The Galaxy Z Flip 5 smartphone has been launched at the year's second Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event today. Over the weeks, we have been reading various leaks and rumors around the smartphone, and it turns out that a majority of the leaked specifications were, surprisingly, accurate. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 gets a bigger cover display, which is now being called a ‘Flex Window', a more powerful processor than its predecessor, and some iterative improvements in the rest of its specifications. This means, unlike the Galaxy Z Fold 5, the Flip 5 actually gets the kind of upgrades that make it worthy of buying. But is it truly an offering you should go for? We compared and analyzed the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 with its predecessor and the other smartphones in the market to understand where it really stands. Let us take a look.
When it comes to the areas of improvement where the smartphone simply knocked it out of the park, we have to highlight two specific areas — the cover display, and the structural integrity. Samsung upgraded the cover display from a tiny 1.9-inch to a big 3.4-inch Super AMOLED screen. This means, the smartphone now has a bigger cover display compared to the Oppo Find N2 Flip (3.2-inch cover display), and nearly as large as the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra (3.6-inch cover display).
And this takes the cover display from simply being a gimmick to an actual functional display that might reduce the number of times you need to flip the smartphone open. While you get a wide range of widget support for the cover display, there is also a way for users to use full apps through the Good Lock app, but it is buried pretty deep, and you really don't want users to hunt for such an important feature.
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