This is a long review, but I would urge everyone who is considering buying the Flip 5 or the new Flip 6 to read this entire review and make your own judgement. I am not one to write reviews about products, but I felt I needed to for this particular product. I am a loyal Samsung customer who's had Samsung phones as far back as the S6. I was so excited when the flip series came out and pre-ordered the Flip 3 when it first came out and the Flip 5 with the full screen when THAT came out. About a year into owning the Flip 3, the middle of the inside screen (right at the fold) started to show small signs of cracks so I brought it in for a warranty repair and fortunately Samsung agreed to repair that phone at a cost of $168. When the Flip 5 came out I traded my Flip 3 for ... MoreThis is a long review, but I would urge everyone who is considering buying the Flip 5 or the new Flip 6 to read this entire review and make your own judgement. I am not one to write reviews about products, but I felt I needed to for this particular product. I am a loyal Samsung customer who's had Samsung phones as far back as the S6. I was so excited when the flip series came out and pre-ordered the Flip 3 when it first came out and the Flip 5 with the full screen when THAT came out. About a year into owning the Flip 3, the middle of the inside screen (right at the fold) started to show small signs of cracks so I brought it in for a warranty repair and fortunately Samsung agreed to repair that phone at a cost of $168. When the Flip 5 came out I traded my Flip 3 for the Flip 5. The Flip 5 was very cool and screen is very attractive, but I honestly can say that I barely use that large exterior screen. The problem with that screen is that it is fragile and even with a screen protector on it cracked on the edge when i accidently hit it against the corner of a table when the phone was in my pocket. This is obviously not a warranty repair. HOWEVER, the inside screen (which has no cracks) is now malfunctioning after a few weeks. After going through a series of tests with a Samsung agent (who was very helpful) they determined that the interior screen needed replacing so sent me to a service centre in Calgary and said that the agent would go over the warranty coverage with me. When I went to the service centre the next they, they immediately told me that this would NOT be approved as a warranty repair as the outside screen and inside screen are linked and that physical damage to the outside screen voids the warranty to the inside screen so I would have to pay for replacing BOTH screens at a cost of approximately $1,000. Given that this is close to the cost of a new phone, it is not worth fixing and is now essentially a very expensive paperweight. After being a big fan of the flip phones, I will no longer buy one. I actually feel that I prefer the smaller screen on the flip 3's and 4's at those are less susceptible to damage. Please see my photos to see my very expensive paperweight. Very disappointed with Samsung for not covering the interior screen under warranty (the exterior screen still works fine).

Coming from the fold 3 and fold 4, the fold 6 is definitely worth jumping into. The boxiness and light weight of the fold 6 helped made the decision for me to get the phone. It just feels so much better than the predecessors. If samsung started off with fold 6 as the first fold phone, no competitors would had come close to them.However, it is not a perfect phone and does not have all the goodies a flag ship phone should have. I'm disappointed that samsung did not go with a titanium frame for the fold 6 like they had for the s24 ultra. This would had been justified for the price increase. In addition, having the same cameras setup as the s24 ultra would also help justified the price increase.The colors this year was also not as great as I hoped for. The black ... MoreComing from the fold 3 and fold 4, the fold 6 is definitely worth jumping into. The boxiness and light weight of the fold 6 helped made the decision for me to get the phone. It just feels so much better than the predecessors. If samsung started off with fold 6 as the first fold phone, no competitors would had come close to them.However, it is not a perfect phone and does not have all the goodies a flag ship phone should have. I'm disappointed that samsung did not go with a titanium frame for the fold 6 like they had for the s24 ultra. This would had been justified for the price increase. In addition, having the same cameras setup as the s24 ultra would also help justified the price increase.The colors this year was also not as great as I hoped for. The black looks nice with it texture like appearance but the rest of the color did not stand out too much. I got the pink just because it was different than what I usually go for. I definitely would like colors like deep yellow or fire red or sunburst orange. These bright color options would have made the phone standout even more.Screen wise, nothing much had changed but the outer screen, even an increase of .1mm helped made the screen feels more bigger than the fold 4.Overall, the 100 dollars increase in the phone was not warranted at based on what kind of updates were given to the phone. Samsung at this point should relax on their marketing strategies and focus more on developing the fold or any other phones they have in their lineup. Samsung is a house hold name now and more money should be put in r&d to develop a fold phone with a 1500 dollars price would be perfect. If they ever releases an ultra version, 1800 to 1900 would be the sweet spot for those phone.

This was the first time I came into contact with a flip phone. Never had one before thus I was quite excited to try it out hoping it would be good enough to keep albeit the already bad reviews. First off, I love the concept very much and I actually had fun with it for the one week I was using it. It was nice, compact, when I go on walks, it was light enough I can hook it to my lanyard to put it around my neck/hand or I can tuck it in my pants pocket, and it will never fall out even when I run. I enjoy the outer screens as well with the convenience of checking weathers, calendar, timer, playing music, etc. although I had to download 3rd party app GoodLock to unlock more ways to use the small screen. Mini games and other apps were able to be access on the front outer ... MoreThis was the first time I came into contact with a flip phone. Never had one before thus I was quite excited to try it out hoping it would be good enough to keep albeit the already bad reviews. First off, I love the concept very much and I actually had fun with it for the one week I was using it. It was nice, compact, when I go on walks, it was light enough I can hook it to my lanyard to put it around my neck/hand or I can tuck it in my pants pocket, and it will never fall out even when I run. I enjoy the outer screens as well with the convenience of checking weathers, calendar, timer, playing music, etc. although I had to download 3rd party app GoodLock to unlock more ways to use the small screen. Mini games and other apps were able to be access on the front outer screen thru GoodLock. The crease on the inner screen isn't noticeable when you stare straight at the screen but you will see it at other angles. As I use the phone, I forget that its there or sometimes I run my finger over it feeling amaze at the tech itself, thus it was not a big deal to me.Drawbacks are that if you want to play the other real games or grant permissions/verifications to certain websites/apps/programs, it requires you flip to the inner big screen just to hit yes. Also, when you answer a call in cover screen, it will only allow you to be in speaker mode. I think it would be nice if they give you an option to set where even when you watch a video/using apps/calls and close the inner screen, the video/apps/calls will continue to play/move to the cover screen. Though overall, its a fairly creative phone.Now the real dealbreaker for me is the quality of this phone. I made two purchases for the Flip5 phones to get the promotional discounts and both phones has small defects on them. The first phone, (just to clarify, I never drop nor mishandle the phone as I only either go on walks or stay indoors majority of time), after one week of used, the black trim that surround the inner screen easily pop out on one side as I flip it open. The second phone that I received has a loose hinge issue. While the first phone did not have any problem with the hinge, so I compare both phones. The second phone cannot stay open or hold in place at specific angles or flex modes but the first phone can because of the tighter hinge.Both phones have small defects coming out of the box, so it makes me question the quality of these phones for long term usage and I rather not waste more time going through repair processes later. Even with the discounts along with my trade-in, I rather spend $800-$900 on a more solid phone. I really want to love this phone because of all of its convenience features, but its very important that a phone has reliability and durability, thus I returned both Flip5 Phones. I will not recommend this phones to others. If you want to get this phone, do so at your own risk. Who knows, you may be one of the lucky few with damage-free flip5.I have no doubt Samsung will improve the Z Flip in the future, but for now, I think its still too soon for me to own a Flip phone with this quality.