Is the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 the Best Foldable Phone You Can Buy in India?

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 was launched by the firm final month, and the foldable handset will go on sale in the nation alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 5 on August 18, the firm confirmed on Friday. The newest foldable telephones from the South Korean tech conglomerate had been unveiled at its first Galaxy Unpacked occasion in Seoul, South Korea. This yr, Samsung introduced just a few notable {hardware} upgrades to the Galaxy Z Flip 5 together with the processor, hinge, and the outer display screen.

Senior Reviewer Sheldon Pinto, who attended the latest Galaxy Unpacked occasion talks to visitor host and Critiques Editor, Roydon Cerejo about the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 on this week’s episode of Orbital, the Devices 360 podcast. The 2 talk about the professionals and cons of the cellphone, which we have coated in element in our overview of the smartphone which might be printed on Devices 360 in the coming days.

Even if you wish to purchase the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 in India, you may have to attend till subsequent week — Samsung mentioned on Friday that it has began to ship the new foldables to clients who pre-ordered them after they had been launched in July. This yr, clients who buy the Galaxy Z Flip 5 may have entry to a bigger cowl show which — not like its closest competitor, the Motorola Razr 40 Extremely — makes use of a widget-based design for exterior apps.

Underneath the hood is Qualcomm’s customized Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Cell Platform for Galaxy. This chipset was first launched on the Samsung Galaxy S23 sequence of smartphones, and is a barely overclocked model of the chipmaker’s top-of-the-line providing that’s discovered on different flagship telephones launched this yr.

Digital camera {hardware} on the Galaxy Z Flip 5 stays largely unchanged in comparison with the one its predecessor, and it seems that the majority of picture high quality enhancements will come from the improved chipset on the foldable cellphone. The Flex Mode will allow you to take greater high quality selfies utilizing the outer show that additionally doubles as a viewfinder. 

Whereas the Galaxy Z Flip 5 has the identical battery as its predecessor, the battery efficiency won’t be as dependable as final yr’s mannequin. You can learn our detailed overview of the cellphone to search out out extra about the handset. This yr, Samsung has retained the identical IPX8 ranking for water resistance, which signifies that publicity to mud and filth might trigger points for the handset in the future.

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