- Hey, what's up?
MKBHD here and welcome to your first look
and hands-on of Samsung's new midyear drops for 2022,
the Flip 4, the Fold 4,
and a really impressive looking new pair of watches.
So this is everything you need to know about all of it.
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So I'm gonna start with the phones
and the theme for the phones is definitely refinement.
And this was already the theme last year
and the year before.
But look,
in the relatively young world of foldable phones right now,
if we're being honest,
Samsung is kind of dominating the space.
There's only a few foldable phones
that real people are actually buying right now.
And the Flip is apparently the most popular folding phone
in the world.
So the Flip 4 looks and feels
very much just like a Flip 3.
Like there's really three things that are notably
new about it, and they're all subtle.
So one is a slight aesthetic trimming.
So the bezel are just a little bit slimmer
on the inside,
the rails feel a little bit more trim and flat.
Plus there's a new set of colors.
Then two is it's a bit stronger and more durable.
So that's always good to see in a folding phone.
So the hinge is a little bit more trim
and still feels very sturdy to open and close
and of course stays half open
for all the software features that take advantage of that.
And then three is there's updated specs,
and I'm thinking,
this is just me just using context clues,
but I'm thinking that the most noticeable improvement year
over year with this phone might actually be battery life.
So this phone has a new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
which has had excellent efficiency
in some other phones I've tested so far.
Plus the battery also bumps
up from 3,300 to 3,700 milliamp hours.
That's a small thing,
but it's a combo that could be great for battery life.
Plus it still fast charges up to 50% in 30 minutes.
Not bad.
Other than that, though,
the hardware you're looking at
is very similar to the last flip
and really there's one big new software feature,
which is a bunch of new widgets
and lock screen stuff on the outside cover screen.
So you gotta love the lock screen customization
and the functionality,
potentially even matching your watch face to your phone.
So if this was early days,
maybe the first one to two generations of the phone,
that's when you'd expect to see more tinkering
with like the size of the outside screen
and what it really should be capable of.
Now that they've settled on this size though,
they're really just adding stuff that you can do with it.
So you can change quick settings, take a selfie,
activate the flashlight, accept a phone call,
start a new phone call, all types of stuff like that.
This is all good quality of life stuff.
Makes a lot of sense.
And I think there's Flip fans out there, Austin Evans,
who like the previous versions
who are gonna like this one too.
But at the same time if you weren't convinced on the Flip,
whether it's because that crease is still somewhat visible
and feelable when you scroll
or because you don't like the idea of having to open
up the phone every time you wanna use it
or whatever else might have bothered you,
none of that has changed either.
So this new one probably won't change your mind,
and neither will the new price
because it's the same as the old price, $999.
So there are other phones that you could get for this price.
Other flagships, gaming phones, slab style phones,
but this one for $999 folds in half.
And it's probably the most appealing folding phone
to most people.
But on the other end of the spectrum though
is the big unfolding productivity monster, the Fold 4.
So this is actually the one
I'm personally most interested in.
And what if I told you
that the exact same set of things is new on this phone too?
Well, it's actually a little bit more than that same stuff,
but the Fold 4 also has an improved
slightly slimmer hinge,
which is one of the most important
overall pieces of this phone.
And it feels firm and confidence-inspiring
and very satisfying to clap closed, which is great.
It has a nice satin finish on the back with three colors,
the gold, the black, and then this deep blue.
And then it does
in fact have a stronger Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
on the outside paired with those aluminum rails.
They've also updated the specs again
with the same new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 inside,
the highest end chip available.
And it does have the same size 4,400 milliamp hour battery
as last year.
And then there's a new camera system on the back as well.
So these folding phones have never quite
had exactly the same set of cameras
as the highest end flagships, you know, the ultra phones,
but they do typically get right up underneath
as the next best thing.
So this fold here has a 50 megapixel primary camera,
a 12 megapixel ultra wide,
and a 3X telephoto which will let you get
up to 30X space zoom.
I will definitely be testing these new cameras
in these flipping folding phones
in the full review just to see how good they are.
But if I was guessing, if I was guessing,
they'll probably perform pretty similar to
like an S22 plus, which just to say pretty great.
We'll see though.
And then surprise, surprise,
the Fold 4 also has one big new software feature,
this time it's on the inside screen
and that's the dock at the bottom.
So you'll notice when you open an app,
the entire dock shrinks down to the bottom
into this sort of bar, kind of like a Windows task bar.
And from there you can easily launch recent apps
or hop back and forth between apps quickly
or even launch straight into multitasking
with two or three apps on the screen at once.
