First Impressions Of The Latest Foldable Phone

Moving on to the inside display, the ultra-thin glass feels good to touch and move icons. It’s very similar to glass, but not quite there. The inner screen is also a bit of a dust magnet, which quickly gets irritating. But let’s get to the part you want to hear about — let’s talk about the crease.

Oh, you bet it’s there and noticeable. The screen discolors a bit at the crease, but that’s just physics. Light behaves differently at different angles and no amount of UTG can fix that. All that being said, if you’re looking at the phone head-on, it’s far less noticeable. Really the only question that you have to ask yourself is whether or not you’ll care. Personally, I don’t.

The hinge gap is still there, and I still don’t like it. I get that it’s incredibly hard to get rid of, especially when you’re trying to eliminate the aforementioned crease. Like the crease though, it’ll either bother you or it won’t.

Finally, Samsung included a feature that can’t yet decide whether I think it’s neat or just a gimmick, but when you have the phone half-open and launch an app, you can choose to launch that app on the whole screen or just the top portion. The bottom half can turn into a trackpad/mouse, or adjust the brightness or volume, grab a screenshot, or open the notification shade. The latter two feel a bit like Samsung realized it only had three useful functions to put down there, but thought it needed two more.