hi everyone Abby here and welcome back to my channel for Tech Tuesday or welcome if you're
new so as many of you guys know who have been following my channel I've recently gotten the
new Samsung Galaxy Z flip 4 and a lot of you want to know what I think about it and if I think it's
worth upgrading or not if you're someone like me and you have an older slab phone I am not someone
who's just going to upgrade to something because it's new I want to see if it has enough features
that are beneficial to me to Warrant me to go through the hassle of upgrading but the
Z flip 4 had enough features to get me interested enough to buy it and try it out and I'm gonna let
you guys know if I think it's worth upgrading or not but before I get started make sure to
hit that subscribe button if you're not already subscribed so you can stay tuned to all my new
videos dropping weekly and so you can help the channel grow but before I kind of get into the
pros of the Z flip 4 I'm going to give you guys some pros of the S9 plus so you guys get a little
insight as to why I have kept this phone now I know this is an older phone guys but I have like
this phone so much that I have kept it all of these years almost four years now so the first
reason I kept the S9 Plus for so long is this phone has a headphone jack and I love headphone
Jacks some of you guys might not care about them at all but for me they are super handy
and the S9 plus was the last Samsung phone that had a headphone jack and one of the last phones
period they're so handy because Bluetooth devices sometimes they die sometimes there's conduction
issues and you know what never has an issue a headphone jack another thing is it does have
expandable storage up to 400 gigabytes with all the new smartphones nowaday like the z-flip it's
all fixed storage we no longer have the ability to add expandable storage I know Samsung's just
doing it to force you to buy you know more like cloud storage or to buy higher capacity storage
phones and I hate that guys having the ability to switch out your memory here when it fills
up is just so crucial it does have a heart rate sensor at the back here and I can just use that
whenever to get my heart rate reading and it's a nice little Health metric that I have from my
smartphone it also has a retina scanner as well which was really nice it's a very secure way to
unlock your phone it has an ip68 rating it's water resistant and dust resistant and the final reason
that I have kept the S9 Plus for so long is that this thing is a tank it is so durable and I've
dropped this thing no lie over a hundred times since I've had it and hey it's still going strong
there are no missing buttons it is holding up amazingly and that is one reason why I've really
held onto this phone for so long I guarantee that if you were to drop some other smartphones some
of the newer ones nowadays 100 times they would definitely not make it you know we'd see broken
screens we'd see cracked glass on the back maybe buttons falling off so those are the main reasons
why I did keep my S9 plus so long now I will say I have tried a lot of different smartphones
in that time period such as the Samsung Galaxy 10 as 20 as 22 and the Google pixel 5 but I actually
ended up returning all of those because they just really didn't have features and a user experience
that I liked better than the S9 plus here also to use iPhones in the past and while I did like
them I just prefer the customizability options that you do have with Androids over iPhones and
some things I am not liking about the S9 plus that you know are causing me to think about
upgrading are the battery life the battery life is finally starting to show its age and it is
draining a lot faster than it used to it's also slowing down a bit which has been quite annoying
there's only 4G compatible not 5G when I'm on my data it's a bit slower than it should be and
finally this is not Wi-Fi 6 compatible so now I'm going to tell you guys all about the Z flip 4 I'm
going to talk about the pros the first reason is the Z flip 4 is extremely portable now this
portability is probably the number one reason why most people will buy for women in general
I will say we typically have smaller Pockets than men and especially our Jean Pockets when
you compare it to men's gigantic Pockets like it's just no comparison so for women's Pockets
you literally cannot fit a slab phone this size into your pocket it's just not going to fit it
is too big but you know what will fit in those smaller Pockets the Z flip 4 flipped in half
and this is fantastic for me because I don't have to worry about you know bringing a bag with me if
I want I can just stick this in the pocket of my jeans or my leggings and it fits just fine another
thing is that a lot of women do have mini purses and belt bags and clutches and a slab phone just
will not fit into those bags but the Z flip 4 does and I love that because I have a lot of different
bags you know belt bags and I love to be able to flip my phone in all of them but I just couldn't
do that with the S9 plus there was various bags that they just would not fit into but the z-flip 4
literally has fit into all of my bags that I have tested so far and for my mail viewers watching out
there you will definitely like that this will fit into your pockets and it will allow you a
lot more room left over so you can put other things in with it you guys might not realize
it is so satisfying to be able to be talking on the phone and you just end the call by shutting
your phone it's way more satisfying than just clicking a button so the user experience here
is really great and it's something that I can't really explain to you you just kind of have to
feel it for yourself so another nice feature about the Z flip 4 is that you are able to
multitask like no other folding it in half you're completely separating two different parts of the
phone you can have two completely different apps open and it works really well well I haven't had
any issues whether you're using it in landscape mode or if you're using it in portrait mode either
way it's just super easy to use two different apps at once you can always change the size of
the windows if you want to make one smaller or bigger so another great feature about the
Z flip 4 is that it is fast that Snapdragon 8 processor can download things in a breeze you
can navigate through the phone really quickly and I dislike that because it's just really Speedy if
you're trying to go through anything on your phone there's not really a delay it's definitely a big
speed bump up from my S9 plus so I'm just going to give you guys a little example here alright guys
so I'm just going to go ahead and install the exact same theme Here on both phones here we go
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is done installing the theme and this one a lot slower everything is streamlined to the right
side of the phone we have our volume up and down rocker right here we have our power button that
also doubles as a fingerprint sensor so it's just super easy to use one-handed you don't really need
your other hand where with my S9 plus we had you know volume over here Bixby button then we
had power on this side and another thing is I really do like the position of the fingerprint
sensor here which is easy to use wear this one it was at the back right here and a lot of the time
when I was first using it it's just like where is it and it's hard to see because you can't see
