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Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition 6 Month Review - Ultimate Z Fold 7 Preview
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Jun 26, 2025
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what's up YouTube jeff back from Sammy
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Guru here another exciting Samsung video
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for you guys today and today I'm doing
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something very fun for me anyway it's a
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six-month revisit/ review of the Galaxy
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ZFold Special Edition now when this
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first came out I made a pretty detailed
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unboxing camera you know overview and
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did a bunch of camera samples um talked
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about it after one week made quite a few
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videos on this did a full review on it
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and uh I really love the phone not very
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many people in the US have one obviously
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it's a Korean exclusive but this phone
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is really a preview of the Galaxy ZFold
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7 that we're going to see release in
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about 2 months so I want to take this
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time to make this video for everybody
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who's considering a Galaxy ZFold 7
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because this is really a ZFold 7 preview
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and talk about a few things that I want
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to see Samsung change and what we know
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that they are working to change for the
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ZFold 7 before we get started I want to
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remind you guys make sure you check out
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so let's talk a little bit about the
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build of this phone after having used
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this for a total of about 6 months this
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is the thinnest foldable that I've ever
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used on the daily until I got and a lot
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of you guys know that I went out and got
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this one mainly just for the purpose of
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comparing it to the ZFold Special
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Edition this is the Oppo Find in 5 and
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you guys can actually see them here side
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by side on the review table they're not
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really that strikingly different people
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say "Oh wow the Oppo Find in 5 is so
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slim." Well not really if you compare it
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to the ZFold Special Edition it's a lot
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thinner than the ZFold 6 but not so much
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when you compare it to the ZFold Special
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Edition now of course the other big
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difference between these two phones and
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the reason I got the Oppo Find in 5 is
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because I've always felt like what I
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really wanted with a foldable was that I
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wanted a phone whose screen was
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basically as wide as a regular size you
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know device like for instance over here
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you know Galaxy S25 Ultra this is my
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international unit it keeps tapping the
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back of the ZFold SE this is basically
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just as wide as an S25 Ultra however I
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realized after using these two phones
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side by side for some time that I
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actually prefer the screen on the ZFold
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SE and here's why the ZFold SE when you
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unfold it has a much nicer aspect ratio
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uh I do feel like the ZFold 6 is still
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too narrow for me but the ZFold SE has
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gotten a bit wider you can actually see
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let's see if I put these two phones
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together here like this you can see the
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width if we put them kind of hinge to
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hinge you can see the width there the OP
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and 5 is a little bit wider but it's not
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like super crazy and to be honest with
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you I prefer the ZFold SE for a lot of
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reasons not just because of that but
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because of the brightness um the ZFold
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SE is so much brighter uh than the Oppo
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Find in 5 i don't know if I can really
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compare them with the inner screens but
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the inner screens particularly if you
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put these side by side under the studio
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lights uh you can see the brightness
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difference between them i've got the
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colored pencils everywhere but if you
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turn up the brightness here on the ZFold
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SE and then the brightness on this guy
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the ZFold SE is just mind-numbingly
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brighter especially outdoors here in
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Arizona that really makes a huge
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difference so that's something where I
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felt like the ZFold SE actually was
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superior to the Oppo Find in 5 and uh
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even though I've always felt like I
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really wanted uh the experience where
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you have that cover display that kind of
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feels like a regular phone the issue is
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when you open it up you have a square
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aspect ratio which isn't as great for
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doing things like you know browsing the
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internet uh reading and all the other
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kind of stuff that you want to do with a
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phone it might be great for the outer
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display being you know that phone-l like
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shape but the ZFold SE definitely feels
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wide enough now to where I feel like I
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can do things you know like typing
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sending tweets sending emails whatever I
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want to do i don't feel like it's too
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narrow like I did uh with the ZFold 6 i
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definitely feel like the ZFold 6 I'll
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turn the brightness down a little bit
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cuz it is definitely will scorch your
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retinas um like I said the ZFold SE I
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find the displays to be superior to the
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OPPO Finding 5 in pretty much every way
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now in terms of durability I've also
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found this phone to be incredibly
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durable i've never had any problems with
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Samsung's foldables i've been using this
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every day along with my Z S25 Ultra
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since I got it this is my second phone i
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carry it every day i use it every day um
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for media for gaming for multitasking uh
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because it is such a great companion to
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the S25 Ultra and I do really feel like
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the crease on this uh phone is actually
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still a lot less noticeable than the
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ZFold 6 it definitely has gotten more
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noticeable over time whenever you unbox
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a foldable it always seems like the
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crease is like crazy you know you know
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crazy invisible and it's not over time
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it always gets worse but I definitely
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feel like on this particular phone it
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has continued to be an improvement over
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the ZFold 6 i also do like the design
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here in terms of the thinness the
