(upbeat music) - It looks like 2019
is going to be the year of the foldable smartphones,
and the two biggest players right now
are Samsung with the Galaxy Fold
and Huawei with the Mate X.
What's up guys?
Saf here on SuperSaf TV,
and what are the key differences
between these two foldable devices?
Well, let's break them down SuperSaf style.
Now initially, we do have different folds
on both of these devices,
and I'd describe them as my buddy MrMobile likes to say.
"We've got an innie, and we've got an outie,"
the innie being the Samsung Galaxy Fold
and the outie, because it falls on the outside,
the Huawei Mate X.
So let's initially talk about the Galaxy Fold
which was announced earlier,
and that folds on the inside.
So this has a 7.3-inch Infinity Flex AMOLED display,
but it also has a second display which is on the cover,
and that's 4.6 inches.
With the Huawei Mate X,
you have an eight-inch OLED display
which falls on the outside.
Now when it is folded down, it is split into two,
so you have a 6.6-inch front display,
and you have a 6.3-inch back display,
which can also be active.
Right, so which one of these implementations is better?
Well, it's going to come down to personal preference.
There's advantages and disadvantages to both.
With the Galaxy Fold,
the advantage is that you do get an inner display
which is protected whenever the device is closed down,
and then, you have glass on the outside.
You have to remember that glass does not fold,
so these displays are based on plastic,
and of course, plastic is going to scratch much more easily
compared to glass.
So with the Galaxy Fold,
it is going to be protected at all times
whereas with the Mate X,
it is going to be exposed at all times.
So when it's going in and out of your pocket,
it is going to be more easily scratched
compared to the Galaxy Fold,
but the Galaxy Fold does have a few disadvantages
because of this,
and firstly, that is that you're not getting
an all-screen display on the inside.
There is a cutout for the cameras.
Also, the outer display on the Galaxy Fold,
although it's a separate independent display,
it is pretty small at 4.6 inches with quite a bit of bezel.
With the Mate X, when the device is flat out,
you have minimal bezels.
You don't have a cutout or anything like that,
and when the device is folded down
and you're using in one hand,
you are going to be getting a much larger screen size
with smaller bezels,
and the way Huawei have achieved this is with this sidebar.
So this sidebar kind of acts like a handle, like a grip,
when you're holding the device when it's flat out,
but it also houses the cameras,
and because of this quite clever design,
the Mate X doesn't need a notch
or any cutouts for the cameras.
Now, one of the things you would have noticed
from both of the presentations
is that there is visible creases on both of these devices.
Now, which one of these is going to be
more visible in day-to-day usage?
I cannot tell you that as yet.
Of course, when I've spent some more time
with both of these devices in hand,
I'll be able to tell you,
but unfortunately, this does look like,
because it's first-generation technology,
we will be seeing at least a little bit of crease
on both of these devices.
Now let's talk about the internals.
The Galaxy Fold comes with the Qualcomm
Snapdragon 855 processor.
There may also be an Exynos version at a later point,
and the Mate X comes with the Kirin 980
along with the Balong 5000.
Now in terms of speed and performance,
both of these are very, very fast processors,
but when it comes to RAM,
the Galaxy Fold does have 12 gigabytes of RAM
versus eight gigabytes of RAM on the Mate X.
So you are going to get more RAM on the Galaxy Fold.
Also when it comes to software,
you've got Android Pie on both of these,
but you've got OneUI on the Galaxy Fold,
and you've got EMUI on the Mate X.
Now the thing with the Galaxy Fold
is that Samsung have emphasized
that they've been working in partnership with Google
as well as lots of Android app developers
to optimize them for the Galaxy Fold,
and they have also showed off app continuity,
so continuing apps from the smaller display
on to the larger display,
but also three-app multitasking.
So you can have three apps open at the same time
on the larger display.
We've only seen two apps open on the Mate X,
and although we have a massive 512 gigabytes
of storage on both devices,
the Galaxy Fold does come with UFS 3.0 storage,
so this is much faster, twice as fast as current generation,
so it does get the advantage overall
in terms of speed and optimization.
