Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 review: Refined experience

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The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 is here and the price tag is still very much hefty. Having said that, we find that the main USP of the smartphone has to be explored and talked about at length to show exactly how much this 5th-generation foldable has changed. For the better? We put the Z Fold 5 through its paces and see if it comes out triumphant.

The intrigue, and the interest, surrounding a novel technology is not going to last five years. That is a given. But that does not appear to be the point with the Galaxy Z Fold 5. The smartphone does not play on the tactics of giving you a smartphone you have never seen before. Instead, it relies on offering a device that comes closest in terms of what an optimized and functional folding smartphone experience should be.

The Galaxy Z Fold 5 is all about refinement. It is about using a smartphone with a strange aspect ratio that reminds you of a tablet with a slight crease down the middle, but it is so immersive that at no point does it obstruct your smartphone experience. Now, that was a mouthful, but it has a reason. Why? The Z Fold 5 is all about using a foldable smartphone that finally has the potential to be your primary device. There, we have said it. It is so immersive that you do not even realize that you are using something as crazy as a smartphone that folds.

If you're wondering why my opinion is so positive of the smartphone that has received a fair amount of criticism from the tech community, the reason is that I have been using this smartphone non-stop for a little over two weeks now. And in this short period of time, it went from a device that annoyed me with its extra long and thin display to a device I instinctively look for, often ignoring my own daily driver.

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