It’s enough protection to handle a splash into water, and it can shrug off rain. One big addition this year is IPX8 water resistance, which makes this premium product far more practical to take with you in everyday life. It’s handy for unlocking the small external display to check notifications, though it’s a bit high up on the frame to reach when unlocking the phone in its unfolded position. Like the Galaxy Z Fold 3 this year, the Z Flip 3 offers a side-mounted fingerprint scanner that works quickly. The display is also a Super AMOLED type, so it hides itself superbly when not in use. Chiefly, the external display can also serve as a viewfinder for the main cameras, making selfie photos and video incredibly easy to capture with those higher-quality cameras. It also offers shortcuts to a small number of extra widgets from weather and timers to Samsung Pay and music playback controls. It can show notifications from apps, conveniently letting me check to see if a text came in and needs a response. There’s a small, 1.9-inch external display (bigger than that found on the Z Flip 2, but much smaller than that on the Motorola Razr 5G) that is effectively a stand-in for the status bar and notification shade. When closed, the phone actually remains quite useful. It’s possible to swing it mostly open with momentum, but I’d highly recommend getting a case first.
I found I generally had to unfold the phone with two hands or crack it open with my thumb and then press against my torso or hip to unfold it the rest of the way. It has a satisfying but subdued snap closing, but the tight grip of the hinge prevents the classic thumb-flip to unfold. Those fond of the old days of folding phones may be a bit disappointed, as the Galaxy Z Flip 3 doesn’t whip open and clap closed quite like they used to. The hinge is firm, holding in place at almost any angle, though it snaps closed lightly in the last few degrees. When that big display isn’t in use, the phone can fold in half. While the crease on the display can be distracting in certain conditions – in very bright environments or with dark on-screen content – it actually all but disappears in many cases, becoming as easy to overlook as notches and punchhole cameras have become in recent years. The display is also nearly on par with some of the best smartphone displays, providing a high enough peak brightness for outdoor use as well as an adaptive refresh rate that tops out at a smooth 120Hz. This provides a lot of space for content, whether that’s a movie, a lengthy Twitter feed, or a game. It packs a 6.7-inch, 2640 x 1080 display for a 22:9 aspect ratio.
The main display itself is actually surprisingly rigid with the crease of the fold providing the only hint that the display isn’t the same sort of glass found on other phones. It’s a tall hunk of phone with a big display, narrow bezels, a solid frame, and a glass rear.
In the way it’ll primarily be used, it feels quite like the Galaxy S21. You’ll find two different forms for the Galaxy Z Flip 3.
This week we watched on a normal sized TV in the lounge with sofa’s several feet away and found it really hard to see the visual questions.Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 – Design and Features Last week I watched it on an iPad right next to me and no issue at all with any of the visuals.
I think it also depends how far away your TV is from where you are sitting. (always wondered why they cannot do a split screen)
I suppose it depends on what size your TV is ? We have a 43" the biggest we can fit in the space, and the pictures with the questions are 'acceptable' for me, but the wife has trouble with them, and of course those in the Studio get to see them for the full amount of time.īit like Pointless, in the studio, its big and right in front of them all the time, on TV, it's a fraction of the time, normally when they are being read out, of the answer goes in. I don’t have a big television and my eyesight is pretty poor even with glasses, so (ironically) I don’t see what everybody else’s issue is. With the scales, again it’s not difficult to distinguish the four different aspects on-screen even if you can’t work out what the exact species is, but that’s not the question they’re asking. The Gherkin is pretty clear behind the Statue of Liberty the second the options came up (and I would say through the entire segment – the pictures do shrink slightly to fit in the question on-screen, but the London skyline is still easy to see) the question with the tennis racquets, it’s clear to see the hand the players are holding it in the candle question is again very clear. I rewatched the questions with pictures again, and I see absolutely no problem.