The Samsung Galaxy ZFold2 is finally official first look and this is everythingthat you need to know. So firstly, the name. It is the Galaxy Z Fold2 5G, or the Galaxy Z Fold2, I'm just going to refer to it as the Fold2 because the other names are just too long. Personally speaking, I think Samsung just missed a trick and they could have called it the Galaxyzee Fold2.
Am I right? Anyway, the Fold1 last year waspersonally my favorite device, and that was because it was really refreshing to see something completely different, something completely new, an introduction to a whole new category, but it wasn't perfect. There was lots of room for improvement. The good news is thatSamsung seems to have given us everything weasked for in the Fold2, starting with the cover display. On the Fold1 we had the 4.6 inch display, which was very small and not very usable. On the Fold2, this is now around 1.6 times larger. It is a 6.2 inch display. We've got small bezels withan infinity O punch out. This is a Super AMOLEDdisplay and it is 60 Hertz.
Now, this is going to make things a lot more usable on the cover display. You're not going to haveto always open it up like you had to do with the Fold1. And when you do open up that device, then you do get amassive 7.6 inch display. Now, this is the foldableInfinity Flex display, which is up from 7.2 inches. So it's around 12% larger, and the bezels are around 27% smaller. Once again, we have theInfinity O punch out for that front facing camera.
Now, this display is 120 Hertz. So you've got a high refresh rate and on that larger display, things are going tolook absolutely awesome. Now this has an adaptive refresh rate, so it is going to move fromaround 11 Hertz to 120 Hertz, depending on the content on your display. This will help towards battery life. Now, I have confirmed with Samsung and when you are at 120 Hertz, you will be switching downto full HD resolution. This is similar to what we see on the S 20 series aswell as the Note 20 Ultra, but nevertheless, a massive usable displaywith a high refresh rate I'm very excited for.
Now, speaking of the materialsfor the main display, we do have what Samsungcall Ultra Thin Glass. This was initially introduced on the Z Flip earlier this year. And this is kind of of like a combination of glassand plastic, really. And there is a pre-appliedscreen protector. So when you do touch the display, you will be touching thatprotective plastic layer.
The cover display is going to be using Gorilla Glass Victus. So this is the most durable glass ona smartphone out right now. For the back, however, there is Gorilla Glass Six. I'm not sure why Samsung didn't use Gorilla Glass Victus for the back as well. But this is just for the front. I don't know if it'ssomething to do with pricing. And then we have an aluminum frame. Now there is a fingerprint scanner embedded within that frame. So it is a side-mountedfingerprint scanner.
And the Fold2 is going to beavailable in two main colors. The mystic bronze on the mystic black. The mystic bronze, very similar to what we've already seen on the Note 20 Ultra. So, it is going to have a matte finish. The black version is goingto have a glossy finish. There is also a Thom Browne Edition, which is completely separate and it's got its own custom unique design. But on the regular Folds, you're going to have these two colors.
However, you will be able topick a customized hinge color. So this is something that you'll be able to do on a pre-order. It's available in a metallic gold, metallic silver, metallic red, and a metallic blue. I said metallic many times, but anyway. And speaking of the hinge, this has been improved quite abit to what we had last year. So this does have the Sweeper technologythat we saw on the Z Fold.
These are tiny fibers which help keep dirt and dust out from the hinge. So they're not going to come inon pop out the front display. The hinge gap is smaller andit's made of like 60 parts. And what this allows you to do is actually have the Fold2 open and stay in lotsof different positions. So you can have it anywherebetween around 75 degrees to around 115 degrees. And this is what Samsungare calling Flex mode, and it opens up lots of possibilities. Now let's talk about the cameras. So we do have two front facing cameras in the Infinity O design, the punch out. There's one on the cover display, and then there's the same camera as well on the main display.
This is 10 megapixelswith an f2.2 aperture. This will mainly be used for quick selfies and if you are doing somevideo conferencing calls. But then on the rear cameras, we have a triple 12megapixel camera set up. There is a primary camera, there's an ultra wide camera, and there is a telephoto zoom camera.
Now one thing to bear in mind is that these cameras are not the same as what we've got on the Note 20 Ultra or even the S 20 series. They do seem a little bit different, although they might share some components. The primary camera does haveoptical image stabilization, an f1.8 aperture withdual pixel auto focus. The ultra wide camerahas an f2.2 aperture, and the telephoto camerahas an f2.4 aperture, and it has two times optical zoom with up to 10 times digital zoom. So, we don't have any threeX, five X, 30 X, 50 X, like we've got on some of theother Samsung smartphones. Now, personally speaking, I'm not somebody who uses zoom massively.
So it's not something that'sgoing to be a huge concern to me, but something to bear in mind, you're not going to be getting the zoom that you might have expected on the Fold2. This also means that there is no 8K video because you do not have the resolution to cope with 8K video. Once again, 8K video is nice to have, but it's not something thatI use on a regular basis.
