Samsung Galaxy with Fold2 5G - this time two fully useful screens

Samsung Galaxy from Fold 2 - News and changes that we will welcome with pleasure

This last change, for many users (although I realize that after all, fold is a niche product) will be an additional argument for buying this phone.

Samsung has made sure that a large displayed display in as many applications as possible serves as two screens, one of which displays an auxiliary information or additional controls.Also the front display, the smaller one, has become more useful, and a great example is corrections in the digital camera software.In turn, the distributed screen also does not have an ugly physical indentation in one of the corners, thanks to which it is better suitable for working with applications that derive from the advantages of an almost tablet display size.

Changes in Samsung Galaxy with Fold 2 relative to its predecessor were subordinated to increasing the comfort of use and better functionality of the device as a product with two screens of different size

There are more improvements, the screen division into 3 independent working spaces works better.We can save ready sets of application in the side of the toolbox, which we will automatically open in this division mode.The drag technique works and drop between the windows, and by making a screenshot we can then decide from which windows the most important for us.

Samsung Galaxy from Fold 2 compared to its predecessor

The first Samsung Galaxy Fold impressed me, but from a temporary perspective, it turned out to be a product in which many things should be improved and refined.The new fold 2 seems to meet many of the expectations as refined in every respect.Well, almost everyone, because the bent screen is still a developmental technology, and the life of the hinge is similar to the predecessor (100 folds/distributions per day, assuming 5 years of operation).

When we look more carefully, the fold and fold 2 will see how many structural elements in the previous model were created quickly.Therefore, shown a little later than Fold, Huawei Mate Xs I liked it more.Now I will have to rethink my opinion, because now Fold 2 seems more refined.The argument that by folding the phone, we protect the main display, and we do not take many of the Fold 2 functionality as a traditional smartphone, is now as much as possible.

Can shortcomings be found in this image?And are these shortcomings at all?Let's see.

Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 is a fold -out brick, it can't be hidden

Recently, we have got used to heavy smartphones, and the weight exceeding 200 grams somehow is not a great cap.But Fold 2 is already a super -heavy category.It weighs 282 grams, or several grams more than its predecessor.After folding, it is also thicker, it is up to 16.8 mm next to the hinge, but it is really a slim smartphone.After spreading, its maximum dimensions are 159.2 x 128.2 x 6.9 mm (the same thickness as in fold).The complex measures 159.2 x 68 x 16.8 mm.

Faster chipset, but attention, less built -in memory, and we won't use microSD here

The first generation Fold did not have a microSD card slot, but it was not a problem, because a fast 512 GB built -in memory is enough to deal with every task.The successor of Fold 2 still has a quick mass memory (UFS 3.1), but not knowing why it is twice as few.It is true that 256 GB is a lot, but save such an expensive phone on such a component.Ramu did not come, it did not leave, it is 12 GB.

Could maintain a similar price as in the predecessor force such saving on memory?Because the chipset used is more efficient than before.Although you may wonder if it will be important for the folder if he has Snapdragon 865+ or 855. Both chipset provide huge performance.Perhaps the difference in favor of a newer system can be felt using the Dex function, i.e. turning Folda 2 into a central computer unit connected to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse.Or at multi -purpose work with a divided desktop.

The module with cameras in Fold 2 looks like in Note 20 Ultra, but it's just an external impression

Like Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy from Fold 2 got three digital cameras on the back wall.Design, the main photo module is identical to the Note 20 Ultra, but there are some differences on the minus.However, compared to its predecessor from the Fold series, we have a leap.

It is true that only the main camera is much better than in the Galaxy Fold.This is good news, but at such a high price (about it at the end of the text), one would like to have even more sophisticated camera parameters.

Meanwhile, all cameras on the back wall have 12 Mpix resolution.We cannot count on great magnification and staff from the main camera like in Note, and the telephoto lens is only 2x.We will not shoot 8K video, and ultra -rok photos will have 4 Mpix resolution less than before.Samsung also gave up the variable aperture in the main camera on the back, but this is understandable with a much larger sensor.

This is to be compensated by good quality of photos, as well as the functionality of the folding housing in various types of photographs - macro, from the position of the frog, from the head, group selfies, selfie independent.The phone can be unfolded so that the housing fulfills the role of a tripod.

It should also be remembered that Fold 2 is only 6.9 mm thick, and in addition a more internally complicated mechanical structure than ordinary smartphones (the hinge itself is over 60 elements).Therefore, placing even better cameras can be very troublesome, and you can probably forget about the telephoto with periscope.

In the case of selfie cameras, Samsung gave up an additional 8 Mpix depth detection apparatus, which only took the place.He left two 10 Mpix cameras, one in a round cutout of each display.And that's enough in my opinion.

More energy, faster wired charging, slower wireless

In the new fold we will get a slightly capacious 4500 mAh battery than in the predecessor, which is divided into two parts, each in one of the flaps.Although we will charge it faster, wireless charging will be slower.There is also a wireless powerbank function.

Samsung Galaxy from Fold 2 - a smartphone in which none of the screens is a bottleneck

I divide the phones that have a flexible screen into two types - folded and folding.And I explain what the author of this classification meant.

The fold -out type is such telephones that only after unfolding can function like a full -fledged smartphone.In this category we include Samsung Galaxy from Flip and Motorola Razr.This folding type is phones that can be unfolded, but even after folding they retain full functionality.In this case, we are talking about Samsung Galaxy from Fold 2 and Huawei Mate XS.It is true that one has two screens, the other one, but the concept of the almost square working surface after unfolding is similar.

Samsung Galaxy Fold was a product on the border of these two categories.Now it is clearly a folding smartphone that we will conveniently use in any configuration.With the software even better optimized, without construction shortcomings, which are not conspicuous, but after many years they can take its toll.With some restrictions that forces the structure and several deficiencies that I find it difficult to come to terms with.Because how to have the most top phone model and only 256 GB of memory, without a microSD slot, even hybrid.In the world of Apple, such things will pass, in the world of Android there will be complaints.

Samsung Galaxy with Fold 2 - price, availability, colors

Folding phones, with a large display, evolve in the right direction.They are still expensive, still unique (how many people with the fold have you seen with their own eyes since its premiere), but more and more desirable.This is a preliminary opinion based only on virtual contact with Samsung Galaxy with Fold 2, but probably quite objective.

The European price of Samsung Galaxy from Fold 2 5G will be around 2000 euros (8800 PLN).It will go on sale on September 18, in selected countries pre -sale starts on September 1.The content of the set looks like in the above photograph.We will be able to choose between the colors of Mystic Black and Mystic Bronze, as well as an optionally chosen color of the rollars (with individual orders).In this case there will be four colors to choose from, Metallic Silver, Red, Blue and Gold.Of course, we will get a smartphone in a 5G version.

For more picky and wealthy customers, a special version of Thom Browne was prepared, i.e. a set with the Galaxy Watch 3 watch, Galaxy Buds Live wireless headphones and other gadgets, all with a characteristic finish.

Source: Samsung, inf.own

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