In 2019, Samsung launched the first-ever foldable phone. Now three years later, this revolutionary development has reached new heights with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4. "I carefully unfolded it and ... immediately fell in love," said the company.
"Pretty much since there is no cord on the phone, I have been using Samsung. I've had the entire Galaxy family in my pocket. Teething problems disappeared, the design became sleeker, the screen bigger, as did the functionality, and the cameras ... Almost every time I showed someone a picture on my cell phone, I was told, 'What good quality!' The Galaxy became my Hasselblad. When I got the chance to try out the Galaxy Z Fold4 for this edition, I drove to the Samsung Electronics Benelux office the same day to pick it up. Earlier, I had "felt" it in an electronics store at Schiphol Airport. There it was on display. I had of course heard about the foldable model, didn't know what to think of it then, and now I had it in my hands for the first time. I carefully unfolded it and ... was immediately in love. As if I landed on another planet and a new world opened up before me. The size of the screen, the brightness of the image. The fact that this was possible: folding and unfolding a screen. The technical ingenuity: twice as many inches in a device about the same size as my current Galaxy S20+.
"That first meeting lasted a scant 15 minutes: I had a flight to catch. But now the Galaxy Z Fold4 was lying wide open in front of me and I had all the time I needed to get to know him/her. And introduce it to friends and relations. Because one of the great things about Samsung's new mobile flagship is that it is still relatively unknown. Everyone wants to hold it, sniff it, touch it... One of my friends even wanted to take a picture with it! An eye-catcher pure and simple. But the Galaxy Z Fold4 is more than that. It is not only an unparalleled beauty that you will love to be seen with, the device also makes your life more fun. A very big plus is that you can open multiple screens at once by dragging apps from the new taskbar to the large main screen. For example, you can make your mailbox, Twitter and Google Photos appear in split-screen. And drag an image from Google Photos into Gmail to send it as an attachment. Super convenient! As is the feature that allows you to set up combinations of apps so you can open them with one motion at a time. Samsung calls the Galaxy Z Fold4 a "multitasking powerhouse with ultimate performance," and there's no lie to that.
"I catch myself using the Galaxy Z Fold4 almost always in the unfolded state. On the cover screen (6.2 inches), I scan incoming notifications and sometimes respond briefly in a message. For almost all other tasks, I prefer the main screen (7.6 inches), especially when it comes to typing with the Samsung Keyboard (I also type this text on there). Makes sense, too, I think: why go small if you can go big? By the way, when you flip open the Galaxy Z Fold 4, the app you were using on the cover screen is automatically magnified on the main screen - the device immediately switches screens. One of the first apps I loaded onto the device was Netflix. I am regularly on the road for work, waiting in lounges and lingering in hotels. That's when it's nice to lose yourself in a series sometimes. And wow, how insanely the Galaxy Z Fold4 lends itself to that! The colors on the screen are optimal, the brightness is high... And that crease in the middle? Honestly: you can see it, you can feel it, but it just doesn't stand out. I normally save the really good series for my wall-filling screen at home, but soon I started playing my favorite entertainment on the unfolded screen as well.
"The combination of phone and tablet makes the Galaxy Z Fold4 manageable. And definitely suitable for those who do a lot of communication and content. Moreover, it has a great camera. Or actually cameras, because it contains no less than five: a main camera (50 MP), wide-angle lens (12 MP), telephoto lens (10 MP) and two selfie cameras. The first three come directly from the Galaxy S22 and S22+ and, I know from experience, deliver unsurpassed quality: vivid colors and rich in detail. Although still one visible improvement has taken place: the night mode has received a major upgrade which benefits the exposure of images shot in the dark. For selfies, I recommend the 10 MP camera on the cover screen. The 4 MP camera below the main screen does not lend itself to framing-worthy portraits and is better used only for video calls. Finally, what stands out about this giant among gadgets: battery life. The Galaxy Z Fold4 never ran out of power in a day. And that's even though I taxed it quite a bit, including playing games, watching movies, peering down social media channels and listening to podcasts and music via the matching Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. Because the whole family is not only in my pocket, but also in my ears and on my wrist. Do you want something really different, something progressive? Do you want to be ahead of the curve, to be distinctive? Do you want nothing but the best for yourself? Then there is no choice as far as I'm concerned, at most in storage (256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB) and color (beige, black, green-gray)."
This article was taken from MASTERS MAGAZINE. The winter issue of MASTERS was created in collaboration with Jordi van den Bussche. Many will know him as YouTuber Kwebbelkop, yet he has been working hard as an entrepreneur for some time, as he reveals in the Big Interview. What's new is that his company JVDB Studios is offering to do social media marketing and short-format content marketing for other companies. "They can also go and figure it out themselves, but we cracked the code." Jordi gives a stage to like-minded entrepreneurs such as Jay-Jay Boske, Demy de Zeeuw, Chahid Charrak and Marcella de Bie, and discusses developments around games, crypto and NFT: "Just as bitcoin turned the financial system upside down, the same will happen with gaming." This extra-thick winter issue also features Lengers' first own ship, an interview with Corendon chief Atilay Uslu, specials on the new BMW 7 Series and Samsung foldables, and - exclusively for MASTERS! - an interview with Max Verstappen.
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