So it's not a huge deal for me. Now, the biggest changeon the Fold2 is that you can now use the rear facing cameras as front facing cameras. So you have something called dual view, and this will use the coverdisplay to show the viewfinder from the rear facing cameras, as well as on the main display. So for instance, if you're taking pictures of somebody, they will be able to seewhat you offer framing. So, that's going to be quite good. But more importantly, when you are tryna take selfies, then you will be able touse the rear facing cameras. So, you're not going to have to rely on the front facing cameras.
The rear facing cameras,obviously much higher quality. You also have the optionof the ultra wide camera, and that will allow you toget to much wider selfies if you do need to get morepeople into your shots. So, some really interesting updates here for the cameras on the Fold2. Couple of additional features that Samsung have also talked about.
We do have the Pro Video Mode, like we've seen on some ofthe other Samsung devices. So, you will be able to dialin a few of your settings. And using that Flex mode, you'll also be able to prop up the Fold2. And then if you are taking pictures, you'll be able to see themon one half of the display, and then you'll be able to review them alive on the bottom half of the display. And this looks very interesting. As well as that, they alsohave an auto framing feature, which is going to track your subject. Now, I'm not sure exactlyhow this is going to work. I'm assuming it's going to be at 1080p. Samsung didn't reallyreveal too much information about this as yet, but of course we'll be testing it out. And if there is a SuperSaf-stylecamera comparison, you want me to do of the Fold2 then definitely let meknow in the comments below which you'd like me to compare it against. But, let's touch on the performance before we talk about the software.
So, the good news is that the Fold2 is going to be powered bythe Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ chipset across the board. There's not going to bea separate Exynos version and that means you will be getting the most powerful chipset outthere at this time on Android. And this will also be coming with 256 Gigabytes of UFS 3.1 storage. No expandable storage, so you will just have this storage option and there is no largerstorage option available. And you do have 12 Gigabytesof LPDDR5 RAM, which means, this is going to be a multitasking beast. And now let's talk about the software. How have Samsung enabledmultitasking on the Fold2? So we do have Android10 with OneUI on top, but there's lots of featuresto utilize the bigger display. So we do have app continuity, like we had on the Fold1. So if you do have an appon the cover display, when you do open up the device, this is going to continue on and expand to use the full or main display.
And we do have improvedmulti active windows. So you can have up to threeapps open at the same time and split across three windows. What's even more interesting is that you can have twoinstances of the same app. So, this is going to makethings a lot more intuitive. Say for instance, you are comparing something on a browser with something else. You can have both of themopen at the same time. And there's also dragand drop functionality between Samsung apps. So say for instance, you want to open your gallery, and then you want todrag and drop an image from the gallery into a message, then you're going to beable to do that very easily. And Samsung has also beenworking closely with Microsoft to optimize their apps. So for instance, if you have PowerPoint, you will be able to have more of a tablet-like experienceon the main display, and you'll have accessto more menus on Options. In addition to that, you do have wireless DeX support.
This is something that we've seen on the Note 20 series previously, and you'll be able to connect the Fold2 to a display that has support for Miracast and wirelessly be able to have somewhat of a desktop experience. For the speakers, we do havehigh dynamic dual speakers. So we've got stereo soundand they do get pretty loud. And for the battery, we havea 4,500 milliamp hour battery. This is split cross bothof the sides of the device. In terms of usage, we will have to do somemore day-to-day testing with the retail unit. Based on my Fold1 usage, battery life was very good, but the Fold2 does have alarger display for the cover.
And it also has that120 Hertz refresh rate. So we'll have to wait and see how good or bad the battery life is. We do have fast charging aswell as wireless charging and there's also supportfor wireless power share, which is reverse wireless charging. So you will be able to use the Fold2 to charge other devices up wirelessly. Finally, the price. 1800 pounds in the UK, $2,000 in the US. Now, this is still a highprice, don't get me wrong, but it is lower compared towhat the Fold1 came in at. And it's offering a lot more. So it's nice to see this category develop to a point where it is gettingmore and more affordable.
Maybe in a few years, everybody will be able toget it a foldable device. So I'm very positive about this. And, it comes of pre-orders, they are open right now, with the official releaseon the 18th of September. Now, there is the Thom Browne Edition, which will be coming in alot higher than this price. I believe it's going to be over $3,000, but it's going to come witha few other accessories, like the Samsung Galaxy Buds Live, as well as the new GalaxyWatch and a few other things. And that is the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2. I just said the full name here.
What do you guys think of it? What coverage would you like me to do, as soon as the retail unit is in hand? Definitely let me knowin the comments below. Of course, there's going to belots more hands on coverage here with the Fold2. If you want to see it all first, then be sure to subscribeand hit that bell icon, so you don't miss anything. I hope you enjoyed thisvideo and found it useful. If you did, then do hit that thumbs up button for me. Thanks for watching, thisis Saf on SuperSaf TV, and I'll see you next time. (upbeat music)
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