Ten years later, the "big screen mobile phone era" initiated by Galaxy Note has reached its peak, and the new category of "folding screen mobile phone" initiated by Galaxy Fold has also become a new focus in the industry.
However, as pointed out in our previous article, although the category of folding screen mobile phone has entered its third year, "beautiful but fragile" is still the most obvious label on it, which once left us with a stereotype that we wanted to use it but were afraid to let it go.
Recently, Samsung officially released the third-generation folding screen flagship Galaxy Z Fold3, proposing that it is waterproof and more durable. Can we completely change our impression of folding screen mobile phones?
After three generations, the design language of Samsung Z Fold3 has been very recognizable, and you can realize at a glance that this is a folding screen mobile phone from Samsung.
Samsung Z Fold3 has three colors: meteorite black, Glenn green and Xuechuan silver. And this one in our hand is the color scheme of Xuechuan Silver, and the main colors of the frame and the back are metallic silver like stainless steel.
However, Samsung's silver is never monotonous. So is the phantom silver of ZFold3 this time. In addition to the silver color of the main vision, purple and blue will appear under different visual and light angles.
The glass part adopts AG frosting technology, which is quite textured visually, and the problem of fingerprint collector is eliminated in the hand feel, and the hand feel is delicate and comfortable.
Samsung Z Fold3 integrates a capacitive fingerprint identification module on the right side frame, which is designed with the power key in one.
It follows the symmetrical folding screen design, with a relatively conventional hard screen outside and a large folding screen inside.
Similar to the previous generation, the external screen adopts 6.2-inch Infinity-O AMOLED digging screen, which maintains an extremely narrow border, providing a good screen ratio and excellent display effect.
The difference is that this time, the external screen and the internal screen of Samsung Z Fold3 are all aligned with the dynamic AMOLED 2X screen material, and they are all "full of blood" adaptive refresh rate 120Hz screens. This makes the internal and external screens have the same top-level smooth screen sensory experience.
However, due to the consideration of the fuselage structure, the screen ratio of the external screen is slightly slender. Even if almost the entire external glass is filled, it intelligently presents the style of "fish screen", and both sides will look narrower than the screen of ordinary mobile phones.
The advantage it brings is that it is very convenient to operate with one hand. When you hold it with one hand, you can easily touch both sides of the screen, and your thumb can cover a wide range of control. For me, even if I want to pull down the notification bar and control center from the top of the screen, I just need to move my palm slightly and let my thumb touch the top of the screen.
Since the last generation innovated the design of the external screen, the practicality of the external screen has been greatly improved, especially after most of the software has adapted to the adaptive resolution characteristics of the Android system, it is very convenient for the external screen to brush short videos, Weibo and WeChat with one hand. The slender screen ratio like the remote control has great advantages in brushing short content and typing back to WeChat, especially for users of Jiugongge Pinyin input method, which is an efficient output tool.
Moreover, when the screen is closed, the narrow width of the mobile phone can be easily put into a pocket or bag to carry around.
If the external screen can't meet your functional requirements, don't forget that Samsung Z Fold3 has more than one external screen. When the fuselage is unfolded, another horizon will be opened.
As for the glass of the outer screen and the back cover, it is natural to use Corning gorilla Victus glass, which is known as "the strongest Corning gorilla glass so far". Compared with conventional aluminosilicate glass, its scratch resistance is also improved by 4 times.
Of course, users should be more concerned about the durability of folding screen models.
Similar to the previous work, Samsung once again used UTG (ultra-thin glass) ultra-thin flexible glass as the inner screen of Z Fold3, and the impact resistance and wear resistance of the material screen were guaranteed to some extent.
Although the crease of the inner screen still exists, it will not affect the daily use experience. Thanks to the inherent advantages of glass material, the smoothness and touch of the rest parts are not much different from those of ordinary mobile phone screens, and the surface of UTG has a thick oleophobic coating, which makes the sliding feel quite excellent.
According to the data, the newly upgraded UTG 2.0 on the internal screen is provided by Schott in Germany, claiming to be stronger than the previous generation, and this time the internal screen also supports the use of SPen, which can be described as inheriting some large-screen features of the Note series.
As for the glass of the outer screen and the back cover, it is natural to use Corning gorilla Victus glass, which is known as "the strongest Corning gorilla glass so far". Compared with conventional aluminosilicate glass, its scratch resistance is also improved by 4 times.
Silver metal frames and hinges are made of "armored aluminum" frame structure with higher strength than ordinary aluminum. Generally speaking, aluminum materials with higher strength are used to resist external impact and protect hinges and other armored internal structures.
The hinge part supports multi-angle rotation stop, which can be completed infinitely within a controllable angle. While satisfying any opening and closing angle, the adjustment of this screen opening and closing is very comfortable, and the screen opening and closing can adapt to your opening and closing force, and it is obedient to follow your hand opening and closing.
I think the magnetic attraction is particularly textured when it is closed, and the screen with overlapping ends makes a crisp "click" sound.
For the folding screen mobile phone, the biggest enemy is not only the fragility of the internal screen, but also the ubiquitous dust and moisture in life. However, this is no longer a problem for Samsung Z Fold3.
As Samsung's first waterproof folding screen mobile phone, Samsung Z Fold3 has IPX8 waterproof rating certification. Both the inner screen and the outer screen are waterproof.
Since the folding screen has revolutionized the form of mobile phones, as one of the core functions of smart phones, images also need to explore some different shooting forms, right?
In terms of image configuration, Samsung Z Fold3 is equipped with a rear12 megapixel three-camera combination that we are also familiar with, covering three cameras: wide-angle main camera, dual telephoto camera and super wide-angle camera.
