hey what's up man paul is that man i'm watching reruns of bernie mac here
as i'm making breakfast and uh i'm using my galaxy foam 3 here man i got it in plex mode you know
what let's start out by saying this is a modern tech marvel right here we have a we got a screen
that looks as brilliant as this and it folds in half so you can watch media on it and play games
and stuff like that man this is a super cool ass phone but is it for everyone i gotta i got i gotta
figure out how this thing is gonna work in my life because i'm coming from a galaxy note 20 ultra
and i also have a galaxy book uh 360. is that what it's called galaxy book 360 the 15 inch laptop
and i also have a galaxy tab s7 plus they all use s pens this one uses a special one it's got
an awkward size when it's folded and when it's opened up so where does it fit in your life if
you're a galaxy note user from you know anywhere from a galaxy note 9 all the way to a 20 ultra
so before i sit here and burn up my breakfast let me go ahead and finish cooking and then we'll sit
down and we'll talk about how this thing is going to work out from a galaxy note user's perspective
when i'm eating breakfast by myself during the weekday i usually catch up on a lot of my social
media and stuff like that so i got my fork in one hand on my cup in here one hand and i'm scrolling
right now when you're scrolling through this thing you know this front screen it is super narrow
and i still haven't gotten used to it some people don't care some people care a lot i'm one of
those people who happen to care a lot once again because i'm coming from a galaxy note 20 and it is
a one-handed phone if you have a big enough hand and and this one the keyboard feels super cramped
and everything feels like you're using a super slim phone and i'm sure you can get used to that
over time but coming from a galaxy note would you even want to but since i'm catching up on media
and stuff like that having this gigantic screen to just view it is super nice man i'm always
watching like aussie man review videos y'all got to check out that dude's channel it's hilarious
so having this gigantic screen to check that out on is super cool and and plus when it's in flex
mode you got the um you got the controls on the bottom the media controls and then you have the
the uh the viewing area on the top screen however the viewing area does kind of shrink a little bit
it doesn't take up the whole half of the phone uh it shrinks a little bit so you're getting about as
much uh viewing area as you would with the galaxy note 20 ultra in in uh portrait mode but remember
you don't get to set your your note ultra you know ultra or your note 20 ultra down and just
view it like that you always have to just lay it flat since i had this thing in uh flex mode let's
go ahead and take a picture real quick let me go ahead and take a picture of my table see how these
uh forward rear facing cameras are gonna perform in this so i got a window right here and i got the
lights on right here and there's no lights going on in the back so we'll see how that picture turns
out then i'll turn it around and take a picture on this infamous selfie camera on the main screen
now this camera right here a lot of people have complained about it i honestly wish they would not
have covered up the whole punch i i didn't mind it in the first place it kind of just disappears but
they wanted to go the extra mile and cover it up with those pixels which i think was a bad idea
um i either way it's it's fine with me but we have one more picture to take and that is when we close
this bad boy can we take a picture with the uh the regular selfie camera the one that you're actually
supposed to use for selfies um how handsome is that fella see how that turned out that's
i really need to shave now the selfie camera actually takes really good pictures and the rear
cameras take really good pictures and once again that uh inside selfie camera is going to take
uh it's pretty bad pictures because it's not for pictures it's actually for like web conferencing
and stuff like that which i can get behind because this is nice to you know do a web conference with
and you can actually use these speakers man these speakers they actually have bass like if you if
you're in a quiet room you can actually hear the speakers on the uh the bass on the speakers on
the left and right so that's that's really nice to have that this is a full-fledged media device when
you need it to be which brings me to the question of where does it stack up against the galaxy
tab s7 plus if you're in the samsung ecosystem you probably have one of these samsung tablets
if you've got this one the tab s7 plus you are experiencing the media consumption like paradise
right here the screen is massive it's a you know it's a 12 inch tablet but also it's nice and
bright and brilliant but you know what you can you can get that that case that cover it comes with
the keyboard and it has this back panel right here that's just magnetized on the back it houses the
s pen now you do say that samsung has provided us with a cover now samsung actually probably makes
some of the best cases actually the best cases for their phones i mean it's their phone right
but when you put this in the case it adds that much bulk to this already heavy phone and i'll be
honest with you this is probably the worst case samsung has ever made but it's not necessarily
