Hi Guys

I've had an early first look
and this is everything
that you need to know.

So firstly, the name.

It is the Galaxy Z Fold2 5G,

or the Galaxy Z Fold2,

I'm just going to refer to it as the Fold2

because the other names are just too long.

Personally speaking,

I think Samsung just missed a trick

and they could have called it

the Galaxyzee Fold2.

Am I right?

Anyway,

the Fold1 last year was
personally my favorite device,

and that was because

it was really refreshing to see something

completely different,

something completely new,

an introduction to a whole new category,

but it wasn't perfect.

There was lots of room for improvement.

The good news is that
Samsung seems to have

given us everything we
asked for in the Fold2,

starting with the cover display.

On the Fold1 we had the 4.6 inch display,

which was very small and not very usable.

On the Fold2,

this is now around 1.6 times larger.

It is a 6.2 inch display.

We've got small bezels with
an infinity O punch out.

This is a Super AMOLED
display and it is 60 Hertz.

Now, this is going to make things

a lot more usable on the cover display.

You're not going to have
to always open it up

like you had to do with the Fold1.

And when you do open up that device,

then you do get a
massive 7.6 inch display.

Now, this is the foldable
Infinity Flex display,

which is up from 7.2 inches.

So it's around 12% larger,

and the bezels are around 27% smaller.

Once again, we have the
Infinity O punch out

for that front facing camera.

Now, this display is 120 Hertz.

So you've got a high refresh rate

and on that larger display,

things are going to
look absolutely awesome.

Now this has an adaptive refresh rate,

so it is going to move from
around 11 Hertz to 120 Hertz,

depending on the content on your display.

This will help towards battery life.

Now, I have confirmed with Samsung

and when you are at 120 Hertz,

you will be switching down
to full HD resolution.

This is similar to what we see

on the S 20 series as
well as the Note 20 Ultra,

but nevertheless,

a massive usable display
with a high refresh rate

I'm very excited for.

Now, speaking of the materials
for the main display,

we do have what Samsung
call Ultra Thin Glass.

This was initially introduced

on the Z Flip earlier this year.

And this is kind of of like

a combination of glass
and plastic, really.

And there is a pre-applied
screen protector.

So when you do touch the display,

you will be touching that
protective plastic layer.

The cover display is going to be using

Gorilla Glass Victus.

So this is

the most durable glass on
a smartphone out right now.

For the back, however,

there is Gorilla Glass Six.

I'm not sure why Samsung didn't use

Gorilla Glass Victus for the back as well.

But this is just for the front.

I don't know if it's
something to do with pricing.

And then we have an aluminum frame.

Now there is a fingerprint scanner

embedded within that frame.

So it is a side-mounted
fingerprint scanner.

And the Fold2 is going to be
available in two main colors.

The mystic bronze on the mystic black.

The mystic bronze,

very similar to what we've already seen

on the Note 20 Ultra.

So, it is going to have a matte finish.

The black version is going
to have a glossy finish.

There is also a Thom Browne Edition,

which is completely separate

and it's got its own custom unique design.

But on the regular Folds,

you're going to have these two colors.

However, you will be able to
pick a customized hinge color.

So this is something

that you'll be able to do on a pre-order.

It's available in a metallic gold,

metallic silver,

metallic red,

and a metallic blue.

I said metallic many times,

but anyway.

And speaking of the hinge,

this has been improved quite a
bit to what we had last year.

So this does have

the Sweeper technology
that we saw on the Z Fold.

These are tiny fibers which help

keep dirt and dust out from the hinge.

So they're not going to come in
on pop out the front display.

The hinge gap is smaller and
it's made of like 60 parts.

And what this allows you to do

is actually have the Fold2

open and stay in lots
of different positions.

So you can have it anywhere
between around 75 degrees

to around 115 degrees.

And this is what Samsung
are calling Flex mode,

and it opens up lots of possibilities.

Now let's talk about the cameras.

So we do have two front facing cameras

in the Infinity O design, the punch out.

There's one on the cover display,

and then there's the same camera as well

on the main display.

This is 10 megapixels
with an f2.2 aperture.

This will mainly be used for quick selfies

and if you are doing some
video conferencing calls.

But then on the rear cameras,

we have a triple 12
megapixel camera set up.

There is a primary camera,

there's an ultra wide camera,

and there is a telephoto zoom camera.

Now one thing to bear in mind is that

these cameras are not the same

as what we've got on the Note 20 Ultra

or even the S 20 series.

They do seem a little bit different,

although they might share some components.

The primary camera does have
optical image stabilization,

an f1.8 aperture with
dual pixel auto focus.

The ultra wide camera
has an f2.2 aperture,

and the telephoto camera
has an f2.4 aperture,

and it has two times optical zoom

with up to 10 times digital zoom.

So, we don't have any three
X, five X, 30 X, 50 X,

like we've got on some of the
other Samsung smartphones.

Now, personally speaking,

I'm not somebody who uses zoom massively.

So it's not something that's
going to be a huge concern to me,

but something to bear in mind,

you're not going to be getting the zoom

that you might have expected on the Fold2.

This also means that there is no 8K video

because you do not have the resolution

to cope with 8K video.

