Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 review: Slimmed down, brightened up

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Samsung's new Galaxy Z Flip 5 doesn't come out till tomorrow but you can read our full review on this stylish foldable right now.

The Samsung Labs menu in the phone's settings also lets you enable unsupported apps to be run on the Flex Window, bringing functionality more in line with what the last two generations of Motorola Razr have been capable of, and I'd posit it's an essential feature that should really be enabled by default to get the most out of the cover display experience on the Flip 5.

It's a small cosmetic quirk that helps differentiate these two top-tier clamshell foldables, but when we're talking about phones for which design is one of the key selling points, it feels like a distinction worth highlighting.While there's a lot to talk about with regard to the cover display, the Flip 5's main screen is comparatively less interesting, at least in the sense that it's seemingly unchanged from the main screen on the last Z Flip: it's a 6.

There's still a dip along the display's fold line that, despite the altered Flex Hinge design, looks practically identical to the one on the Flip 4, meaning you'll still feel it under the finger, and see it when viewing the phone at an angle, but you won't notice head-on and will likely grow accustomed to its presence in everyday usage.

Of course, the enlarged cover display which graces this Flip 5 serves as one of the biggest and most interesting upgrades generationally. Not only does it help close the gap that rivals like Motorola and Oppo were creating back up, but it greatly expands functionality beyond what was possible on its predecessor's relatively tiny 1.9-inch panel.

 

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