TechPhonesAndroid PhonesThe Galaxy Z Flip 5 is even more appealing thanks to a major step forwardSamsung’s most fun folding phone gets more useful on the outsideWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesThe Galaxy Z Flip 5 is even more appealing thanks to a major step forwardSamsung’s most fun folding phone gets more useful on the outsideWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Samsung’s most fun folding phone gets more useful on the outside
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Samsung)
(Image credit: Samsung)
I really love theSamsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, and I think it’d be my pick of thebest folding phonesif I were in the market for high-specAndroidphones.
Now a new report says that theGalaxy Z Flip 5is going to be even more useful thanks to its larger external display.
It looks likeSamsungis going to do something similar to the Moto Razr 40 Ultra, which we absolutely love. In ourMoto Razr 40 Ultra reviewwe said that its external screen was genuinely useful and a great alternative to a smartwatch. And it seems that Samsung is similarly keen on bringing your essential apps to the external screen.
What can you do with the Galaxy Z Flip 5 cover display?
According to the report fromSamMobile, the 3.4-inch cover display will be optimised for key apps including the Samsung Keyboard – so you can write messages and use voice to text without unfolding your Flip 5 – andGoogleapps includingGoogle Maps, Messages and YouTube. Once again that means you’ll be able to access them and their data without opening up your phone.
I think this is a superb idea, and genuinely useful - it’s a step up from the always-on displays that we’re used to seeing in everything from thebest cheap phonesto thebest iPhones, with the added benefit of being much, much smaller – and in the case of Google Maps, a little less obvious that you’re using a maps app if you’re in an unfamiliar city.
The only negative I can think of here is that, unfortunately, this feature isn’t for me. As a long-termiPhoneowner with heavy investment inApple’s ecosystem, I can only look at the Z Flip 5 and Moto Razr 40 Ultra and wish Apple made afolding iPhoneto match them.
Maybe one day…
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