Of course, this may change as time goes on
when apps get more optimized on the Mate X as well,
but based on what we've seen so far,
it looks like Samsung have utilized the displays
a little bit more compared to Huawei on the Mate X.
Now let's talk about the cameras.
So we've got a total of three cameras on the Mate X.
On the Galaxy Fold, we have a total of six cameras.
Now let's break these cameras down.
So on the Mate X, we have a similar setup
to what we've got on the Mate 20 Pro.
So that's a regular angular view camera with 40 megapixels.
Then we've got an ultra-wide at 16 megapixels,
and then we've got an eight-megapixel telephoto camera
which is going to give you optical zoom,
but the Galaxy Fold, you also have a triple camera setup
similar to what we've got on the S10,
so that's a regular 12-megapixel,
an ultra-wide at 16 megapixels,
and a telephoto at 12 megapixels,
but then we also have a single front-facing camera
when the device is closed,
and we have two cameras when the device is open.
One of these is a front-facing camera,
and then we've got a depth sensor as well.
So lots of cameras here,
and now, in terms of the camera quality,
of course, we'd have to put them side-by-side,
but something really interesting on the Mate X
is that we don't have any front-facing cameras,
and the reason for that is
you can actually use the rear-facing cameras
as front-facing cameras
because of the way the device folds.
So the back display can be used for selfies
so you can actually see yourself
using the rear-facing cameras.
Now this is really interesting because rear-facing cameras
are usually much better than front-facing cameras.
Not only that, because you have a display in the back,
if you're taking pictures of somebody else,
then they're also going to be able to see themselves
on the back screen of the Mate 20 X,
and I got to say, this is a very, very cool implementation,
and I cannot wait to test that out.
So you do get a few advantages here on the Mate X
when it comes to the camera setups.
Now as far as we can see,
neither of these devices have a 3.5mm jack unfortunately,
and when it comes to the batteries,
both devices are using a dual-battery solution,
one battery on either side of the fold,
and we do get an overall,
a larger battery size in the Mate X.
Now, usage obviously will vary.
We're not sure exactly how long each of these will last.
You will be powering more on the Mate X
because it has a larger display,
and it also has a larger display when the device is closed.
With the Galaxy Fold,
you'll only be powering the larger display
when you've got it open.
The smaller display is no doubt
going to be taking up much less power,
but, of course, this is going to vary
and depend on lots of different factors.
One of the advantages that the Mate X does have
is that we've got Huawei's 55-watt SuperCharge.
Now this is pretty insane.
Huawei are claiming that you can get up to 85% of charge
in just 30 minutes.
That's crazy, and even if you don't get the advertised value
because that's the absolute maximum,
even getting around 70, 75% in half an hour
is absolutely awesome.
The speeds of the Galaxy Fold
are unfortunately nowhere near that,
but as far as we know,
there is no wireless charging on the Mate X.
The Galaxy Fold, however,
does seem to have wireless charging,
and you can also use Wireless PowerShare.
So we've seen in a video from Samsung
that you can charge other devices using your Galaxy Fold.
This is something, as far as we know,
is not available on the Mate X.
Finally, let's talk about pricing.
So Samsung have said the Galaxy Fold
is going to be starting at $1980,
and it's going to be available from the 26th of April,
so coming very, very soon.
The Mate X is going to be starting at around 2,300 euros
which comes in quite a bit higher
compared to the Galaxy Fold,
and the release is also going to be later.
Huawei have said mid-2019.
We're not sure of a specific date as yet.
Now, do bear in mind that this price is for the 5G Edition
which the Mate X is going to be in by default.
With the Galaxy Fold, as far as we're aware,
there is going to be a regular version as well as a 5G version,
so we're not sure exactly what the price
of the 5G version is going to be,
and that's everything that we know about the
Samsung Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X so far.
What do you guys think of both of these devices,
and which one would you go for?
Definitely drop me a comment below
and let me know your thoughts.
In terms of my opinions, I'm liking both of these.
I like both implementations,
and I cannot wait to spend more time with these.
I think it's great to see innovation in this area,
and you have to remember
that these are first-generation products,
so although they might not be perfect,
they will be getting better over time,
and as a tech enthusiast, I am super super excited.
Of course, as soon as these devices are in the studio,
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