hi everyone Abby here and welcome back to my channel for Tech Tuesday or welcome if you're
new so it's been seven months now since I first bought the Samsung Galaxy Z flip 4.
Samsung's latest foldable smartphone released in 2022. now I actually pre-ordered this I got
it in August 2022 and a lot of you guys have been asking me for an update video you want
to know how it's holding up you want to know if I'm still experiencing cons all of that fun
stuff so today I'm going to talk about how the Z flip 4 has held up for me over the last seven
months how it fits into my daily lifestyle My overall experience with it and whether or not
I would still recommend the Galaxy Z flip 4 for those of you who are potentially interested in
buying this phone but before I get started make sure to hit that subscribe button if you're not
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help the channel grow my z54 is fully updated to the latest version I'll put that on screen
for you guys and the Z flip 4 is not a perfect Smartphone by any means it does have some cons
if you guys are interested in learning about some of those cons that might deter you from
buying this I have done a full video on the cons I found for the Z flip 4 which you can find at
the top right and in the description below and if you guys are interested in jumping to
anything in particular I've left timestamps for all the key points I'm talking about in
this video today in the description below as well as along the bottom of the video here in chapters
so the zifa 4 here does come in different color options as well as different storage
configurations so depending on which option you choose the Z flip 4 price does vary it's been a
trend that flip phones are more expensive than traditional slab phones I know there's a lot of
different technology that goes into making them up livable and functional I have all of their
current prices on screen for you guys for Canada and US luckily Samsung regularly offers discounts
and different promotions and trade-in incentives so if you have a current old smartphone and you
want to upgrade to the Z flip 4 you can take advantage of those deals which I did do myself
so if you're interested want to pick this up I've left a link in the description below so you can
check out the current promotions in your area foreign so my favorite thing about the z-flip
for here is the portability this Smartphone is so easy to take with you and for my females out
there who carry little purses and women typically have really small pockets on their pants on their
jeans it's just so nice being able to just flip it shut and have it be a lot more portable easy
to carry with you and I love being able to flip it closed and just carry it with me anywhere I need
to bring it and it's just super nice because I've been able to fit this into so many more
bags and pockets and clothing than I was able to do with my slab phone so I just love how
portable it is and just holding it it's pretty comfortable to hold pretty lightweight and this
is quite thin the thickness for me is not an issue and it's really fun being able to just
shut your phone if you end a phone call just ending it like this so satisfying to be honest
for my kind of Lifestyle use is I use this phone as my daily driver this is my only smartphone that
I have and out of multiple phones at this moment and I use it to do my phone calls texting taking
videos pictures watching YouTube videos Netflix answer emails stuff like that couple things about
me is that when I have a screen protector on the cover screen here to prevent from any scratches or
scuffs two I've had by phone in a case since day one I am someone who I don't leave my smartphones
naked by that I mean I put a case on them I have about three different cases that I use for this
phone this one is my favorite it's a silicone it's super soft I love the color it perfectly matches
the Z flip for purple it protects your phone from scratches from scuffs it helps a little
bit for drop protection this is not a super rugged case or anything but it helps a little bit the Z
flip 4 comes with the built-in screen protector I don't know if you guys can see that here I have
left that on I have not modified it really you're not supposed to when you first set up the phone
it says do not take it off so I've also left that on so that's kind of my use cases there
so now I'm going to talk about durability so for those of you who want to see what this looked like
when I just got it out the box I have a Samsung Z flip 4 unboxing video which you can find at the
top right and in the description below I flip it open and close at least 20 times a day I've
had it since August so over the last seven months 20 times a day you can do the math on that that's
a lot of flips so a lot of people are worried about the hinge but so far so good like I said
I've been flipping this open and shut at least 20 times a day minimum often more and I have not had
any issues with decrease it looks the exact same as when I got it I haven't had any Frank this is
what it looks like on so yeah I have open and closed this so many times and there have been
zero issues for me the quoted amount of flips that this phone has out of it I have on screen it was
something like crazy high which I'm probably never going to get to or probably get rid of
the phone before I even get to that point for me this is my first flip phone I was definitely
worried about the screen here and fraying I know we've seen some that look horrible but just
here is mine as you guys can see there is no fraying or scratching or anything wrong
with the screen here this is the original screen protector I got on here I have not had to replace
it or haven't needed to replace it yet I'm not going to take this whole thing off because it's
just a hassle but I will show you guys this is what this part looks like there's no scratches or
scuffs it basically looks like perfect condition if I took this off you'd see that as well I know a
lot of people have reported you know they dropped their Z flip 4 once and it died on them I have not
had that experience I have dropped this about 10 times so far and it's holding up great no issues
