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Traditional material, in which we understand what can attract you in the new product from Samsung. In Russia, MTS has already started selling this device – a day earlier than pre-orders started in South Korea. A nice little thing about parallel imports, which gives us other possibilities. In the material, we will look only at the positive aspects, many remained exactly the same as for the previous two generations.
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Reason #1. Image apparatus for rich people
For a long time there was no device on the market that stood out for its cost and that could be unambiguously identified in the hands of a person. All sorts of custom iPhones in a gold case have never been popular – single sales and high cost, but the main thing is that no one around knew about the price of such a device. With Fold there is no such doubt, the device is expensive in any dimension, and this automatically makes it popular in a narrow circle of those with a high standard of living. In most cases, these are not white collars at all, as they are depicted in advertising photographs.
This picture is closer to me, where a person does not look like a cog in a corporate machine.
It is the Fold line that can be called status, everything else looks like a mass market and does not evoke any feelings. And the fact that there are such unusual devices on the market today is very good. It cannot be called affordable, but this is its advantage, especially in a crisis.
Fold has about a dozen competitors on the market, but almost all of them are catching up in one way or another, even Huawei Mate X3 has a number of shortcomings, which makes them different.
Reason number 2. Phone and tablet in one device
Having started using the first Fold, I abandoned my tablet, it was not needed. The open diagonal is not the largest – 7.6 inches (7.4 inches, if you take into account the rounded corners), an unusual screen geometry, but the display is larger than on any device, and this is a huge plus. When closed, you have a regular phone with which you can do whatever you want. When opened, it looks like a tablet: it is convenient to play, watch movies, draw. And no ordinary smartphone can come close to the Fold line in this aspect.
Reason number 3. Water resistant – IPX8
Adding water protection to a smartphone with a flexible screen is a separate engineering prowess, but Samsung managed to do it, starting with Fold3 such protection is there. And this means that you can take your smartphone with you anywhere and not be afraid that external conditions will somehow harm it.
Reason number 4. Musical features – pure sound
Once upon a time, Vertu phones could not be seen, but the loudness of the call, its purity unequivocally betrayed the owner. Many people put mp3 calls with Vertu melodies on other phones, it looked like a miserable fake. Today, few people use calls, phones rather vibrate.
But I am sure that you watch videos, films in a relaxed atmosphere at home or somewhere in a hotel, when you arrive on business or on vacation. And here the volume reserve, the purity of the stereo speakers make the Fold uncontested. Plus, you can use the device as a music box, listen to your favorite songs. After the Fold line, the musical capabilities of other devices make you cringe, here the quality level is set to a very high level (and don’t listen to the phone like that in a noisy place, you just won’t understand its charms).
Reason number 5. Optional S Pen support
There is no slot for the S Pen on the case, you will have to buy a pen separately, but the very possibility of using it gives you very interesting scenarios. There are no alternatives to the S Pen in the smartphone market, there are many applications and functions that are tied to a pen, from handwriting notes and drawings to working with graphics. Another unique feature of a smartphone that can do everything and a little more. The S Pen does not work on an external screen, but it is not needed there. For what?
Reason number 6. Maximum life span, operating speed
Smartphones have reached the limit in the speed of the interface, today manufacturers have begun to slow it down, otherwise the picture changes too quickly for the human eye. In any case, the flagships are exactly like that. It’s the latest generation chipset from Qualcomm, lots of RAM, giving you the ultimate experience. The main thing is to choose the right amount of built-in memory, and then the device will please you for a very long time. For at least two or three years, you will use your smartphone without looking back at the fact that something has changed on the market – support for any applications that are resource-intensive and have just appeared.
Reason number 7. Update support for five years
One of the key features of Samsung today is that the company officially announces support for its devices for five years for security updates, four years for the release of new versions of the system (both Android and OneUI).
Reason number 8. Other Fold5 Ergonomics
The new generation of Fold was made a little thinner, the device fits better in the hand, including in a case. The gap between the halves is almost invisible, which also distinguishes this model.
And this can be considered one of the major improvements made by the company. Ergonomics has become noticeably better, which gives us a different perception of the device in life.
Reason number 9. Network quality – maximum speed
Support for 5G for Russia is not as important as the aggregation of frequencies in LTE, which is implemented by Qualcomm, in this parameter the Fold has always favorably differed from many models, it is a universal combine – nothing better has been invented at the moment. Maximum support for wireless interfaces.
Reason number 10. Version for the Caucasus, official service in Russia
In terms of parallel imports, not all devices from Samsung receive official support, devices from the Caucasus region have such support. That is, you can repair your device under warranty if something happens to it. This is a big plus, especially for a model of this price, you can sleep peacefully, nothing will happen. Fold also has an on-site service in big cities, which makes communication with the service as comfortable and painless as possible, your device will be repaired literally in a matter of time and close to you.