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As the pioneer of folding screen mobile phones, Samsung has been in a leading position in the global folding screen mobile phone market with its screen industry chain and first-mover advantages. In July, Samsung officially launched its latest folding screen phone, the Galaxy Z Fold5, which seems to be little different from the previous generation, but Samsung has undergone a major makeover and the overall weight is lighter.

Samsung has been committed to bringing quality and reliable products with excellent comprehensive experience to the industry in the folding screen market. So what kind of surprise Galaxy Z Fold5 can bring us? let's experience it in detail today.

Appearance design: weight loss plus detail changes

All the folding screen phones in 2023 are crazily thin, and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is not immune from vulgarity, after all, this is the most intuitive experience change that consumers can feel.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 weighs 253g, which is 10g lighter than the previous generation Fold4, and the measured weight is 255.5 g. It should be noted that this weight is tested with an inner screen protective film, and the bare metal weight must be closer to the official data. The size of the closure is 154.9 x 67.1 x 13.4mm, which is also a little more compact than the previous generation of 155.1 x 67.1 x 15.8-14.2mm. When unfolded, the thickness is 6.1mm, which is thinner than 0.2mm. From a digital point of view, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 has a slight change in appearance size, and the change in thickness is visually visible, but it does not affect the family-style ID design. The weight loss of 10 grams is undoubtedly exciting, and it has a more portable experience, whether it's handheld or in your pocket.

Part of the reason for reducing the thickness of the fuselage is that Samsung uses super-closed Seiko hinges, which allows the phone to achieve a flat design of tight seams when closed, rather than the previous large gap model. this design is naturally more visually pleasing to the eye.

What is commendable is that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 fuselage has a high strength, the edge of the fuselage is armored aluminum frame, the surface is covered with Corning gorilla glass Victus2, under the premise of overall weight loss and the use of new hinges, the fall resistance does not shrink, and the most important thing is that it can still support IPX8 level of waterproof, and can be more casual in use.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 provides S-Pen stylus support, which can be placed through a dedicated protective case, providing a stylus experience similar to that of the Galaxy S23 Ultra. In addition, Samsung also provides an interesting artist joint money protection case, which is also a Samsung reservation program, and Samsung also provides an exclusive theme for the shield. the theme can be downloaded in the Samsung theme store or the QR code of the code-scanning shell manual.

Generally speaking, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is only a minor change in design, but the changes are all at the key point. For everyone's lightweight weight loss, Samsung is carried out on the premise of ensuring the basic experience, compared with the extreme slimming approach has its own advantages, Samsung's approach is more suitable for mass consumers.

Screen: the specification of inner and outer screen is close to S-series.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 in the internal and external screen size, display fineness, refresh rate, etc., the panel is still the second generation of dynamic AMOLED, and the previous generation level is no different, but with higher screen brightness, more suitable for watching movies.

The outer screen uses a 6.2inch HD + resolution outer screen, resolution 2316x904, pixel density as high as 402PPI, with excellent display clarity. Global brightness 1000nit, the peak brightness is increased from 1500nit to 1750nit, and supports the adaptive refresh rate adjustment function of 48Hz-120Hz.

The inner screen has a large size of 7.6in when unfolded, the screen resolution is 2716x1812, it supports 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate adjustment, the crease performance is good, and the front view is almost imperceptible. The global brightness increases from 1000nit to 1200nit, and the peak brightness increases from 1300nit to 1750nit. In fact, from the brightness data, it is not difficult to see that Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is flat with Galaxy S23 Ultra in screen specifications, maybe Samsung wants to provide a consistent experience in its flagship mobile phone products.

The inner screen is equipped with a 4-megapixel off-screen camera, which can provide a complete screen display in normal use, and the experience of watching movies or large-screen games is good. As for the selfie effect, don't expect too much. In short, we are quite satisfied with the display effect of the inner screen.

Samsung is at the top of the list in terms of hovering support for folding screens, and the damping feeling is quite obvious when opening and closing the screen. The performance in hovering is very stable, and the maximum and minimum hovering angles are the most in the current folding screen. Samsung is still the front-runner in hinge technology. In the hovering function, hovering cinema, hovering photography and other classic functions are all inherited, here we will not introduce them one by one.

In terms of folding screen features, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 maintains an excellent split screen function. After opening any application, you can turn on the split screen function by dragging the application from the Dock bar at the bottom to the half of the screen, with a maximum of three windows on the same screen.

The adaptation of the large screen and outer screen of the application is also perfect, and the continuous use of the inner and outer screens is also very perfect. In the 30 commonly used applications we tested, all of the above performances have been perfectly adapted. However, in use, we also found a problem, that is, after switching between the internal and external screens, and then exiting the application, we will be forced to return to the main interface and unable to return to the corresponding application open desktop, so it will cause some inconvenience in use.

