Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 - minimal changes

The flip-line of clamshell smartphones from the Korean company Samsung always resonates in the hearts of millions of customers. A reasonable price for the form factor, excellent functionality, compact dimensions made it possible to turn a blind eye to some of the shortcomings of the models. However, the manufacturer does not seek to correct them, which is why the relevance of the hero of the review is no longer so obvious.

The appearance of the novelty has become more interesting due to the additional AMOLED display increased to 3.4 inches with an expanded set of functions. Now it can be used for more operations (calendar, widgets, music player, responses to alerts and more) and thus save battery power. The use of a new type of hinge helped to slightly reduce the thickness of the device. The design of the dual camera, the width of the frames of the main 6.7-inch AMOLED screen remained the same. There are no visible metamorphoses and as a picture. The familiar resolution of 2640x1080 pixels is complemented by a 120-Hz refresh rate and a good margin of brightness. The flexible AMOLED panel is made of plastic and covered with a special protective film, the case made of metal and glass is deprived of full moisture protection due to the design features of the phablet.

Specifications have been updated, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor is responsible for performance along with 8GB of RAM. Any gaming applications are played with excellent framerate at maximum graphic presets, minor stuttering will only appear in not the most optimized projects like Genshin Impact. Energy efficiency is also higher compared to the previous chipset, but autonomy has increased slightly. The battery capacity is still a modest 3700 mAh, so you won't have to count on more than a day of work with a mobile assistant. But there is wireless charging (15W) and its wired counterpart at 25W. The size of the internal storage can be 256 or 512GB of ROM.

The photographic abilities of the 12-megapixel main and wide-angle photomodules are unchanged, which is somewhat disappointing. Of course, high-quality hybrid stabilization makes it possible to take excellent photos even in the evening, however, in terms of detail, natural color reproduction, there are obvious problems against the background of camera phones. There are stereo speakers, the sound is really good, it is loud and rich. NFC contactless payment is present, there is also support for 5G networks. As a result, we have an insufficiently improved version of last year's flagship, the popularity of which is under big question.