I expected better... - Samsung Galaxy Fold 4

Linus has been using his Galaxy Fold 3 for a year now and was excited at what upgrades Samsung has in store for their newest Fold 4, but are there any big changes, or is the foldable line already getting stale?

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 New daily driver?
0:11 Unboxing the Fold 4
1:22 Tech Tip: Screen Cleaning a Foldable
2:07 The crease/hinge
3:10 The frame
4:04 The bezel
4:46 The specs
5:34 The layout
6:18 Sponsor - dbrand
7:54 Back to the screen, and a fun software update
8:42 Speakers
8:58 What's this, a noticeable difference?
10:24 Camera
11:15 The small screen experience
11:52 Comparing the front and rear cameras
14:04 What do we need more time with?
15:01 Productivity
15:30 Battery
16:03 Conclusion

[gregbits]

The fact that the fold lived through a year of Linus use speaks volumes

[mutant]

10:54 That additional shutter button is actually a feature of OneUI. You can place that extra shutter to provide easier access while clicking photos. It can be removed by simply dragging it on top of tha main shutter.

[FerroD]

13:34 If you want to use the other lenses you have to change the aspect ratio to the regular 4:3 and not the 4:3(50MP) as that mode only uses the main shooter to capture maximum resolution photos, it works the same on my s21U except it's 4:3(108MP)

[Vincent-lgjh]

The reason why you didn't get a 3x zoom option in the camera app is because you used 3:4 50 mp mode, meaning that everything that you shoot comes from the 50mp sensor. Click on the 3:4 icon and change it to the regular 3:4 instead of the 50mp one. You'll get the option to use the ultrawide and the 3x optical zoom. The pictures that you showed were not from the 3x optical zoom sensor.

[PintilieVasile]

10:44 The second shutter button it's actually a feature. It can be moved around on the screen for better accessibility.

[jonathanmordekovich]

10:43 the second capture button appears when you drag away from the main capture button. You can move it wherever you want, very helpful for one handed use. Not a bug.

[MrEricChima]

Fold 4 shows that lack of true competition is stifling innovation in the foldable phone form factor.

[DaBigCheeso]

Definitely agree on using the small screen more. A week in of having the Fold 4 I've probably used the small screen 75% of the time, but being able to open to a small tablet when I want to relax and read something is a great feeling

[michaelwallis]

I loved the immediate realization when he said "warranty nonsense" like "Oh crap I have to watch what I say (more than usual) right now!"

[nazmulhuda.]

The fact about the zoom is that it was using main camera to zoom. As it was set to 50mp it doesn't allow you to switch lenses. So bringing down to normal 4:3 or 12mp mode it would work as we expect to.

[thomashewson]

With the camera zoom problem, if you press the "4:3 50MP" and switch to just"4:3" it should work. Also, the 2 shutter buttons are not a bug, it's a feature you can enable that means you can choose were to place a second shutter button. Hope this helps :)

[Neoxon]

This point, I feel like it’ll be mostly iterative updates until Samsung figures out how to get rid of the crease. That said, I was hoping for more of an improvement with the inside front-facing camera.

[ronochow]

50MP is only the main sensor. The rest are not 50MP just set to 4:3 (non 50 MP) and you'll have the other lens options.

[ClasSickClips]

I'm sure you know but, transferring your data on samsung devices is amazing. You can literally mirror your old device on the new one almost perfectly. Transferring the data either wireless or wired takes a little time but it's great.

[chualex]

Been having my Fold 4 for a couple of days and I'm loving it. Never have I owned a foldable device so I gotta say this one met every expectation that I have for a foldable phone.
It's true Fold 3 to Fold 4 isn't a huge improvement but if this is your first foldable phone, Fold 4 rocks!

[ollyye]

Hey Linus, I also have the fold 4
If you are in 50MP mode, it locks in the main camera no matter what zoom you are using
And the main camera selfie mode has a terrible lag on the cover display

[wolf_hg]

As far as I know the "V" shape comes from dust entering the hinge and gets stuck there. There's no way to remove it so it isn't able to unfold completely after some time. Both mine ended up like that.

[MayuFuji]

Doesn’t the color difference just mean that the F4 is set to “vivid” color mode while Linus’s F3 is set to “standard”?

[Leggir]

In fairness to the S22 ultrasonic fingerprint reader, you just have to add 'additional finger' as the sides of the finger. Once you do that, the misses drop precipitously.

[NeverlandSystemZor]

I WISH these would come down in price. I'd LOVE to get one of these. THIS would make me swap from iPhone. I love the concept and the multi-tasking and multiple things open MAKES SENSE with this screen space.
I REALLY want one of these phones when I next upgrade- especially now that we've seen what a review is like after using it for a daily driver for a while. Love this.