Image: full-focus three-shot to achieve free composition

In terms of lens specifications, Samsung Galaxy Z Flod5 is still equipped with 5000 megapixel camera + 1200 megapixel ultra-wide angle + 1000 megapixel triple telephoto module, in which both the master camera and telephoto lens support optical anti-shake. Although there is no specification upgrade in the lens, but with the support of the algorithm, the whole photo experience is better.

Ultra-wide-angle photo sample

Main photo sample

3X sample photo

10x zoom sample

First of all, let's take a look at the zoom effect. The clarity of the pavilion hundreds of meters away is quite good under the digital zoom effect, and the photo effect is quite satisfactory. In the optical zoom section, the clarity performance is better, and the color performance of the three lenses is very full, the picture is beautiful, and has a very good color consistency effect. The anti-shake support of the main shot and telephoto lens is excellent, even when the 10X zoom, the picture is very stable, the frame does not wobble back and forth at all, and the photo basically does not paste the film, basically ensuring that every photo taken is useful. The performance of the ultra-wide-angle lens is also quite excellent, in fact, there is no distortion.

3x zoom sample

10x zoom sample

Main photo sample

3X sample photo

3X sample photo

Main photo shoot sample sheet

Samsung Galaxy Z Flod5's three cameras all have excellent photo taking ability, perform well in typical photo scenes, and are very flexible to use, after all, it is easy to compose by adjusting the lens. At the same time, we can see that even if we use non-active photography, we also have the ability of HDR in backlighting and long-range scenes, the picture has a high dynamic range, and the sun in the sky and the green plants in the backlight can perfectly restore their due colors. Samsung's color style is very eye-catching, of course, if you have your own ideas, Samsung provides a rich filter can also let you show your personality.

When it comes to the night scene, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 controls the exposure just right, while taking care of the highlights and dark parts, paying attention to the atmosphere that should be felt at night, the picture shows a very three-dimensional effect, and the effect shown by the sample is basically the actual effect seen by the eyes. In addition, the noise reduction control at night is excellent, and the sky and dark areas of the night scene are very clear.

Let's take a look at the portrait effect, the portrait matting, virtual effect are impeccable. The skin effect of the face pays attention to the pursuit of realism, and pays more attention to the realistic presentation of the portrait as a whole.

The performance is surprising and the service life specification follows the tradition.

In terms of performance, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 uses the top specification, while the processor uses Samsung's exclusive second-generation Snapdragon 8 (for Galaxy), which is often called the high-frequency version. When it comes to performance, it must be much better than the previous generation of Snapdragon 8 +, but Samsung does not pay much attention to the extreme performance release.

An Rabbit got a running score of 1617753. Objectively speaking, we are satisfied that a folding screen phone can have such a score at a room temperature of 30 degrees. After all, the ability of a folding screen phone in heat dissipation is limited. The scores of other sub-items are also fully worthy of this set of configuration of Galaxy Z Fold5.

In terms of battery life, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is only equipped with 4400mAh batteries, and the fast charge continues to remain at 25W, with no change in specifications, but the actual battery performance has improved a lot, especially in the inner screen. The measured power consumption in 5 hours is 48%, and the remaining power is 52%. The measured result of the previous generation is 56%, the power difference is 8%, the actual difference is 16.6%, and the theoretical battery life gap is 1.5 hours.

Summary: folding screen flagship details re-evolution

After experiencing Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5, the most intuitive feeling is that Samsung adheres to its consistent idea on the road of folding screen. In fact, there is no fundamental general direction adjustment in the product direction. After Galaxy Z Fold2, Samsung almost finalizes the shape of this kind of folding screen, and then modifies the details.

In terms of details, we do feel Samsung's intention, for example, in the folding form, the seamless design improves the visual comfort, the application adaptation of the folding screen is also more perfect, and the split screen experience is also the most comfortable.

But Samsung's persistence in some areas is also puzzling to us. For example, in the outer screen ratio, Samsung still insists on the slender design. We can understand Samsung's design concept. After all, the outer screen is the supplement, and the big screen is the soul of the Galaxy Z Fold series. The stagnation of battery and fast charge specifications can also be regarded as a kind of complaint.

The quality of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is still at the top of the folding screen model, with the comprehensive ability without short board. If you want to experience the highest level of folding screen, you can consider Samsung. Compared with domestic folding screen phones, the price of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 is small, but fortunately, the price of 12999 yuan is at least one step in storage.

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