screen really didn't do it for me. 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:23.760 But maybe this is the phone to make me go back to Team Samsung. 00:01:23.800 --> 00:01:27.120 I actually used the Oppo Find-in-2 Flip for quite a while because I had the taller screen 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:32.240 and this one here, it'll be hard to tell until we turn it on, has a massive cover screen. 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:36.160 But first, let's take a look around the outside of the phone. So on the right side, we have our power button 00:01:36.160 --> 00:01:40.880 fingerprint scanner combo and volume rocker. On the top, we have nothing but a mic hole. 00:01:40.880 --> 00:01:44.040 On the left, we have our SIM tray here, 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:49.240 which is just a single nano SIM. And on the bottom, we have our mic holes, 00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:52.240 USB-C charging and speaker grill. 00:01:52.240 --> 00:01:55.600 Looking at design, it's very similar to the Flip 4 other than the cover display, 00:01:55.600 --> 00:02:00.560 which as you can see on the Flip 4 is pretty darn small. You can see small notifications, 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:05.360 change your song, whatever. But on the Flip 5, we now have a massive 3.4-inch display. 00:02:05.360 --> 00:02:09.400 It's not quite the entire cover, like the Motorola Razr that just came out 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:14.040 that actually goes around the cameras themselves, but you're not really getting any use of that screen there. 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:17.520 So I can understand why Samsung kind of just made a notch as we see when we turn it on. 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.120 Other than that, it's pretty hard to tell, but the glass looks a little bit more frosty on the 4 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:24.160 compared to the shiny glass of the Flip 5. 00:02:24.160 --> 00:02:30.280 And the hinge looks a little different because this one now folds completely flat 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.720 versus a tiny opening on the Flip 5 here. 00:02:33.720 --> 00:02:37.960 And I have to say, I didn't notice the gap on the Flip 4 that much, but having it completely sealed off 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:41.000 means that there's less chance of dust getting in there and scratching the inner screen. 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:45.580 So it is great to see. And I gotta say, aesthetically, I mean, it just looks really, really sharp. 00:02:45.580 --> 00:02:49.800 Going back to the inside of the phone, it is a 6.7-inch AMOLED display, 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:54.960 and it is up to 120 Hertz, and it's an adaptive sync as well. So it'll vary depending on what you're doing, 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:58.480 which is great, and it is IPX8 water-resistant. 00:02:58.480 --> 00:03:03.760 So no dust resistance at all. Things might get in the hinge, but hey, at least if this dunks in the pool, 00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:08.520 you don't have to worry about it. Now, we usually start on the inside of the phone, but the Flip 4's big difference is this cover screen. 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:11.960 I have to say, it looks great. Like with it being an AMOLED screen, 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:15.760 you can't really tell where the screen ends and begins. 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:20.200 The screen in the front is 748 by 720, and it's only 60 Hertz, which is a little bit slower 00:03:20.200 --> 00:03:23.560 than, again, something like the Razer, and it's something we're gonna be calling out quite a bit, 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:27.640 because that's the only other Flip you can really buy in North America. But on the cover screen, 00:03:27.640 --> 00:03:31.160 I guess you don't really need anything too crazy. As for what you can do, it has a bunch of widgets. 00:03:31.160 --> 00:03:35.880 So you see we have a calendar, our weather, alarms, and steps, which is great. 00:03:35.880 --> 00:03:41.500 And if we go all the way over to the left, we get our notifications. One thing I would have liked to see is a bit more. 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:44.760 Like, widgets are great, but I wanna be able to use any app that I want 00:03:44.760 --> 00:03:48.800 without having to worry about whether Samsung's made this custom thing on the cover screen, 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:53.200 but I guess it is what it is. And on the inside of the phone, we have our full HD plus display, 00:03:53.200 --> 00:03:57.040 so it's gonna be, you know, 1080p, just expanded for this aspect ratio. 