the brand new samsung galaxy fold 3 has certainly made some waves in the smartphone market and i've
been lucky enough to get my hands on one just for a couple of months to show you
the ropes this is of course the ever so popular phantom green version of the new galaxy fall 3.
so what i'm gonna do is jump into an unboxing show you what you get inside show you around a little
bit then we'll talk about practicality and the sort of sizing of the fold three i will compare it
to my old note 10 plus and to a tablet just so you get a good idea of how big this thing actually is
so sit back relax and stay tuned whilst we explore the brand new galaxy fold 3.
what's up guys welcome back to tech it easy let's not waste any time here let's just get straight
into the unboxing so as i mentioned earlier this of course is the phantom green version
of the galaxy fold three really fancy box doesn't really mess you around you open the box and the
fold three is just there unfolded in all its glory first thing i noticed is that the phantom green
isn't actually all that green at all i actually thought i'd been given the black version by
accident but it turns out this is the green it only seems to be visible in certain light
so very very subtle nonetheless though it feels amazing the metal body of the phone is
something that i've missed since my pixel 2 days it feels much better than my note 10 in my opinion
still prone to fingerprints but much better in many many ways now you've probably heard on the
great van that there is no charger included with the fold three nor is there an s pen which is a
bit of a shame kind of expected the whole package with this phone considering you actually have to
pay so much money for it you do however get a usbc charging cable as well as a sim ejector tool now
one of the biggest critiques about the galaxy 4 3 is actually its camera module it seems tiny in
comparison to the previous fold 2 and flagships such as the s21 ultra but i want to draw your
eyes to something really quick here the note 10 plus it was widely considered a beast of a phone
with a pretty decent camera setup at the time and this was just two years ago now just look
at the size difference alone the full 3's camera module really isn't all that small in comparison
yes it would have been nice to have the specs of a flagship camera on this device
but from brief testing i don't think it would actually disappoint you and i will do a dedicated
galaxy fall 3 camera test video for you if that's what you want so let me know down in the comment
section if that's what you want to see now whilst we're comparing sizes i want to quickly show you
how it compares to the note 10 plus which again at the time was widely considered a huge phone
the fold three in its folded position is actually just less than half the size when we unfold it
it's about half the size of my galaxy tab s5e so not a tablet by any means but still an awesome
and surprisingly practical media consumption device now obviously we're talking about width
here in its folded position it is incredibly thick it's actually probably double if not more than a
note 10 plus so that is something to bear in mind this thing is going to take up a lot of room in
your pocket and if you're wearing really tight jeans you may even struggle a bit here but it's
not exactly a surprise i guess if you're buying this phone it's something that you're sort of
already expecting now i want to give you the best idea of what the galaxy fold 3 is like to own
so i'm currently working through all the questions that i had about the galaxy fall 3 the fall 2 and
even the original fold so one of my questions or concerns was the crease down the middle i thought
it would be super prominent and distracting but seriously you won't actually notice it that much
only occasionally when it catches certain light and maybe when you're doing a bit of sketching
overall though it's really not all that bad at the same time slightly disappointed they haven't
managed to get rid of it though perhaps that is something we can look to in the next version and
i would expect samsung to get that right at the very least in the next version as huawei have
already worked out a way to get rid of the crease on their phones now the next thing i was thinking
about when considering buying a folding phone was general practicality is it going to be too big and
is that cover display going to be too small for me well before i talk about that the first thing that
stood out to me was the weight it is something that i've really paid attention to on this phone
and not something i've usually paid attention to on other phones but the full 3 doesn't feel like
a literal brick in my pocket it actually fits into your pocket just fine but it seriously weighs you
down do you really notice it in terms of fitting it into your hand though yeah it's not bad it's
kind of easy to grip when it's folded up feels odd when you're on the phone holding a mini brick in
your hand is something that's going to take some getting used to but the surprising thing for me
is how perfect the size of the unfolded display is it's just large enough to hold with two hands and
type easily it feels a lot better balanced when it's unfolded and as i mentioned earlier browsing
the web watching movies or even multitasking just feels great which is kind of conflicting because
my initial thoughts on the fold three were why didn't they just make this thing a lot bigger like
it's big anyway but you might as well have gone all out and gone the extra mile and sort of made
it a more tablet-like experience next point of call on the practicality list is the cover display
again we'll take some getting used to and some apps do struggle with it which is particularly
annoying because there isn't really a middle ground here the cover display is too narrow for
some apps and the aspect ratio of the main display also presents some issues for other apps which is
probably one of my biggest complaints about the fold 3 from my initial impressions the best way to
get around this is using the split screen function on the main display which don't get me wrong
is a cool feature to have but it is a little bit annoying that you have to do that to get some apps
to work the way you want them to but things like instagram and snapchat are a few apps that come to
mind that work better when you're in your split screen mode now i've had the galaxy fall 3 for
just less than a week now so i don't want to give too much away in terms of durability performance
and battery life until my full review but i can say this the battery life isn't making a great
first impression i'm finding myself charging it a lot and i do worry there's little chance of the
galaxy fall 3 making it to the end of the day performance at a glance so is pretty fantastic
no obvious issues there the 120 hertz on both screens does make a massive difference i've
come from 60 hertz on the note 10 plus and i can honestly say that the increase in refresh rate
is really noticeable and it is much appreciated but on the subject of displays i do doubt the
brightness of the fold three i found myself having it on max brightness more and more when i'm using
it and even then i'm not too sure if i'm fully satisfied with it now i'm actually going to leave
things there now because i don't want to give too much away until i've done my full review i feel
like i need a little bit more time to get to grips with the fold three and find out all its flaws and
the bits where it shines amongst other phones what i can say though is overall first impressions of
the galaxy fall 3 are excellent it's actually exceeded expectations in many many areas for me
i think i'm going to really enjoy using this over the next couple of months as always though let me
know down in the comment section what you think of the galaxy fold 3 is it practical or do you think
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