![]() ![]() On the top of that, Samsung makes great Android apps which are literally unavailable on any of its competitors. Samsung’s OneUI is one of the beautifully designed, smartest adaptation of Android. I used a fast-charging plug, which yields 50% of battery from a quick 30-minute charge, so battery life shouldn’t be an issue.Samsung software might not be as fluid as its competitors, but it’s undeniable fact that they make the Android more customizable, controllable and feature packed. It has a 4400mAh battery that supports super-fast charging but you’d have to buy the 25W plug separately. But the camera setup is excellent and what’s expected from a flagship.īattery life was great for a device this size, given that it was being used with a bright display and lots of video content. I didn’t find the need to use the latter. It has more cameras than necessary: a 50MP triple rear, a 10MP selfie-cam and a 4MP under-display camera when opened. Sure, I put it to the test, but it wasn’t a primary feature for me. I found a device of this size difficult to use to take photos. This excludes the beach and pool, and it is not dust-resistant, which is evident. I consumed multimedia content across multiple apps, worked using the various productivity apps available to me, browsed the web and accessed social media – the Fold 4 is essentially a powerful laptop in your pocket or, in my case, my bag.Īccording to Samsung, an improvement to the device is durability, although it only has an IPX8 rating for freshwater up to 1.5m for up to 30 minutes. Earlier this year, the company ditched its Exynos chips in favour of Qualcomm’s powerful Snapdragon ones for its flagships in the South African market. The Fold 4 is powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 octa-core processor, 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. When it comes to opening all these apps, you’d expect the phone to stutter a little, but that was not the case. And, if you’re into “virtual co-activities”, you can watch YouTube videos or play games with someone via a Google Meet call. ![]() Samsung has partnered with Google and Microsoft to let you drag and drop to share links, photos and multimedia content. It is a superior multitasking experience to the edge panel as it’s quicker to switch between full-screen apps. It lets you customise the apps to which you want to have quick access, and lets you go into the two most recently opened ones. New to the Fold 4 is a taskbar that looks like a laptop display. I preferred having two apps opened side by side with a third, floating window, as needed. It has a tiny control panel to choose view types, including opacity for the floating app. The apps you open can be split horizontally or vertically, and the floating apps stack if you open multiple, which you can go into at any time. But for reading documents on Word, versus typing up a document, it worked fine with another app next to it. I preferred using apps like Excel and Word in full screen mode because you can barely see what’s going on when they are split. You can open up to three apps together, provided they are supported – Instagram only works in full screen – and you can have a fourth, floating app on top. I found the multi-window display useful on the go. Whether you’re sitting at a coffee shop or on a plane, it is a decent size to work with. ![]()
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