00:03:57.040 --> 00:04:01.280 And honestly, I think it's fine. Again, a lot of people look for those high-end ones, 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:04.440 or even like the Sony phones that are 4K, and those are a bit overkill. 00:04:04.440 --> 00:04:08.560 For a phone of this size, you'd really like to be pixel peeping to, you know, notice that difference, 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:12.760 but for me, I don't really care, and I'd rather have the battery life. As for bloatware and everything like that, 00:04:12.760 --> 00:04:15.800 it is a Samsung phone. For better and worse, 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.560 the downside is that you're gonna have doubles of a lot of apps. You're gonna have everything that comes standard 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:23.400 with Google, as well as all the things that come standard with Samsung. 00:04:23.400 --> 00:04:29.720 As for specs, all models come with eight gigs of RAM, and they can either get 256 or 512 gigabytes of storage. 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:33.120 This is not expandable, so be aware, you might wanna go for the larger one if you're ever worried about it, 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:36.480 but to me, I think 256 is gonna be plenty for most people. 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:41.920 And it's running the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.4, mobile platforms for Galaxy or something like that. 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:47.460 It's a special OC version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 that reportedly gets up to 5% better performance. 00:04:47.460 --> 00:04:52.020 I mean, why not take it? Other than that, it's got Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, 00:04:52.020 --> 00:04:56.740 5G, sub-millimeter wave, all that kind of stuff, and it's running Android 13. 00:04:56.740 --> 00:04:59.980 I don't know how many years of updates they're promising. I couldn't actually find anything online, 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:03.860 but somebody be aware of, I know sometimes Android updates can take a while to get to Samsung, 00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:07.780 so if again, you're somebody who really, really cares about that, maybe wait till they make a statement on it 00:05:07.780 --> 00:05:11.740 or do some more research online. Now let's get right into Labs testing results. 00:05:11.740 --> 00:05:15.100 Usually when a new generation phone comes out, it blows the old one out of the water. 00:05:15.100 --> 00:05:18.660 You know, it's the best phone we've made yet, but we did find some interesting results 00:05:18.660 --> 00:05:23.820 when it comes to performance, gaming, and Apple launches. In the 3D Mark Wildlife Extreme benchmark, 00:05:23.820 --> 00:05:27.260 the Flip 5 does outperform the Flip 4 by a decent margin, 00:05:27.260 --> 00:05:32.300 but when we get to Apple launch testing, the results are mixed. For Chrome, the 5 outperforms the 4, 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:35.300 but for Instagram, Discord, and Slack, 00:05:35.300 --> 00:05:38.740 the 4 outperforms the 5, and I'm not sure what would cause that. 00:05:38.740 --> 00:05:42.100 It could be optimization, but the form factor is very, very similar 00:05:42.100 --> 00:05:47.380 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 obviously outperforms the Gen 1, so any guess I make would be purely speculatory. 00:05:47.380 --> 00:05:50.620 Oddly enough, again, when we get to gaming, the Flip 4 outperforms the Flip 5 00:05:50.620 --> 00:05:55.980 in both Dolphin Emulator and Call of Duty Mobile, though the Flip 5 does perform better at unhappy raccoon. 00:05:55.980 --> 00:05:59.020 And when we get to battery testing, the results are equally as confusing. 00:05:59.020 --> 00:06:02.620 The Flip 5 hands down, slams the Flip 4 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:06.540 with 18 and a half hours of battery life compared to 8.75 hours, 00:06:06.540 --> 00:06:12.740 but then when we get to the stress test, the Flip 5 gets 3.7 hours compared to the 4.75 hours of the Flip 4. 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:17.500 Though the results are so mixed and the 4 outperforms the 5, you know, in a lot of these circumstances, 00:06:17.500 --> 00:06:22.740 I wouldn't say it was a huge blow-in on most of the results, and the phone we have is obviously pre-release, 00:06:22.740 --> 00:06:26.780 so there could be updates or anything that changes that, but at the moment, the 4 seems to outperform the 5 00:06:26.780 --> 00:06:30.140 and everything, but battery life. Now, let's listen to some Crab Rave. 00:06:30.140 --> 00:06:33.140 ["Crab Rave"] 00:06:33.140 --> 00:06:36.140 ["Crab Rave"] 00:06:37.820 --> 00:06:41.300 Like all Samsung displays, this looks great. The colors are very punchy 00:06:41.300 --> 00:06:45.300 and the OLED blacks look amazing, and you don't notice the 1080p resolution at all. 