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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip3 marked a massive step forwards for the company’s foldable line. It was a revolution in design, practicality and pricing that took the compact folding phone from niche tech nerd fantasy to a mainstream proposition.
Twelve months on, it’s fair to say Samsung hasn’t got the same scale of upgrade up its sleeve again. Perhaps understandably, the Z Flip4 is a comparatively minor upgrade, more iteration than revolution.
That’s not to be critical though: I gave the Z Flip3 a glowing review last year, and the Flip4 is quite simply even better. Most importantly, while Samsung’s upgrades are few, they’re also focussed, and the company has improved both the battery life and camera – two of the only areas where the last Flip fell behind.
DESIGN
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: the Z Flip4 looks an awful lot like the Z Flip3. Samsung has stuck incredibly close to last year’s excellent design, so you once again get a compact phone that folds into a small square, with a two-tone finish on the outside to partly mask the outer cover display.
There have been some changes. The main body of the phone is now matt, rather than glossy, and its edges have been subtly squared off. The cover display is essentially unchanged, but the camera lenses now protrude from the body a little more.
The matte finish now coats four standard colours: Bora Purple, Blue, Pink Gold, and Graphite. There
