The Samsung Galaxy Fold

The Samsung Galaxy Fold

Dominic Fightmaster, Editor

The Samsung Galaxy Fold is set to hit shelves worldwide on May 3, 2019. This phone is one of the most interesting phones to be announced because it has the ability to fold hints the name. Engineered to work as a phone and transform into a tablet. The phone has many cool features; like when recording, it makes the video steady, but we are getting ahead of our selves. The phones main cool feature you may want to learn about first is its ability to fold. So let’s start with that then we can get to all the parts and features that this phone brings to the market.

As stated before the phones main feature is that you can fold it. Being able to fold the phone allows for some cool things. You can fold it and put in your pocket or unfold it and put it in a bag. The display is multi-layered and bonded together to ensure flexibility. The hinge is made of multiple interlocking gears. The phone has two different display sizes a 4.6-inch display while folded and 7.3-inch display while unfolded. The phone has a fingerprint scanner placed along the side where your thumb or index finger sits. Anything you are doing like looking at an article while its folded will be transitioned when you open it up. Did I say that the display was made to reduce harmful blue light? You can have 3 apps open at one time on the same screen. This means that you can be reading an article while looking something up and texting someone.

You may be thinking that all this will make the phone overheat and go slow. Well, all of this is prevented with the advanced vapor chamber and clad metal cooling system. The dual speakers on both sides of the phone provide an immersive three-dimensional experience. Now you may be wondering about the camera. On the front side, you have a 10MP selfie camera and an 8MP RGB depth camera. On the back, you have a 16MP ultra-wide camera, 12MP wide-angle camera, 12MP telephoto camera, and a 10MP selfie camera. The phone has a scene optimizer powered by intelligent NPU to better recognize 30 popular subjects. When it detects a subject it automatically adjusts camera settings for a better picture and the Flaw Detection will alert you to the flaws in the photo. As stated before the camera has super steady which predicts movement and makes videos smooth and less shakey making it good to film videos for any of your social media needs. You can record in 4K UHD along with HDR10+ giving you lifelike hues and contrast, with Dynamic Tone Mapping to ensure accurate color in each of the scene.

The phone has 12GB RAM and 512GB of internal storage space. One of the other cool things is it adapts to how you use it and preloading the apps that you frequently use. There are two batteries that work as one. The Intelligent Adaptive Power Saving Mode learns your usage patterns to manage battery life. The LTE model has a 4380 mAh and the 5G model has a 4235 mAh. The Fold is also designed to act as a wireless charger sharing its battery power with Qi-certified devices and wearables. The Samsung Galaxy Fold is a pretty interesting phone with some very cool features. If you are looking to get this phone it has a starting price of around $1,980. The Galaxy Fold has lots of potentials to be a great phone for many reasons and may possibly be, we will just have to see the reviews on it and how well it will perform on its worldwide release.