Hey what's up? Sami here.
So today we are gonna take a look at an unusual product, the Royole FlexPai.
This thing actually is the first foldable phone on the market, technically.
At least it's the first company to have a launch event that dates back to the October of last year.
But you barely see any proper unboxing or review of the official version or mass production version of the FlexPai
All you can see is the prototype version on CES, and the review is bad.
But today one of my partners 趣测评 from china finally got the mass production version,
he ordered in March and got delivered yesterday.
The video is just a quick unboxing and the full detailed review will be couple days later
and I was just authorized to translate the video to English
So please turn on subtitles of this video
Without further ado, let's get started
Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of unboxing!
Today is gonna be a bit different, it's a foldable phone, which was released long time ago, half a year
We placed the order on March 11th and finally got delivered today, almost 3 months?!
8999RMB ($1302)
The package includes two parts, one is the FlexPai Smart Cover, we'll get to that later, the other one is the phone box
I would assume this unboxing video is the first on the planet? I've never seen other tech reviewers did before
guess no one wants to wait for several months for this but our team you know, is kind of persistent
We even forgot we ordered the product, anyway let's get to it
We've unboxed Galaxy Fold before but it was recalled because of several problems
How to open this thing?
And the re-launch date is still unknown, same for Huawei Mate X, not available yet
Now opened
Welcome to .... yeah... excuse my English ... LOL
We can see a card inside this envelope,
on that it says "In this world, some people see because they believe, some people believe because they see,
while to make a giant progress to our society, we always need the former"
Well, that's quite a thing
So that's the phone! It's gigantic!
It should be bigger than the Galaxy's, it's my second time to unbox a foldable phone BTW
Feels solid
See?
That's the phone! Now I'm gonna fold it
Like this right, not the opposite way
When you fold it you can feel there's a buckle here
Looks like the same way to fold as Huawei Mate X
We can see a bunch of screws here on the hinge
Dual speakers
Let's just power on
That's it, a Royole logo pops up
We can see FlexPai here
Volume key
While waiting for powering on, I'll unfold it for you again
The display is flexible, feels like a resistive touchscreen
A resistive screen consists of a number of layers.
When the screen is pressed, the outer later is pushed onto the next layer
— the technology senses that pressure is being applied and registers input.
It feels actually very soft, not like on our daily phones
Let's follow the steps
Today this video is all about a simple unboxing and the full detailed review will come later
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As you know this is the real official one, not like the prototype you've seen before
What I bought is the 6GB+128GB version, which sold in 8999RMB ($1302) as I've mentioned before
Now we lighted up the screen, looks gorgeous, the same size as iPad Mini when unfolded I guess
Now I'm folding again, let's see what will happen
Ah like this way:
It provides an auto-detection system that only shows content on the half of the folded screen
that you’re facing at any given time.
What bums me out is the thickness of this part, it's not totally flat
I guess this is the fingerprint scanner below the power key, I'll take a look of that later
You see there's no camera at the back, only two with a flash lies in front of the screen.
Not like Huawei or Galaxy's, the latter has six cameras
Let's see what else we got: a VIP card, a pin and manual, warranty card those
There are also a charger, a cable and a headphone beside, nothing more
Now move to the cover, it's a cover for the foldable phone!
Made from leather
So like this?
Supposed to put on like this
What?
Ah I know! Should be in this way
Should be like this way, the camera is here
When you are using it, just open it up
like a wallet
It's heavy
I'll take a look at the manual to see exactly how to use this cover, because in this way it's pointless
Anyway, let's take a look at the folding design one more time
How many times can this thing fold? Maybe will do an durability test later
Overall feels rugged and pretty solid, not like some cheap product
That's it guys, we'll release a full detailed review days later, stay tuned!