It's a small change,
but I think it makes a big difference to keeping it easy
and fluid to quickly multitask on a phone like this.
I don't know about you,
but when I open the phone up
and it's got this huge seven inch screen inside,
I just want to use a lot of stuff and multitask.
So you've got the button to open
up any app all the way on the left.
You've got the navigation buttons all the way to the right.
I really do like this task bar,
and then just flipping through the device for a bit,
the rest is very familiar to what we've seen.
Just again, slightly refined.
The outside cover screen is actually
three millimeters wider.
So it's a slightly different aspect ratio.
Again, thanks to slimmer bezels.
And you can just barely tell by eyeballing it.
And on the inside,
the bezels all the way around
again are just slightly thinner
and the crease through the middle
to my eye is a little bit less visible
than it is on the Flip,
though it's not too different from last year basically
where if you're looking at the content on the screen,
you really don't notice it too much because
you don't pass your finger over it when you're scrolling
like maybe you would on the vertically folding phone.
Maybe if you're a big stylus person,
you'll get the whole S Pen case and everything.
And then you really notice the crease
when you draw a lot over the middle.
But yeah, I'm not one of those people.
So basically it's there if you're looking for it
but it's not really too bad if you're not.
You know what else though
you probably didn't notice if you weren't looking for it?
The new under display selfie camera right up here
on the top right hand side.
So Samsung is using a new second generation
hidden selfie camera up here.
And from my very limited experience,
it is actually very impressive
just how well it's able to hide itself
and stay out of view,
even more so than last year's first gen.
But the images that come out
of it definitely do not look any better.
That was the big weakness of last year's Fold's
hidden camera.
And it appears to absolutely be a weakness
of this one again.
You can see it does a fair amount
of processing with the still photos,
but I imagine a video call won't look too pretty.
I'll give it a shot.
Maybe that Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 will surprise me
but that's how it looks.
Aside from that though,
there's nothing fundamentally different in any technology
across the board with this phone,
it is still very much the productivity based tablet
in your pocket that we know and love
just settling into its form.
Basically, if we expect any sort of different shape
with a foldable from Samsung,
that's probably just gonna be a whole new phone,
just a whole new model.
So in the meantime, this Fold 4 launches again
at the same prices last year, $1,799.
So I'll review both of these phones for sure,
but low key maybe the most interesting new hardware
to me here is actually the new pair
of watches here that Samsung's dropped.
There's a new Galaxy Watch 5 and Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
Some of you are already remembering that I haven't
reviewed too many smart watches in the past,
but maybe leave a thumbs up or a comment on this video
If you're interested in something on these.
Basically if you've been paying attention
to Apple rumors lately,
there's been all kinds of stuff brewing
about maybe an Apple Watch refresh
in September and maybe an Apple Watch Pro, but hey,
here comes Samsung right out the gate just ahead
of that with a Watch 5 and a Watch 5 Pro.
So the Watch 5 has a sweet new design
with a reshaped curvature
and actually a flatter contact area on the bottom
so there's more contact
with your wrist for more accurate readings of everything.
There's two sizes, 40 or 44 millimeters.
And each one has a 15% bigger battery than before,
thanks to the new shape,
for a claimed up to 50 hours on a charge.
There's a nice bright OLED display on the front
and they're covering it with a Sapphire Crystal
glass this year and the whole thing's IP68
water resistant.
Software wise, looks pretty familiar.
Plus they've added things
like detailed sleep tracking with stages,
which is another thing Apple just added to the Apple Watch.
But the Watch 5 Pro is interesting
because it's a more fitness
and adventure focused version of the same thing.
So when you see them back to back,
you'll notice it's thicker,
it's a little more
of a ruggedized version than the standard watch.
They're only doing it in a large 45 millimeter size
and the display is sort of inset
behind these titanium bezels
and the Sapphire Crystal cover glass they say
is even stronger than the standard.
I assume that's just because it's thicker.
And they fit a 590 milliamp hour battery into this thing.
So pretty massive battery
without actually looking like a super huge watch.
So they promise one and a half times the battery life
of the standard watch, putting it up at 80 hours.
And that is what I'm curious to test.
So the Watch 5 Bluetooth only starts at $279
and then the Watch 5 Pro
with Bluetooth only will start at $449.
So interesting new hardware developments from Samsung here.
Very curious to see that stuff.
Let me know in the comments
what you're interested in seeing for the full review.
I am definitely looking forward to testing it.
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That's been it.
Thanks for watching.
Catch you guys later. Peace.
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