The three cameras can achieve relatively uniform white balance and color expression, and still maintain very similar color tone and exposure brightness when zooming.
Rear wide-angle lens
Rear 2 telephoto lenses
Rear 2 telephoto lenses
Rear ultra-wide angle lens
Rear wide-angle lens-night vision mode
Rear telephoto lens-night view mode
As can be seen from the proofs, the imaging effect of Samsung Z Fold3 is still satisfactory, and the three lenses have good details in the ultra-wide-angle, wide-angle and double telephoto parts.
With the blessing of AI scene recognition, specific scenes such as sunny days, delicious food and night scenes can be accurately recognized and adjusted to appropriate parameters and tone patterns. The overall trend is still pleasing to the eye, and the picture purity is also optimized by large aperture and multi-frame superposition.
Since the folding screen has revolutionized the form of mobile phones, as one of the core functions of smart phones, images also need to explore some different shooting forms, right?
Samsung said, of course. After the internal screen shooting, the side corresponding to the rear camera is the well-known Samsung camera interface, and the function buttons such as viewfinder and camera shutter are all available.
The space of the secondary screen has also been skillfully used, providing the function of looking back at photos, so that photographers can see the photos they just took in the secondary screen without opening the album. We can also directly use two fingers to enlarge the picture to see the details and reconfirm the focus and exposure of the picture. And referring to the previous photos, you can easily adjust the composition of the preview viewfinder.
This setting is a bit like the feeling that a photographer takes pictures in the studio and transmits them directly to the monitor next to him to look back at the pictures.
In addition, folding the folding screen to a certain angle will activate the vertical interactive mode, and the viewfinder and shutter button will be displayed on different screens respectively, which is convenient for forward or vertical shooting.
Samsung Z Fold3 is equipped with a front camera on both the outer screen and the inner screen. The front camera of the outer screen is designed as a pit-digging type with a built-in100000 pixel camera.
Through the new generation of off-screen camera technology, the hole-digging front camera of the original inner screen has also been hidden. Although the effect still has some room for improvement, it achieves a more complete visual effect and provides a more immersive viewing experience.
Limited by the occlusion of some display pixels in the camera under the screen, the algorithm will make up for the missing light input during self-timer imaging. The front of the external screen is in line with the mainstream smart phone, and it uses the rear camera to take a selfie, which has the super image quality of "plug-in" bonus.
Based on the dual-screen feature of the folding screen, we can turn on the "external screen preview" function and directly use the rear camera with better image quality to complete the needs of self-timer and Vlog shooting.
As mentioned above, in fact, the division of labor between the external screen and the internal screen of Samsung Z Fold3 has been very clear.
The experience of the external screen is basically close to that of the mainstream straight smart phone, and with its slender screen ratio, it can be easily controlled with one hand. When you need to control the mobile phone and other scenes with one hand on the road, check messages and reply to instant chat messages, the external screen is fully competent.
When we expand the inner screen, the applications used by the outer screen will flow seamlessly to the larger inner screen, and most applications can adapt to the changes in screen size and resolution.
On the other hand, the applications used in the internal screen can also be seamlessly transferred to the external screen for continued use, and which applications can be seamlessly switched between the internal and external screens. It should be noted that users need to select "Continue to use the application on the external screen" in the settings, otherwise closing the internal screen will automatically enter the lock screen.
For large-size internal screens, split screen is the primary productivity.
As in the past, Samsung Z Fold3 supports split-screen use of up to three applications, and the application size between them can be flexibly adjusted, and internal information can also be dragged and dropped.
For example, in my daily commute, I am used to splitting Miley, Weibo and WeChat applications, so that watching videos, doing hot search and replying to messages can be carried out seamlessly at the same time, which reduces the tedious switching steps between applications and the trouble of suspending video messages, and interesting videos and Weibo content can also be quickly shared with friends.
But on Samsung Z Fold3, I finally saw the reliability and durability of the folding screen mobile phone. Whether it is "armored aluminum" or the waterproof rating of IPX8, Samsung has spared no effort to create a reliable image for the folding screen this time.
With such a "small tablet", Iqiyi and productivity naturally have both.
Looking back on the development of folding screen category in the past three years, it is obvious that the "dispute over folding screen form" has been concluded, and the folding form that Samsung has been adhering to has also been recognized by the market.
Therefore, the shape of Samsung Z Fold3 has not changed much. From its design highlights, you will find that "durability" has replaced "groundbreaking" as the theme of this year's upgrade.
If a mobile phone with a price of 10,000 yuan, the screen will be broken when poked, cracked when dropped, and the rotating shaft will be easily damaged by dust, then the price-performance ratio of playing tickets is bound to make the folding screen fluctuate.
But on Samsung Z Fold3, I finally saw the reliability and durability of the folding screen mobile phone. Whether it is "armored aluminum" or the waterproof rating of IPX8, Samsung has spared no effort to create a reliable image for the folding screen this time.
With such a sense of reliability and peace of mind, I can safely take out the Samsung Z Fold3 and use it anytime and anywhere, and I can hold it in my hand as usual in rainy days. I don't have to always pay attention to the risk of water cups and food being spilled on my mobile phone when it is placed on the desktop ... from the fragile product that I needed to hold high at the beginning to the exquisite tool that I really hold in my hand now.
It can be said that Samsung has re-examined the category of mobile phones, which is the best folding screen answer sheet they can hand over at present. With IPX8 and stronger internal structure, Samsung Z Fold3 has become the best folding screen mobile phone at present.