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In both instances you also get a healthy 256GB of internal storage as standard. It packs a Snapdragon 888 chipset, which is the direct successor to the Snapdragon 865 used by the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2.īoth phones back their processors up with 12GB of RAM, which is plenty for any task. We’re looking at a straight generational bump for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3. And if you do want a conventional selfie snapper then you have that too on the cover screen, which on both phones has a 10MP one. It's also a very humble 4MP f/1.8 camera unit (down from 10MP on the Galaxy Z Fold 2).īut don’t forget that you can use the main camera for selfies using that cover display as a viewfinder, so a traditional selfie camera isn’t so important. It’s not entirely invisible, and you’ll notice a strange circular pixelated effect on the right-hand side of the inner screen when the screen is active. The Galaxy Z Fold 3's in-screen camera isn't invisible (Image credit: TechRadar) In its place is a novel in-display solution. Gone is the Galaxy Z Fold 2’s forehead-mounted front camera, which served to enlarge those bezels.

But the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra it almost certainly ain’t.Ī far more interesting advancement has been made to the selfie camera on the main display. If the Fold 2 is anything to go by, it’ll take perfectly respectable shots. So just to spell things out, that’s a 12MP f/1.8 main camera, a 12MP f/2.2 ultrawide camera, and a 12MP f/2.4 telephoto camera capable of a humble 2x optical zoom. Once again, just like the Fold 2, you’re getting a humble-looking triple–12MP setup on the rear. The bad news is that the Galaxy Z Fold 3 camera system looks virtually identical. When you’re paying the best part of $2,000 / £2,000 for a phone, you’d be forgiven for expecting the best of the best, and that simply wasn’t the case. One of the downers with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 was that its cameras were merely good. Still, we’re glad this feature is finally present, as Samsung’s stylus always seemed like a natural partner to the Fold.

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You’ll have to buy this separately, and it’s a shame that Samsung couldn’t find a way to house it within the Galaxy Z Fold 3’s body - especially given the news that the Galaxy Note series is no more. There is a caveat here, in that only a special Fold-specific S Pen is usable, lest you scratch that soft display material.

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The Z Fold 2's main screen is near identical to the Z Fold 3's (Image credit: AakashJhaveri)īut the Galaxy Z Fold 3's cover display gains a 120Hz refresh rate, bringing it in line with every other normal flagship Android phone on the market.Īs we’ve mentioned, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 also gains S Pen support for the first time in the range. It’s a 6.2-inch AMOLED, much like the negligibly larger 6.23-inch Galaxy Z Fold 2, and the two phones pack near-identical resolutions too, at 832 x 2268 on the Z Fold 3, and 816 x 2260 on the Z Fold 2. What has been improved is the secondary external cover display, which gets used much like a normal phone when the device is folded up. It’s as big and vibrant as before, and similarly lacking in pixel definition to the tune of 373 pixels per inch. In terms of the headline component, this is the exact same 7.6-inch 1768 x 2208 Foldable Dynamic AMOLED 2X display as before, complete with the same 120Hz refresh rate. Samsung hasn’t fiddled too much with the dual display of the Galaxy Z Fold 2, though there is one notable distinction that we’ll get to in a moment. The external cover displays, incidentally, are coated in Gorilla Glass Victus in both devices. While both main displays are coated in soft plastic, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 uses tougher materials, which enables the inclusion of S Pen compatibility - one of the big omissions from the Galaxy Z Fold 2. The materials are tougher and the tolerances are higher.

That said, the hinge system has been tightened up and improved for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3. There still isn’t any form of dust resistance here, though, owing to those moving parts It can theoretically be dunked up to 1.5 meters deep for up to 30 minutes, while the Galaxy Z Fold 2 has no water resistance rating. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is a lot more durable than its predecessor (Image credit: TechRadar)

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