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:49.460 As for sound and quality, it's pretty good. It doesn't have that punchy bass, 00:06:49.460 --> 00:06:52.740 as it just doesn't really have the space to create that, but the balance is very good 00:06:52.740 --> 00:06:56.540 between the left earpiece speaker and the right main speaker, or vice versa, 00:06:56.540 --> 00:06:59.860 depending on how you're holding it, and I think it sounds really good. Let's compare it to the 4 00:06:59.860 --> 00:07:03.620 just to make sure it doesn't sound majorly different, but I'm assuming it can sound pretty similar. 00:07:03.620 --> 00:07:08.620 ["Crab Rave"] 00:07:11.140 --> 00:07:14.580 Ah, yeah, they sound like the same. So if you're upgrading from a 4, don't expect any difference there. 00:07:14.580 --> 00:07:19.920 On the back, we have our 12 megapixel main shooter with OIS and our 12 megapixel ultra-wide. 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:23.380 Unfortunately, no OIS on that one, so you're gonna have to be a little bit more steady with that. 00:07:23.380 --> 00:07:27.100 And on the front, we have our 10 megapixel selfie shooter. 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:33.260 No under-display camera like the Fold has. It is just a regular camera in the whole punch fashion. 00:07:33.260 --> 00:07:36.860 We're gonna throw some photos I took up earlier on the screen here so you can take a look. 00:07:36.860 --> 00:07:41.900 And what do you think? I think it looks pretty good. Obviously, it's not the flagship for Samsung, 00:07:41.900 --> 00:07:46.540 but, I mean, nowadays it's hard to get a bad camera unless you're going for a very budget phone. 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:50.860 This is a 4K 60 video on the Flip 5. 00:07:50.860 --> 00:07:54.500 What do you think? From the preview, it looks A-OK, 00:07:54.500 --> 00:07:57.580 maybe a little bit overexposed, but we'll see. 00:07:57.580 --> 00:08:01.260 Can you hear the train? Can you hear the little bit of wind? 00:08:01.260 --> 00:08:06.140 How about jiggle? I'm jiggling the phone quite a bit, and look at that, it is buttery smooth. 00:08:06.140 --> 00:08:10.540 You can't tell, I'm walking like a little Goobus. And this is the selfie video. 00:08:10.540 --> 00:08:14.100 What do you think? Does it sound good? You can see my friends back there. 00:08:14.100 --> 00:08:18.180 Look at that little guy. Wow. Oh, good boy. It's exposing well. 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:21.780 I think this is gonna be a winner. Oh, I'm knocking stuff over, might be. 00:08:21.780 --> 00:08:26.620 I'll take a picture for that as well. Overall, I actually think this is a pretty darn decent 00:08:26.660 --> 00:08:30.500 upgrade over the four. Performance issues aside, 00:08:30.500 --> 00:08:34.100 I'm assuming, again, that gets resolved. You're getting a much bigger cover screen 00:08:34.100 --> 00:08:37.180 that's way more usable, and assuming they're adding more widgets over time 00:08:37.180 --> 00:08:40.460 could, again, become very useful. Though, of course, I do wish they went the way 00:08:40.460 --> 00:08:44.060 of the Motorola Razer Ultra and let you use any app you want. 00:08:44.060 --> 00:08:49.100 I do think this has the possibility of becoming a very well-used display. 00:08:49.100 --> 00:08:53.540 Starting at $1,000 for the 256 gig model, it's pretty much the price that you would pay 00:08:53.540 --> 00:08:58.300 for any flagship. I think that this could use a bit of a bump 00:08:58.300 --> 00:09:03.660 for killer features on a folding phone if you're somebody who doesn't just like the form factor. 00:09:03.660 --> 00:09:06.980 Of course, you can do multi-window between the two halves in flex mode 00:09:06.980 --> 00:09:10.700 or taking pictures with the cover displays to get the main camera. 00:09:10.700 --> 00:09:14.980 And, of course, it's obviously the best Game Boy Advance SP emulator that there is. 00:09:14.980 --> 00:09:20.180 I still don't think there's a killer reason to get this if you don't want to just have this smaller 00:09:20.180 --> 00:09:23.740 little square in your pocket. For me, that is a killer feature, 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:29.100 but I understand for a lot of people where maybe they want the fold or are gonna stick to their candy bar phone for now. 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:33.180 When the price of these start to drop, I think we'll start to see them out everywhere, but for now, I can see people waiting 00:09:33.180 --> 00:09:36.220 for more competition this space from Google, Apple, 00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:40.420 or even OnePlus with the leaks coming out for their big folding phone. If they can enter that flip space, 00:09:40.420 --> 00:09:43.460 I think it will really push the whole space forward. But while we wait for that, 00:09:43.460 --> 00:09:47.340 why don't you go check out another video and let us know down below if this is the phone to make you want a foldable. 00:09:47.340 --> 00:09:50.540 Were you waiting for that bigger screen? Has Samsung finally done it?