![]() Brightness, for once, has been noticeably improved in this generation. There are all signs of the panel tech itself maturing nicely and so are some of the other performance improvements debuting on the Z Fold3. You rarely get that "oil slick" effect, common on early foldable display tech. Even reflections are very well-controlled. There are no uniformity issues, no weird discolorations. However, again to Samsung's credit, once you are actually engaged with content on the display, the image itself looks very crisp and uniform. The crease is, of course, noticeable to the touch, especially while swiping. There is also a visible crease in the middle and there is probably no going around that with any sort of foldable panel tech. We already mentioned the surface of the large screen is not ideal in terms of traction and finger-gliding. Left: Galaxy Z Fold3 Right: Galaxy Note20 Ultra There is a bit of a theoretical discussion to be had here, for sure, but in practice, we have to praise Samsung for making the experience seamless and conveying the sense that the Z Fold3 has "more" display to work with than its predecessor. There is an argument to be made that other, more-common aspect media, like 16:9 and 21:9 can also benefit on the Z Fold3, compared to the Z Fold2, if we assume that you would be hiding the selfie punch hole on the older model and are fine with the noticeably lower pixel density and resolution of the area on top of the under-display selfie camera. It makes a big difference for 4:3 content in particular since that is probably the best way to utilize the most real estate on the display. If the punch hole bothered you previously, you can skip the black bar to hide it and stretch the image more on the Z Fold3. A logic that Samsung shares, since the software on the Z Fold3 is tuned in a way that employs the typical "black bar" selfie masking technique very rarely. As for the benefits of this approach to the user, an argument can be made that content can now more freely expand to the entire surface of the screen. Particularly with fast-moving things like games, or a particular style of graphics, like animation. Honestly, however, while immersed in actual content, just like the display crease, this area is not really that noticeable and is easy to ignore. Samsung has seemingly opted for fewer pixels and a lower pixel density than most other competing solutions, which should help the camera quality, but also means that the particular display area on top of the selfie is easily distinguishable from its surroundings and with much lower resolution. Going by the few existing under-display camera implementations out there, the pixel density in the area seems to differ, depending on your tech and how you want to balance the quality of the display area image and the photo quality of the camera underneath. Pulling off this sort of camera placement is a big engineering challenge that basically requires constructing a part of your display in such a way so it lets through enough light for the camera to work, while still maintaining some pixels to be functional as a display. The new design does get the benefit of smaller bezels, which makes the panel feel slightly bigger, though.Īnother major contributor to the improved immersion this year is the under display camera - a first for Samsung and a first on a foldable display, in general. Looking at the raw numbers, as well as the Z Fold2 and Z Fold3 side by side, the two panels are pretty much identically sized. Let's tackle things one at a time, starting with size. In reality, the two panels themselves, while definitely closely related, do differ quite a bit, with the Z Fold3 one further up in the evolution chain in at least a couple of ways, some of which, like durability, we already discussed. ![]() The similarities extend beyond that too, including 120Hz native refresh rate, as well as the panel resolution of 1768 x 2208 pixels. On paper, the 7.6-inch, Foldable Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel looks almost identical to that on last year's Z Fold2. Let's start with the main foldable display on the Z Fold3, since it remains the star attraction. Foldable Dynamic AMOLED 2X display and a new 120Hz cover screen
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