LIVING WITH: SAMSUNG Z FOLD2

This is our new section, where we will pick up a few gadgets and live with it for at least a month or longer, the first one in our “Exhibit Lab” is the Samsung Z fold2. It indeed is a fascinating smartphone and usually gets all the attention, even from Apple fanboys who all have loved the “Screen Presence'' and the touch and feel of the device, and then they shrug it off, with an “oh, Android” sigh. Initial few days will take some time to carry the weight around, but once you get used to it and if you are on the go, there isn’t a better device. I did not touch my iPad at all. Right from my morning newspaper to Kindle reading before I hit the bed in the night. Ok even Netflix binging is very immersive on the screen with a near bezel-less, and the screen gets wholly optimised with the end-to-end viewing experience.

- Ramesh Somani

It did fall off from my desk a few times, but the “shock absorbers” built-in absorbed it and ensured that the screen does not get any crack. The Aluminium frame and the Corning Gorilla glass does act as a shield for those accidental drop-offs. My work requires me to check designs, compose long emails, and you can do that easily with both finger typing and folded out. Yes for WhatsApp texting, the screen from the outside does feel at times a shade smaller. Battery life is decent to live by. Speakers are quite loud; loud enough to get your hotel room or suite noisy and a small party can continue. The camera is not the best, and S21 and S20 Ultra will do a better job or Apple iPhone12, but Z Fold2 never thumped its chest on the camera front.

The only worry always was to take it for a run. If you are the sort who would usually hold it in your palm and run, you are sorted. You can’t tuck it in your tracks and shorts and expect to complete a marathon, neither can you take it for biking.