- What's going on everyone, this is Dom,
and today we're taking a very close and detailed look
at the Samsung Galaxy Fold.
So at the event and the pre-briefing and stuff,
they didn't actually give us any hands on time
with this phone, we didn't get to film it,
we didn't get to touch it, or see it up close in person.
Kinda seemed weird at the time when they announced it,
considering, you know, this is something
that they're really trying to push, apparently,
but they did send over some footage late last night
and I wanted to give you guys a firsthand look at it.
So first thing here, that's very easy to notice,
and it's already known information,
is that there's no headphone jack, obviously.
So Samsung is killing the headphone jack
with the Galaxy Fold, but what I was more interested in,
is how this thing actually folds together.
So a lot of people thought that it was just like two,
you know, flat devices, like sandwiched on top each other,
completely flat all the way around.
That is not the case with the Galaxy Fold.
There's actually a slight little U or bend in the device
that actually keeps the display from completely going flat
and creasing at any point, so you can see that very clearly
in a couple of the shots that they have
in this footage that they've released to us.
Now, I'm not saying that that's a bad thing,
or anything like that, I'm mean it is what it is,
we can't crease the display, so there's gonna be
kind of like a little, you know, shape in it
that will keep just a slight bend in the display,
rather than a crease and having it
lay flat on top of one another.
That's just how it's gonna be.
But I also have noticed,
just by looking at the shots a little more,
that the width is actually a lot thinner
in width than something like this guy, the Galaxy S10.
So we have something that's a little bit thinner.
Now another thing, that obviously is known
because of just how the display opens up,
I'm not personally a fan of the camera cut out
being on that bigger display, I mean,
I personally think it would have been great
to just have a front camera and a back camera
on the device when it's folded shut and opening it up,
you would just be revealed with a full display.
So it just kinda looks weird
when you're watching movies or playing games,
to have that little part cut out of just the corner.
I'm personally not a fan of that.
Now, definitely the design itself is just incredible,
like this is a very, very sleek device.
No matter the price, it is expensive,
and I'm gonna stand by that, it's an expensive device,
same with like an iPhone 10S Max, or anything like that.
These are all expensive devices, it doesn't mean that
we don't like them, they're just expensive.
I mean, that's the name of the game here.
This is a luxury device, Samsung has said that,
and it looks like a luxury device.
I mean, this thing looks super clean
in all the colors that it's available in.
I just think it was overall very well designed.
So as you know from the specs, the front side features
a 4.6 inch display, which is a little underwhelming,
I'm not gonna lie, but to open it up,
to have a 7.3 inch display, obviously pretty cool.
Personally me, I mean, the whole Galaxy Fold idea
is awesome, having a phone that opens up into a tablet,
but I would pay some good money to have, like just a tablet
that folded up and fit in my pocket.
I mean, I think that would be cool.
But, the Galaxy Fold is what we have here,
and obviously this is a very early beta adopter version
of this phone, I mean, if you're gonna buy one of these,
definitely expect it to be a lot better the next generation,
at least I think it's going to go out that way.
But, I mean overall, the beauty of this thing
speaks for itself, but I don't know,
I wanna know you're thoughts on the Galaxy Fold
in the comment section below.
It's a very interesting device.
I think that it's only going to get better
and this kinda foldable technology is going to round out
eventually into something very, very awesome.
Like I said before, unfortunately they didn't give us
any hands on time or any closeups of this device
and they just sent over this footage
and said, hey, here you go,
you wanna use this to show your audience?
So I thought I'd give you guys a first hand look.
Seems kinda suspicious to me though,
maybe they're controlling that narrative in some way,
but we'll see if they meet that April release date.
I think that's kind of ambitious, seeing as they,
I don't even think they have any of these in production,
because really this full device didn't leak at all,
like the S10 and S10 Plus did, and stuff like that.
So, I don't know, let me know your thoughts
on this whole thing in the comment section below.
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This is Dom and I'll catch you in the next video.