On July 26, Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event where it launched the fifth generation of its foldable smartphones — the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the Galaxy Z Flip 5. And with the Flip 5, Samsung went quite overboard to make it the show-stealer. It got a massive new cover display which the company has named ‘Flex Window' and a new hinge mechanism, alongside other iterative upgrades. And it was crucial for Samsung to do so given what the rivals had rolled out this year.
The flip form factor has become a trending theme in the smartphone world and both Oppo and Motorola have launched their own smartphones. It is the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra that has emerged as the prime contender to dethrone the Galaxy Z Flip 5 due to the major upgrades it received. Also read: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5's pursuit of refinement drubs Motorola's Razr 40 Ultra
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, which is the more advanced processor compared to Motorola Razr 40 Ultra's Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, which means that the former can handle more performance-heavy tasks than the latter.
With the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, you see the continuity of a process. This is the fifth generation of the smartphone and Samsung has had the time to work out the snags from the device. The first Flip phone was a stunning piece of technology and a mess. The hinge mechanism was extremely vulnerable, the display was fragile and optimization was simply not there.
However, we found in our review that the fifth generation of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 “offers the most refined foldable smartphone experience that you can get and it is still the benchmark setter when it comes to clamshell devices”.
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