Samsung’s Tri-Fold Phone Impresses, but Why Carry It?

Samsung’s Tri-Fold Phone Impresses, but Why Carry It? (Full Transcript)

A hands-on look at Samsung’s Galaxy Z tri-fold: innovative dual-hinge design, rising foldable competition, and lingering questions about real-world usefulness.

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[00:00:00] Speaker 1: I just had the chance to try Samsung's new Galaxy Z tri-fold, the first new type of phone it's launched in a long time. Instead of just folding in half like its other foldables, this phone actually folds in two places, enabling it to open up kind of like a brochure so that you can fit a screen roughly the size of an iPad in your pocket. This also comes as Samsung is facing increased competition in the market for foldable phones from companies like Google and Motorola. Apple is also expected to launch its first foldable phone later this year. Based on the short amount of time I had to play with the new phone, I did find it technologically impressive, but Samsung didn't really give me a compelling reason to want to carry around a giant screen in my pocket. Yes, you can run multiple apps on the screen and move them around kind of like you would on a PC, but that doesn't feel too different from what we can already do with the multiple screens in our lives.

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The speaker tried Samsung’s new Galaxy Z tri-fold, a phone that folds twice to expand into a tablet-sized screen. While technologically impressive, they weren’t convinced there’s a strong everyday reason to carry such a large pocketable screen, despite multitasking features. The launch comes amid growing foldable-phone competition from Google and Motorola, with Apple expected to enter the category soon.

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Hands-on with Samsung’s Galaxy Z tri-fold leaves questions

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Neutral: The tone is measured: the device is praised as technologically impressive but criticized for lacking a compelling use-case, balancing positive and skeptical cues.

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Question 1:
What differentiates Samsung’s new Galaxy Z tri-fold from its previous foldables?
It folds in two places to open like a brochure
It has a detachable keyboard
It uses a rollable display
It is a dual-screen clamshell design
Correct Answer:
It folds in two places to open like a brochure

Question 2:
What was the speaker’s main reservation after trying the device?
Battery life seemed poor
The camera was disappointing
There wasn’t a compelling reason to carry a giant pocketable screen
It was too heavy to unfold
Correct Answer:
There wasn’t a compelling reason to carry a giant pocketable screen

Question 3:
Which companies were mentioned as increasing competition in foldables?
Google and Motorola
Nokia and HTC
Sony and LG
Xiaomi and OnePlus
Correct Answer:
Google and Motorola

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