when it comes to the camera for this phone honestly it's not that bad a lot of people
are like you know basically like dumping on it being like it sucks it sucks it sucks it doesn't
suck but it's not amazing it's not something new that we haven't seen before it's not like super
high megapixels it's just okay honestly Samsung should have gave us some better cameras for the Z
flip four so it's quite responsive here I haven't had any issues with the camera being able to prop
up your camera like this and take photos is super handy and you can take different angles
and stuff like that it's amazing here that you're able to use the back cameras as a selfie camera
as well being able to see yourself on the cover screen when you're taking selfies and you could
take photos with these better megapixel cameras it's just fantastic to me and one of my favorite
thing about you know Samsung is being able to just hold your palm in front of the camera to
take a photo it's nice being able to just take some photos if you're solo waving your hand or
if you're taking a group photo you can have everybody behind you you wave your hand and
the photos get taken so I just really like that function there we'll say that there's better
cameras available I definitely think that we do need better cameras more megapixels in the next
version but so far it's an improvement over what I had previously in the S9 plus I have a bunch of
sample pictures on screen for you guys nothing crazy but it takes pretty good photos and I'm
someone who really likes Samsung colors I like that they're vibrant and pretty true to life and
that this phone has good Clarity and sharpness as well and alright guys if you find this video
helpful so far please go ahead and smash that like button for me I'd really appreciate it
so when it comes to the battery life on the Z foot 4 It Is Not Great by any means I've gotten
on average seven and a half hours of battery life I am definitely more of a heavy user
um I don't just have my phone sitting all day and then take a few phone calls if you do that you can
probably have it last well over 24 hours but I use my phone and I will say over the last seven
months I haven't seen any issues in the battery life kind of like draining on me or wearing the
battery life I got at the beginning is the same battery life I am getting now I will say there
are some things you can do to extend your battery life but the z-flip 4. if you're interested in
seeing how to do that I have a full video on that at the top right and in the description below so
we have super fast charging here on the cfib 4 25 watts so that is something that's great for
me because it does charge pretty quickly in about an hour and a half I can get a full charge on here
all right guys so when it comes to the Z flip 4 as I told you at the beginning of the video
I have found some cons about it I have done a full cons video and just a little bit of
an update on that I am still experiencing all of the cons I have mentioned in that video the
only one that has gotten a little bit better is the dust issue so it's a little less dust
attracting now a little bit so I don't know if you guys can see the dust on this phone
but it still attracts dust a lot like a magnet but instead of having to wipe it down like you
know five six times a day I could do maybe twice a day I've cleaned it before I started
recording there's a little bit of dust on it I still always travel with the dust class with me
also attracts fingerprints very very easily in finger oil so I always carry a dust cloth with
me I definitely recommend that because this is the type of display that does get dirty quite
easily now I can wipe it down a little bit less but dust is still an issue other than that all
the other cons I've mentioned all of them yes even the Wi-Fi still an issue that I'm dealing
with seven months later so I want to let you you guys know that as well in this update video
all right guys so as many of you want to know who've been dming me messaging me comment on
the videos do I still think that the Z flip 4 here is worth purchasing in 2023. well at this
time I would say yes I did decide to upgrade this phone from my slab phone and I do not regret that
if you're someone who is interested in getting a flip phone if you're a content creator being
able to take photos of yourself videos of yourself just kind of prop it up and use it as a built-in
tripod just fantastic to be able to do all of that you want to be able to use your phone you
know in different angles you want to be able to flip it shut you want great portability and you
want to try something new for me slap phone and I would definitely recommend checking out
the Z flip 4. if you're interested in picking up this Smartphone I have a link down in the
description for you to use before you pick this up you might want to head into like your local
tech store like your Best Buy or something and test out a couple of the display models see if
you like the hand feel you test out the cameras in store all that fun stuff let me know what you guys
think about the Z foot 4 like do you have the z-flip for are you liking it are you thinking
of getting it do you dislike it let me know all the tea drop that in the comments below I
love hearing from you guys I'd read all of the comments and I reply to all of them that I can
if you're still like I watch your con videos there's maybe a couple cons I'm not sure then
hey I would maybe even recommend waiting a couple months and checking out the Z flip 5. it should be
coming out in August 2023 right now it's March 2023 as a recording a couple months away so we
might see that the Z flip 5 tackles a bunch of the cons and kind of solves all those issues that
the Z flip 4 is having so that would be great to see and I'm definitely going to be picking
up that phone the Z5 so stay tuned for you know unboxing review all of that stuff to come in the
future and if there's anything I missed today that you want to know just go ahead and drop a
comment below thanks for watching guys and make sure to like comment and subscribe bye [Music]