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profile makes it a lot more pocketable
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it doesn't feel as heavy it doesn't feel
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as bulky as the ZFold 6 the camera
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module eh I could do without this it
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kind of mimics the camera module that
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you find on the Galaxy S25 Ultra as well
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i think they can improve that a little
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bit but the camera itself has been
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fantastic with that 200 megapixel main
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shooter um you can expect that to come
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to the Galaxy ZFold 7 later this year
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and I think you'll be very pleased uh to
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have that sensor on a foldable we should
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still see three cameras um unlikely to
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get anything beyond 3x zoom which is
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disappointing but I've been able to make
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do with that so far on the ZFold SE this
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textured back is absolutely fantastic
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and I actually prefer that over the
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ZFold 6 as well um they did an amazing
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job with the design and just unfolded
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incredibly thin light easy to use and
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beautiful displays now when I first got
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this device it did not have 1 UI7 it had
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1 UI 6.1.1 and now it does have 1 UI7 uh
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and that is an absolutely amazing
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addition to this device i will say
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though Samsung still needs to optimize
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some of the spacing things you can see
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when it's unfolded you got a lot of
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unused space in the margins on the
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notifications as well same story that I
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talked about with tablets on the Tab S10
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FE Plus there are things that Samsung
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could do to optimize and improve the
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space um they've done some things like
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the dual panel settings you know the
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dual panel information in my files but
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there's still a lot more optimization
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that could happen here for the foldables
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but I do think it looks better than the
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tablet and it runs very very smooth
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makes multitasking an absolute dream on
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this device now one thing I will say
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about the Oppo Find in 5 and one feature
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that I really would love to see Samsung
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add to their multitasking software is
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when you have multitasking going on on
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the OPPO Findin 5 let me just take
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something like YouTube let's put this in
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split view and then let's open X now I
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can actually bring in another
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application so if I swipe up here and
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let's say that I want to bring in Chrome
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I can actually bring in Chrome and add
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it to the split view here with the open
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canvas and now I can actually slide
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through these three different windows
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all at one time in multiv- view that's
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something Samsung should really consider
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adding um I know that Samsung has really
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been the king of multitasking for a long
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time but I do feel like OPO and OnePlus
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have taken it to the next level on the
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foldables and you can actually make
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these full screen as well you don't have
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to keep them in this letterboxed format
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and the multitasking is awesome on the
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OPPO Find i will say that I have to hand
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it to OnePlus and Oppo they really did a
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great job with this device in terms of
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the multitasking but otherwise I mean
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OnePlus has done some nice things but
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One UI7 is still better in my opinion in
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almost every other way the aesthetics of
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it the animations the fluidity and of
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course you don't get good lock on a
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OnePlus phone so Samsung could make that
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small tweak it would be a nice addition
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but definitely not a dealbreaker one
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thing that we do expect Samsung to fix
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with the Galaxy ZFold 7 of course is as
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you guys know we do have the punch hole
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right up here when you're watching video
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this can be a little distracting so if
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you do full screen video let's see if I
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can show you guys here just by rotating
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i don't even know if I have it in auto
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rotate i never do whenever I want to do
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it in video i never have it in auto
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rotate when I want to show something uh
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so if you pinch to fill this entire
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thing you'll see right there how the
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punch hole kind of does get in the way
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of the content doesn't distract me over
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time but it would be much better to have
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the underd display camera samsung is
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apparently working on that for the ZFold
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7 so hopefully this will not be an issue
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that is present when the ZFold 7
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launches later this year the one concern
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that I will say is for a foldable the
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battery life could be better because the
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battery could be bigger the ZFold 7 is
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supposed to launch also with a 4,400 mAh
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battery i don't get the most amazing
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battery life out of this phone probably
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slightly less than my S25 Ultra maybe
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around 5 hours 5 1/2 hours screen on
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time i get around 6 to 6 and 1/2 on the
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S25 Ultra so I'd certainly like to see
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that be a little bit better particularly
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with the slow charging speeds that
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Samsung is still offering that's
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definitely a place that they could
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perform and and improve for sure but
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overall I absolutely love this foldable
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i think if you're going to plan to buy a
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foldable this year if you want a ZFold
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this is the year to get it they're
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finally going to make some big
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improvements we might have some
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improvements to the S Pen so it may no
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longer require the digitizer um you're
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going to have the new processor you're
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going to have this new look thinner
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design bigger screens bigger cover
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display better cameras all-around
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upgrade that mimics the ZFold SE and
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hopefully improves on a few of those
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things that I talked about earlier like
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the underd display camera and maybe a
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few new multitasking tricks in 1 UI 8
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which will come preloaded on the ZFold 7
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in July anyway I hope you guys enjoyed
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