what you're doing from the front of the phone and talking about buttons we no longer have the Bixby
button on the Z flip for here and I love that guys know more of this and I would accidentally
click it all of the time and then if you click it even when it's deactivated if you click it
twice Bixby still opens up and I just prefer to use Google as my voice assistant so I like
that Samsung finally got rid of the Bixby button which they had put on so many phones another Pro
about the z-flip for comparing it to a slab phone is the cover screen now I like this because I'm
able to just see things at a glance like the time I'm able to see notifications I'm able to
just turn on a flashlight if I need it turn on or off the Wi-Fi basically do quick things without
actually having to open up the phone and I'm someone who doesn't really like to spend hours
and hours on my phone and I've actively tried to spend less time on my phone so this just kind of
creates a bit of a barrier against doing that because I actually have to open up my phone and
then I have to go open the app and it just it kind of stops you from doing that you know instead of
scrolling through social media like Instagram or Tick Tock or something you can just be scrolling
and scrolling and scrolling before you know it an hour's gone by and you're like oh where did my
time go the z54 kind of prevents and deters you from doing that because using the cover screen
you can quickly just answer quick text set timers like do basically just general things that having
to open up your phone and get into that social media kind of trap another Pro Pro for the Z
flip 4 because it does have super fast charging capability up to 25 watts fast charging and that
is faster than what I had with my S9 plus which only was compatible with fast charging 15 watts
basically about equated to charging my zflip for about 15 minutes faster than my S9 plus so when
I did charge them both from kind of zero to full I charged this one in an hour and 25 minutes another
Pro about the Z flip 4 compared to my S9 plus is that it does have improved cameras now I know the
cameras here are not the best Flagship cameras on the market like we have on the s22 ultra
the s22 even I'm hoping that the future version the next z-flip does have like better Flagship
cameras because for the price we're paying like we should be getting those cameras but I will
say that coming from an S9 plus I am seeing a camera upgrade we are seeing more pixels I'm
also getting increased low light performance and more bokeh and we're just seeing overall clearer
photos and I think the colors do look better on the Z flip 4. honestly when I'm comparing
the photos it looks like comparing like 1080 to 4K I have some test shots on screen for you guys
so to my eye the Z flip 4 is definitely having sharper images here the low light
performance is a lot better here honestly you won't even be able to tell in the photo
that it's a low light and there's a better audio experience in my opinion too like the
audio just sounds better so I'm just gonna play you know a video from both and you guys
can comment below let me know which one you think sounds better alright guys so
I'm going to start off with the S9 plus so you guys can hear what that audio sounds like a 20
millimeter quick release silicone watch band it has built-in GPS I'm going to turn up the volume
and now with the z-flip four
see a suggested workout for today you can see how you select and the final Pro about the Z
flip 4 here for me is it has a beautiful display now we all know that Samsung is fantastic with
creating displays that just look awesome now the S9 plus here is definitely not bad but the
Z flip 4 just looks better and this is really noticeable when you are looking at photos or
if you're watching like videos for example and I've just gone on my YouTube channel and I'm
just gonna you know choose a video for you guys to watch always let the ads run guys
I'd really appreciate that so the first thing you guys is the difference here so
plus so we do have a smaller video when you're watching it in kind of portrait mode with the
z-flip you can go ahead and put it in Flex mode and that is basically going to block out the top
and bottom it still stays at the same size now if I go ahead and put them both in landscape
mode this one is a lot bigger what it is in full screen mode but when we put them in this mode
the easy flip is definitely smaller I don't really love the aspect ratio
here but the actual details of the displays it's just it's so much better
let me know which one you guys think looks better overall now for those of you who have watched this
far in the video thanks for sticking with me and I'm gonna let you guys know something important
there are definite cons about the Z flip for it is not perfect despite what pretty much every
YouTuber is telling you there are definite cons about it and one of those cons might be a deal
breaker for you so I have composed a video of the six major cons about the Z flip 4 that I
have noticed so if you are interested in getting this phone I would definitely recommend you watch
that video I have it at the top right or in the description below because I wanted you guys to
be aware that there are cons about this phone finally near the end of the video you guys want
to know is this worth an upgrade from your current phone or do I think it's worth an upgrade as well
from my current phone so am I going to keep the z-flip for or am I going to send it back and keep
my S9 plus well I am going to keep the Z flip 4 and I'm going to be getting rid of my beloved S9
plus and I definitely do think for me it is worth the upgrade you know despite the cons about this
phone for me personally I'm able to look past those because I'm loving the user experience so
much and it does have more Pros than cons in my opinion if you guys did find this video helpful
please go ahead and smash that like button for me and now that I told you you know major Pros about
the Z flip 4 comparing it to my older phone let me know what you guys are gonna do have you decided
if you're going to be getting the Z flip for do you already have it if so how are you liking it or
are you not going to get the Z flip 4 at all you just watch this video to you know maybe get some
more info on it come comment down below I'd love to hear what your thoughts are I do read all the
comments that come in and I'll try to respond to every single one of you and finally if you
do want to get this phone if you're someone who's like really on the fence I would highly recommend
that you you know head to your local store like your local Best Buy or something and test out some
of the display models you know play around with them a bit see if you like the feel of the film
the form factor everything like that and if you're buying it online definitely buy it from somewhere
with a good return policy like buying it directly from Samsung or from Amazon for example because
then if you don't like it you can always return them and one last thing you can probably get an
excellent trade-in value for your current phone if you're getting from Samsung or getting it from you
know somewhere else that does provide trade and values because you could definitely get a nice
chunk off the Z flip for and if there's anything I miss say 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
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