Mobile or tablet, why not both at the same time? Samsung has renewed its most ambitious model in its foldable phone catalog, giving birth to the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4. We were able to test it with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 to give you our first impressions of this device.

Like the Flip, the base is the same as the previous generation, Although there are small and significant changes to justify the generation gap. As an introduction to the full review, we tell you what we found in this contact with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4, a small appetizer.

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A refined design that makes more sense than ever

A first look at the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 is not enough to appreciate the small but necessary change that has taken place. One of the main complaints about this device was: with mobile folded format was quite narrow. The big change for this generation is the jump from 24.5:9 to 23.1:9.

It’s still a narrow cell phone, but quite comfortable to use.

That’s what it’s like to have a panel that’s the same width as the last generation, stretching from 54.5mm to 57.2mm. It may seem like a small change, but. It’s still a pretty narrow cell phone, but it’s closer to a “normal” cell phone than it looks when folded.

In my case I have a big hand and found the new format particularly comfortable. Going from the normal width on any other phone to this one was not shocking and the only remaining doubt is, how to adapt playback of multimedia contentsomething we will check in analysis.

The build quality of the device is excellent., with aluminum and glass. The main disadvantage is when the phone is folded, quite thick. Basically, it’s back to having two phones side-by-side.

has also been a significant reduction in weightIt goes from 271 grams of the Fold 3 to 263 grams. Still a very heavy mobilebut considering that in practice it’s like having two phones in one, the figure isn’t excessive.

The screens, a priori, look the same as what we saw last year, although the bezels of the inner panel have been slightly reduced. Outside we have a 6.2 inch Dynamic AMOLED panel with a resolution of 2316 x 904 (HD+). we don’t appreciate the lack of sharpnessdespite the resolution.

The interior of the panel is 7.6 inches, with a resolution of 2176 x 1812 (QXGA+). Both support 120Hz refresh rate And yes, we meet again with the famous curve in the middle of the screen.

You just have to tilt the device a little to make the crease appear. Again, rarely our finger goes through the middle part of the panel so unlike the Galaxy Z Flip4, it won’t be something we notice too much when touched (another thing is how much it bothers us). In the in-depth analysis, we will tell you what our experience with the panel has been, although it is nearly identical to the experience we had with its predecessor a priori.

The best of Qualcomm and high-end hardware

Inside, the main protagonist is the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. This is a 4-nanometer lithography processor with two Cortex-X2 cores as the hero. It is Qualcomm’s most efficient high-end processor.therefore we should have noticeably better performance than the previous generation Snapdragon 888.

Memory configurations start at 256GB, go up to 512GB, and all go up to 1TB with 12GB of RAM. Battery remains unchanged, 4,400mAh with 25W fast charging. We expected a small splash here, but only the Z Flip4 suffers from a battery boost. It is not yet clear whether the new Qualcomm will manage to keep consumption at bay, but the a priori 4400mAh is a bit scarce for a mobile with a 7.6-inch display.

Cameras have also changed., which we will thoroughly test in analysis. The main sensor goes from 12 to 50 megapixels, the ultra wide angle keeps 12, and the telephoto lens becomes 10 megapixels instead of 12. They guarantee that from Samsung. photo section improvedsomething we can confirm soon.

The front camera is well hidden.

The 4-megapixel internal front camera is pretty discreet and we’ll have to get pretty close to the screen to appreciate it. A few minutes of use was enough for us to realize that it is not very high quality.and that it is more convenient to use the external front camera if what we want is a quality selfie (for video calls with the cell phone turned on, there is no choice but to use the internal one).

Also point out What really brings the Fold to life is the software. This generation, we have an app bar in the purest macOS style. So when we open applications, we will continue to have a lower bar with the applications we want. Thus, we can quickly open multiple applications on a split screen by simply dragging them onto the screen.

Fold is a mobile device born for multitaskingand Samsung has improved the layout of windows and the overall experience. We can open multiple apps in seconds, and having almost 8 inches of space, interacting with them is pretty easy.

This Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 has interesting improvements with the same problems to be solved

More than just a great refresh, the new Galaxy Z Fold4 is a pretty logical evolution compared to its predecessor. It has a better processor, better cameras (previously), more refined software, and a slightly more comfortable format. Good news for those who love Samsung’s most ambitious folding model.

Nevertheless, interior panel continues to cast doubt on durability. In these impressions, it was sufficient to touch it with the nail so that it was slightly marked. Great care must be taken with this type of flexible panel if we want to avoid the slightest sign of a limitation that we hope will resolve over time.