![]() This is Flex Mode Panel, which triggers when you fold either device halfway up. A lip on one of the edges would make things easier, like the kind you see in the design of some laptops. You can open it one-handed, but the few times I was successful, the Flip3 nearly slipped out of my grasp in the process. There's a good deal of tension in the hinge, so you need to open it up with two hands. Try that here and your Flip3 will fly out of your hands. Unfortunately, you can't literally flip the phone open like you would a flip phone of old. A minor inconvenience, but no one likes ghost touches. I did run into an issue where the cover screen kept activating in my pocket, changing the brightness of the screen or launching Samsung Pay and the weather app. For example, I'd love to be able to use voice dictation to reply to messages without needing to open the Flip3. It's great that you can do more on the larger cover screen, but there's a good deal Samsung can still do here to make it even more useful. To do anything more, you'll need to flip the phone open. Swipe to the right to see your notifications. You'll need to double-tap to wake it (or press the power button), and you can scroll through several widgets, such as weather, calendar, and music playback. New in this model is the larger 4-inch cover screen. I noticed I kept playing around with it in my hands when I wasn't using it, like a super expensive fidget spinner. I also really like the physicality of opening and closing a phone. If you've ever complained about the size of modern smartphones, this is a good solution. Every time I had it on my desk or nightstand, I couldn't stop admiring how little space it took up. Yep, even those skinny jeans, so you can shove those cargo pants back into storage. In its folded state, it's around the size and thickness of a stack of Post-Its. Take a normal, rectangular smartphone, then fold it in half so the top edge comes down to meet the lower edge. (Its accessories look equally fantastic.) Best of all, it's compact. It's delightfully colorful and stylish, not to mention it starts at an attractive $1,000, which is among the lowest prices we've seen for a device in this category. Of the two foldables, the Galaxy Z Flip3 has a broader appeal. The Flip3 uses the familiar clamshell design. These two gadgets are iterations on their predecessors, but they've hit a level of maturity that makes them the first folding phones I feel comfortable recommending to, well, just about anyone who can stomach their prices. I've also spent some time with Samsung's other folding phone, the Galaxy Z Flip3, which is less a productivity tool and more a smartphone that can actually fit in almost any pocket. Not always in the bathroom! Sometimes while lying in bed before the day starts, or when I'm out walking the dog. Yay! I've been doing many more of these tasks on the Fold3, ones I usually would've saved for a laptop or PC. No need to memorize anything and no need to juggle apps. ![]() Using a cramped split-screen mode isn't all that fun either.īut with the Fold3, I opened the phone up and put the attachment on the right side of the screen and the email draft on the left. On a normal phone, I could've toggled between the attachment and the email, but that's annoying, especially when you're trying to reference text in the attachment. I was responding to an email, but I needed to simultaneously look at an attachment. Two days into using it, the bathroom was where this premise clicked. ![]() ![]() The sales pitch? Convert your phone into a mini-tablet anywhere. There's also a narrow screen on the front for the times you don't need all that screen space (or when you don't have two free hands). The Galaxy Z Fold3 has the shape of the ancient Nokia E90 Communicator it's tall and remote-like, but it opens up like a book to reveal a sprawling 7.3-inch screen. That's until Samsung's new folding phone came into the bathro-er, picture. There are some tasks I generally loathe doing on my phone, so I usually wait until I get back to the comfort of my desk. Sometimes it's just to stare at a cat nonchalantly pushing a glass off the countertop, and other times it's to respond to Slack notifications. ![]()
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