Review / Is the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G the phone we’ve all been waiting for? Here’s how it stacks up to Huawei, Motorola and Apple, and if it’s worth the US$2,190 price tag
WFH, watching K-dramas and playing Candy Crush – is Samsung’s new folding phone better than the first generation Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, and can enhance our day to day lives enough to justify its cost?
Even from early reviews, we knew the US$2,190 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 5G would be a technical wonder to behold.
To get the nerdy stuff out of the way, the new Galaxy Z Fold comes in two colours – Mystic Black and Mystic Bronze, which actually looks more like rose gold. The Hong Kong version provides 12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage. It feels solid in the hands, if a little slippery because of the metallic finish, but at 282 grams it’s not significantly heavier than an iPhone 11 Pro Max in a sturdy case. Samsung hasn’t quite got rid of the tiny hinge gap when the phone is folded, although it has been reduced significantly.
The phone comes with two 10MP cameras at the front and three 12MP cameras at the back, which provide wide-angle as well as a limited zoom lens. There are two screens: the 6.2-inch cover one has an HD+ super AMOLED display and, when opened, the ultra-thin inside screen provides a 7.6-inch QXGA+ dynamic AMOLED 2X display.
The screen displays are crisp and sharp, but they are a bit hard to protect and raise more than a little paranoia about scratches. The inside screen is better protected, but I found it a magnet for fingerprints because there is really nowhere for you to hold the phone except on the screen itself.
STYLE decided to put its Mystic Bronze review phone through its paces simply by living our normal lifestyle with it. Here’s what we discovered.
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