Once again, 8K video is nice to have,

but it's not something that
I use on a regular basis.

So it's not a huge deal for me.

Now, the biggest change
on the Fold2 is that

you can now use the rear facing cameras

as front facing cameras.

So you have something called dual view,

and this will use the cover
display to show the viewfinder

from the rear facing cameras,

as well as on the main display.

So for instance,

if you're taking pictures of somebody,

they will be able to see
what you offer framing.

So, that's going to be quite good.

But more importantly,

when you are tryna take selfies,

then you will be able to
use the rear facing cameras.

So, you're not going to have to rely

on the front facing cameras.

The rear facing cameras,
obviously much higher quality.

You also have the option
of the ultra wide camera,

and that will allow you to
get to much wider selfies

if you do need to get more
people into your shots.

So, some really interesting updates here

for the cameras on the Fold2.

Couple of additional features

that Samsung have also talked about.

We do have the Pro Video Mode,

like we've seen on some of
the other Samsung devices.

So, you will be able to dial
in a few of your settings.

And using that Flex mode,

you'll also be able to prop up the Fold2.

And then if you are taking pictures,

you'll be able to see them
on one half of the display,

and then you'll be able to review them

alive on the bottom half of the display.

And this looks very interesting.

As well as that, they also
have an auto framing feature,

which is going to track your subject.

Now, I'm not sure exactly
how this is going to work.

I'm assuming it's going to be at 1080p.

Samsung didn't really
reveal too much information

about this as yet, but of course

we'll be testing it out.

And if there is a SuperSaf-style
camera comparison,

you want me to do of the Fold2

then definitely let me
know in the comments below

which you'd like me to compare it against.

But, let's touch on the performance

before we talk about the software.

So, the good news is that the Fold2

is going to be powered by
the Qualcomm Snapdragon

865+ chipset across the board.

There's not going to be
a separate Exynos version

and that means you will be getting

the most powerful chipset out
there at this time on Android.

And this will also be coming with

256 Gigabytes of UFS 3.1 storage.

No expandable storage,

so you will just have this storage option

and there is no larger
storage option available.

And you do have 12 Gigabytes
of LPDDR5 RAM, which means,

this is going to be a multitasking beast.

And now let's talk about the software.

How have Samsung enabled
multitasking on the Fold2?

So we do have Android
10 with OneUI on top,

but there's lots of features
to utilize the bigger display.

So we do have app continuity,

like we had on the Fold1.

So if you do have an app
on the cover display,

when you do open up the device,

this is going to continue on and expand

to use the full or main display.

And we do have improved
multi active windows.

So you can have up to three
apps open at the same time

and split across three windows.

What's even more interesting is that

you can have two
instances of the same app.

So, this is going to make
things a lot more intuitive.

Say for instance,

you are comparing something on a browser

with something else.

You can have both of them
open at the same time.

And there's also drag
and drop functionality

between Samsung apps.

So say for instance,

you want to open your gallery,

and then you want to
drag and drop an image

from the gallery into a message,

then you're going to be
able to do that very easily.

And Samsung has also been
working closely with Microsoft

to optimize their apps.

So for instance,

if you have PowerPoint,

you will be able to have more of a

tablet-like experience
on the main display,

and you'll have access
to more menus on Options.

In addition to that,

you do have wireless DeX support.

This is something that we've seen

on the Note 20 series previously,

and you'll be able to connect the Fold2

to a display that has support for Miracast

and wirelessly be able to have

somewhat of a desktop experience.

For the speakers, we do have
high dynamic dual speakers.

So we've got stereo sound
and they do get pretty loud.

And for the battery, we have
a 4,500 milliamp hour battery.

This is split cross both
of the sides of the device.

In terms of usage,

we will have to do some
more day-to-day testing

with the retail unit.

Based on my Fold1 usage,

battery life was very good,

but the Fold2 does have a
larger display for the cover.

And it also has that
120 Hertz refresh rate.

So we'll have to wait and see

how good or bad the battery life is.

We do have fast charging as
well as wireless charging

and there's also support
for wireless power share,

which is reverse wireless charging.

So you will be able to use the Fold2

to charge other devices up wirelessly.

Finally, the price.

1800 pounds in the UK,

$2,000 in the US.

Now, this is still a high
price, don't get me wrong,

but it is lower compared to
what the Fold1 came in at.

And it's offering a lot more.

So it's nice to see this category develop

to a point where it is getting
more and more affordable.

Maybe in a few years,

everybody will be able to
get it a foldable device.

So I'm very positive about this.

And, it comes of pre-orders,

they are open right now,

with the official release
on the 18th of September.

Now, there is the Thom Browne Edition,

which will be coming in a
lot higher than this price.

I believe it's going to be over $3,000,

but it's going to come with
a few other accessories,

like the Samsung Galaxy Buds Live,

as well as the new Galaxy
Watch and a few other things.

And that is the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2.

I just said the full name here.

What do you guys think of it?

What coverage would you like me to do,

as soon as the retail unit is in hand?

Definitely let me know
in the comments below.

Of course, there's going to be
lots more hands on coverage here

with the Fold2.

If you want to see it all first