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I can’t decide if folding phones are great or stupid, and it’s messing with my brain.
On one hand, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 is a marvel. It folds down from a regular smartphone size into a smaller, pocketable square shape. It’s fun. It comes in mint green.
But on the other hand its outer screen, while larger than on previous versions, is an admission of the compromise of a folding flip phone. It is meant to be folded shut sometimes. If you need a screen, just open it up. Don’t make me run apps on a tiny outer screen.
I’ve also found battery life to be merely okay, and the cameras on this £1,000+ phone are not good enough – both areas have not…