If I look at the quality of this phone in isolation, it's great. The screen is good, the flip is novel (though I admit when I'm at home I just keep it unfolded on my desk or coffee table) and the software is Android with Samsung frills on it, so that's good too.Where it falls down for me is that while it's an Android phone, the transition from my old phone (also an Android) to this was not simple. I downloaded the Samsung smart switch and it asked me to do it wirelessly, then plug a cable in, then do it wirelessly and so on and so forth. Eventually the two phones decided they would talk to each other and things moved forward. It was quite selective about what it would transfer over (for example it wouldn't transfer over saved WiFi credentials).The quality of the ... MoreIf I look at the quality of this phone in isolation, it's great. The screen is good, the flip is novel (though I admit when I'm at home I just keep it unfolded on my desk or coffee table) and the software is Android with Samsung frills on it, so that's good too.Where it falls down for me is that while it's an Android phone, the transition from my old phone (also an Android) to this was not simple. I downloaded the Samsung smart switch and it asked me to do it wirelessly, then plug a cable in, then do it wirelessly and so on and so forth. Eventually the two phones decided they would talk to each other and things moved forward. It was quite selective about what it would transfer over (for example it wouldn't transfer over saved WiFi credentials).The quality of the phone itself is great. The front screen is good for quick glances and it paired well with my Samsung Smart Watch so both my phone and watch pester me about getting my step count in now.The flip action is not like the flip phones of old, it isn't a one handed job unless you use those grip strengthening squeezy things. You need to hold it with one and open with the other, so not terribly good on the accessibility front perhaps?A pain with Samsung is that it's menu is a horizontal scroll rather than vertical so it's not as easy to find an app beginning with W unless you have it on your homepages.The camera is great and a novel discovery was that you can turn on the front screen when using the rear facing camera, so that you can use the bigger/better camera to take a selfie and make sure you're actually in shot first.Overall it's a good phone, I'll get past the pain that was the first evening transferring it from my old phone and get used to it soon enough.Having now spent two weeks with the flip 5 while it's useful having a bigger screen on the front I'm not entirely sure that the cost difference between a four and a 5 is justified by that and the other small changes between the two. The biggest screen is useful for reading texts and responding to WhatsApp messages and things like that however the smaller screen on the flip 4 with perfectly adequate for showing simple notifications and more often than not I find myself looking at a notification on the cover screen and then opening the phone to respond anyway. Being a Samsung phone most of the apps that can use the cover screen are Samsung own apps.

I received the new and very impressive Samsung Galaxy Flip 5 and I am absolutely head over heels with this phone!This is my first Samsung flip phone. I did own a flip phone many years ago, but this phone is on another level altogether! I was a little apprehensive buying this but it's absolutely brilliant and exceeds all my expectations. The phone arrived in very minimal packaging, which I kinda expected but however I feel that when a product costs over £1000, there should be a charger plug and a cover, that's just my opinion.But let's get to the phone. It's just amazing!Setting up the phone was cinch using Smart Switch apps on both my old phone and the new phone. Once I set up the Flip initially, I got a notification on my old phone instantly recognising the new ... MoreI received the new and very impressive Samsung Galaxy Flip 5 and I am absolutely head over heels with this phone!This is my first Samsung flip phone. I did own a flip phone many years ago, but this phone is on another level altogether! I was a little apprehensive buying this but it's absolutely brilliant and exceeds all my expectations. The phone arrived in very minimal packaging, which I kinda expected but however I feel that when a product costs over £1000, there should be a charger plug and a cover, that's just my opinion.But let's get to the phone. It's just amazing!Setting up the phone was cinch using Smart Switch apps on both my old phone and the new phone. Once I set up the Flip initially, I got a notification on my old phone instantly recognising the new phone and initiating the seamless switch. I prefer using a cable as sometimes using WiFi can be troublesome if your WiFi is not stable at that time.I managed to transfer approximately 100gb of music, photos, apps and videos in about 50 minutes.All the menus and customisations are out of this world. In fact, there are so many new things to know and learn about, I would recommend going online as there are tutorial videos that show you how to use and customise your phone to perfection, and have it exactly how you like it!The size is so cute and will just fit in my pocket. It will sit on my bedside table and use it as my alarm clock as it's identical in size to one of the original size alarm clock devices but looks a lot more modern and attractive.I love the front screen when the phone is closed and I know I will use it a lot in that mode as it had so much ffunctionality that does not require you to open the phone in full screen.As it's so new I have not had much time to try out the phone yet in full but I am very confident that I am going to enjoy it.I look forward to using the camera but from first few trials it looks very impressive indeed.This is probably the nicest and best phone I have ever bought and I look forward to using it for a long time to come!

Just bought the phone, been using it for a few days. There's no real issues I personally have, but understand that you MUST go into buying gimmicks knowing that you MUST make concessions. This phone will not have the best screen, or be the strongest processor or durability wise, and its camera is years behind the quality of cameras on phones nowadays. But what you're getting is something different than just a regular phone. There are fun quirks that set this phone apart from the competition, but understand that you are going to sacrifice certain forms of reliability. I own a professional camera, so I don't care that this phone camera is the equivalent of something top of the line in 2018. I take good care of my phones, plus never (accidentally) drop them, so the ... MoreJust bought the phone, been using it for a few days. There's no real issues I personally have, but understand that you MUST go into buying gimmicks knowing that you MUST make concessions. This phone will not have the best screen, or be the strongest processor or durability wise, and its camera is years behind the quality of cameras on phones nowadays. But what you're getting is something different than just a regular phone. There are fun quirks that set this phone apart from the competition, but understand that you are going to sacrifice certain forms of reliability. I own a professional camera, so I don't care that this phone camera is the equivalent of something top of the line in 2018. I take good care of my phones, plus never (accidentally) drop them, so the fact that the hinge can theoretically be snapped in half is less of an issue for me. The downsides FOR ME, are unimportant, so I prefer to use something fun compared to the "old reliable". Products like the flip and fold phones show me that big corporations can actually create new and interesting tech instead of regurgitating the same product over and over again. Even though Samsung is guilty with this as well, they have always been ahead of the competition when it comes to making interesting gimmicky side projects like the note line of phones, and edge line. They eventually took X gimmick or idea, iterated on it, and released a better, more refined version. Case in point, the flip 4 is the first phone in this line that is really competitive with the competition. For me, the product is around an 80 to 90/100 and I can't ask for anything better for the price point and the tech out at the moment (thank you guys who used the flip 1 to 3 for beta testing the design), but for some people, the gimmick isn't useful or fun enough for the price asked, and they might give it more of a 3 star review. If you have the expectation that this phone should be better than the tried and true flat phones out there that has been done for more than a decade now, please don't do that. Be pleasantly surprised for a quirky, slightly flawed product that comes so close to the current best phones on the market. But remember, those phones don't flip.This review is coming from a guy who bought the lavender color, 128 gb model, and I've been using the Samsung S 10 before this, the S 7 edge before that, the Note 4 before that, the IPhone 4S before that (cough cough), and a flip phone before that. I've come full circle.