samsung's fault it's just the design of the phone the fact that it flips and closes and stuff like
that openly closes it's really hard to make a case that is going to house the s pen which we'll get
to later it's going to it's hard to make a case that'll house the s pen and protect the phone
like it should and open and close see right here my screen is not exposed i wish it was because
i would really just like to use it one-handed if you open it up by the way i'm left-handed if you
open it up fold it back you got this a lot of things in your hand now as far as the bolt goes
this is a heavy phone i i'm not i'm going to keep saying that because it is a super heavy phone i
actually did weigh them this phone actually weighs in at right at about 10 ounces uh for example the
galaxy note 20 ultra weighs in at about seven okay and then if you want to take it a step further
without the uh the the back cover on the uh on the tab seven plus this weighs in at about one pound
four ounces i believe i can't remember the exact number but it's over a pound but here's the here's
the crazy thing about that the galaxy note 20 ultra if you're used to it it actually feels fine
right it just feels i mean it's got some girth and weight to it but you're used to using it when you
pick up this phone and try to use it one-handed because you've actually pretty much got two phones
in your hands it feels massive it feels like you got two note 20s in your hand and then when you
open it up it all of a sudden feels lighter it feels like it's the same weight as the note 20
ultra but it feels like it's pretty much the same weight as the uh the tab s7 plus with the case
on it's like it's really weird how this case or this phone is heavy and too slim at the same time
and then it's almost too big it's kind of too big for one hand but it's extra light at the same time
too it's like too big too small too heavy kind of light all at the same time it's it's weird how it
it makes that transformation but putting a case on it i've never been a case user as you can see
i've got my galaxy note 20 ultra skinned up with a black camo skin i've got the same skin for my
fold three here which i'll put on in a second it only protects the back side of it right
and i like to take my uh phone out to the swimming pool now we have it's a swimming pool for all
intents and purposes it's more of a a water puddle but i like to go out there and chill in the water
and use my phone as well and the galaxy note 20 ultra with that full waterproof thing i don't have
to worry about it that is actually one of the very few times i actually do put on a case because we
have real rocks and i'll just kind of set it down and never put it face down on those rocks i always
set it down just like that and it works fine even in one hand uh with the galaxy note 20
ultra using this in the pool ah man with the case i might have to find another case but right now
i just don't see myself using it man i like to take phone calls and video chat with my son while
i'm in the pool chilling and this is not going to be the phone for that for me from from my
lifestyle when it comes to media consumption i'm in the house most of the time you know consuming
my media so i've got my tablet pretty close by it has been nice having this to actually just you
know unfold and set right there but you know when you want a big screen if you got the tablet go for
the tablet now if you're a content creator you really don't like the fact that you can actually
use the main cameras and also have kind of like a kickstand that's built in by flipping this thing
up and walking away from the camera and just doing your thing or you can do it like i'm doing and
hold it in front of you and you have this massive viewfinder in front of you see i'm actually using
you see that right there i'm actually using the viewfinder up here with the other screen and then
i'm using the main camera so that's really cool but it comes at a downside the fact of the form
factor of this uh phone right here you can pretty much forget about using this thing in any kind of
phone clamp or like gimbal or something like you know the handheld gimbal or mounting it to your
car or something like that now when it comes to multitasking i'm pretty sure that we can agree
that samsung has done a great job with its phones the galaxy note 20 ultra is the beast of beast
when it comes to multitasking just unbeatable until the fold three comes about because this is
the beast of beast a beast of beast when it comes to multitasking this phone does everything and it
does it pretty damn well as far as multitasking man there are no hiccups no slowdowns or glitches
or anything like that run in multiple apps at the same time you got your sidebar that comes out
where you can pin apps you can pin two three four of them together if you want to or you
can even do a sidebar like a dock like on like you have on windows and as far as multitasking
ah i don't seriously i i beg you to find a phone that can beat it then you bring out the s pen when
you have it and that's where i have a real problem and it's like one of my biggest issues with this
phone especially as a note user i really wanted to have this phone to replace the note but it's
just not going to do it because of the s pen the full integration of the s pen is what makes a note
a note and let me tell you it this is where i'm just broken man the spn experience is good when
you're using it when you have your s pen with you and that's one of the heartbreaking things
and we'll get to that in a second but i want to talk about the s pen usage it feels like a note
when you're writing oh man it feels glorious when you're riding on this big surface and it
feels nice and fluid like you're right on the glass with the actual s pen this is a special s
pen because it has a retractable tip that retracts on its own so it doesn't make a little dent in the
screen because it's still kind of soft but because of that you lose a lot of functionality like the
remote access when you're taking photos from a distance and you want to just tap that little
button and have the shutter go and a lot of other remote things that you're not going to get like
the air dressers and stuff like that you don't get that with this particular pin you can get them
if you spend more money yeah i said more money if you spend more money and get the super duper s pen
you can use it not only on this device but other devices as well what are you asking i can't use
it on other devices no you can't use this on the other devices this s pen that comes with the case
does not work on your galaxy tab s7 plus or your galaxy book 360 or your other note for you know
for that matter this is a special s pen that only works with the galaxy fold and that's why it's
called the fold edition the other one will work but you have to use a switch and i don't have that
one on me because i feel like spending more money now when it comes to full integration like i said
the s pen works great while you're using it you do miss out on some functionality and i love using
the s pen and that's why i'm a note user because i do screen off memo and things of that nature
and i'm always just man so many times i've been using this phone right here the the fold three
and i've i've had it folded up and i just want to slide that thing out of there and start using
screen off memo you can't use screen off memo on this front screen because it doesn't work the s
pen does not work on the front screen and that is so irritating because sometimes you just want to
slide that thing out and just write down something real quick oh man it kills me it kills me for a
lot of reasons first of all you have nowhere to put this pin it's just a really well thought out
afterthought the fact that they were able to pull it off and put two digitizers side by side do all
that stuff right there and then kind of just leave the pin out of the equation you know wilson i
think if they would have kind of just think about this man if they would have kind of just stretched
this phone out just a little bit this pin does not have to be this thick it could be galaxy note
style of stylus you just you know make a little silo for it right on the side of there it doesn't
have to be that big and you would have been able to integrate this pin in here the phone would
have been bigger as far as this narrow screen right here it would have been a little bit wider
and then when you open up of course you have a bigger surface i mean you don't need to be bigger
but it would have been bigger no one would have complained about that because this pin is still
as small as it used to be and it was still with the actual phone so that tells me that
this is not a galaxy note replacement it is just an addition i'm sorry switch phones it is it's
just an addition to the galaxy family especially in the productivity and power user department but
once again if you come in if you're coming from a note and you have a tab s7 and a galaxy book 360
where does it fit in because you need a phone to carry with you every day this thing is uh man
the narrow screen the heavy usage on one hand man you're gonna get cramps i've been
i was using this thing in the bed leaning to the side and my my arm was cramping up a little bit
because i had it like this and i was just i was getting a little weary but then let's say you're
using your s pen right this s pen goes to the fold it's the fold edition and then it's a lot of times
when i've used my note i've used my note pin on the galaxy tab s7 plus and i've used my 7s plus
or tab s7 plus pin on my laptop because they're interchangeable and i've used i've just used
all of them so it breaks continuity this part of the video is more or less a rant about why
i'm disappointed that i can't use the s pen and can't completely replace my galaxy note 20 ultra
with this galaxy z fold 3. it's a modern marvel of a phone i love it i absolutely
love it but i just can't seem to figure out how to fit it into what i've already got
in replacement of the note 20. so you guys that watch this video to this part
let me know how you feel have you replaced your note ultra your note 20 ultra or your note period
inside of your galaxy ecosystem i just don't know how i'm i'm at a loss here
either way i'm not an expert at this kind of stuff but i will say this is a badass phone
i really really do like it it has a lot of great uses as far as being a power user
a media creator a media consumer but i don't think it's for everybody man i just don't either way i'm
getting out of here and y'all keep being good to each other and i'll see you when i see you
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