Samsung has announced its new foldable phone duo — the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 alongside some accessories like the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Buds 2. The new foldables are aimed at a larger demographic than before and are slightly more accessible than previous versions in terms of price. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 will start at $1,799 whereas the Galaxy Z Flip 3 will start at $999. If you’re planning to buy the more affordable Galaxy Z Flip 3 and are wondering how much warranty you would get with the phone, we’re here to help you out.
Foldables have generally not had a very good track record when it comes to durability. Since they have a flexible display and a hinge which is a mechanical part, it’s always wise to be slightly more careful while using them. This is where having a warranty comes into play. If your phone is under warranty, any defect or irregularity in the phone will be covered so you won’t have to spend extra in case something goes wrong with your phone.
The Galaxy Z Flip 3, just like most phones, has a limited warranty of one year from Samsung. What this means is if something goes wrong with your Galaxy Z Flip 3 within a year of the purchase date, you can take it to Samsung and they should ideally fix the issue or replace your phone free of cost, provided an external factor has not caused the issue. External factors include dropping the phone by accident, water damage, a broken screen due to some sort of external force being applied, etc.
If you drop your phone often or you think there are chances of your phone getting damaged accidentally, it’s wise to purchase the Samsung Care+ protection plan. Samsung Care+ extends the warranty of your device and covers accidental damage as well. So if you drop your phone and the screen shatters, Samsung Care+ will cover the display replacement which would otherwise cost you a lot of money.
Samsung Care+ is a one-time investment you can get for up to three years. In fact, if you’d pre-booked and reserved your Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Z Flip 3, Samsung will include one year of free Samsung Care+ when you go for the three-year plan, so you’ll only have to pay for two years. If you plan on using your Galaxy Z Flip 3 for a long period of time, it might be a good idea to get Samsung Care+ by paying a little extra. It’s also recommended you use a case along with your phone to protect it from scratches and cracks. If you’re planning to buy the Galaxy Z Flip 3, we have compiled the best deals you can find so make sure you check that out.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 is the latest foldable smartphone from Samsung. It packs an exciting set of features and specifications, including a 7.6 inch full-HD+ AMOLED flexible screen, a 6.2-inch HD+ cover screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC, and S Pen support. All of this for a hefty starting price tag of $1,800. If you’re making such a significant investment in a smartphone, you would want to protect it. So we have picked the best rugged cases for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 on the market you can buy today.
Rugged cases are made with sturdy and durable materials to provide enhanced protection to your smartphones. The added protection means these cases are bulkier than regular cases and are also more expensive. Such cases target consumers who have an active lifestyle or work at places with a bigger chance that they’ll damage their devices.
The Aramid Cover from Samsung may not precisely be rugged, but this is the best official protection that you can get today. It features a lightweight yet strong material. The cover wraps around the phone's edges, protecting the rear and the sides of the phone and the screen.
OtterBox is known for providing top-notch cases for smartphones, and its Thin Flex case is no different. It adds military-standard drop protection to the Z Fold 3. Additionally, it's coated with antimicrobial material to stop the growth of bacteria.
Spigen is another famous case manufacturer that makes excellent quality cases. For the new Galaxy Z Fold 3, the company is offering its Tough Armor Series case with military-grade protection and Air Cushion Technology for anti-shock protection.
Spigen also sells a Slim Armor Pro case for the Z Fold 3. It comes with new edge protection technology to protect the phone's hinge at all times. Additionally, there's a new foam tech to offer extra shock resistance.
The QuickStand Pro case from VRS Design offers ultimate rugged protection from all sides. It also features a kickstand to make it easy to consume media on the device. Additionally, the case has raised lips all around to protect the cameras and the cover screen.
The Spigen Neo Hybrid S case comes with a lightweight profile and matte finish. It also features an upgraded frame for a sturdier build and snug fit. Additionally, the integrated kickstand can help you watch media or have virtual meetings on the large screen.
These are the best Galaxy Z Fold 3 rugged cases you can buy today. The Spigen Slim Armor Pro is an excellent option for rugged protection if you’re looking for a specific recommendation. OtterBox and VRS Design cases are also pretty good. If you don’t want third-party cases, Samsung sells its Aramid Cover for the Z Fold 3 that’s not necessarily rugged but will provide good protection to the phone.
Which case are you planning to get for your new Galaxy Z Fold 3? Let us know in the comments section. We’ll keep updating this guide as more rugged cases are released on the market, so make sure to bookmark it for quick access. If you don’t need a rugged case, we have also picked the best overall cases for the phone. Additionally, if you’re yet to place your Galaxy Z Fold 3 order, be sure to read our best deals guide for some great offers.
In August last year, Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi launched the Redmi 9. The MediaTek Helio G35-powered budget-friendly device was among the most popular phones last year, and it took the top spot in the budget category in various markets. Redmi has now unveiled its successor — the Redmi 10 — and it packs some great hardware for a budget device.
The Redmi 10 is a huge step up from its predecessor. It features a 6.5-inch FHD+ display with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels and a 90Hz refresh rate. It also comes with adaptive sync support, meaning that it can switch between 45Hz, 60Hz, and 90Hz based on the content displayed. The phone packs MediaTek’s Helio G88 chip coupled with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
For photography, Redmi has packed a quad-camera setup on the Redmi 10. It consists of a 50MP primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, a 2MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth sensor. Over on the front, the device features an 8MP selfie shooter.
The Redmi 10 is backed by a 5,000mAh battery, which is typical of budget Redmi phones. It supports 18W wired fast charging with the included charger, and it even offers 9W reverse wired charging support. In terms of ports, the phone features a USB Type-C port for charging and data transfer, along with a 3.5mm headphone jack. The device also features a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and a single bottom-firing speaker. On the software front, the Redmi 10 runs MIUI 12.5 based on Android 11.
Pricing & Availability
The Redmi 10 will be available in three RAM/storage variants — 4GB+64GB, 4GB+128GB, and 6GB+128GB. Buyers will get three color options to choose from — Carbon gray, Pebble white, and Sea blue. At the moment, Xiaomi hasn’t shared pricing and availability details for the device, but the company has revealed that it will go on sale through all of its official sales channels soon. We’ll update this post with all details as soon as they’re revealed.
It’s worth noting that Xiaomi has removed the official announcement post for the device, suggesting that it may have made the announcement on accident.
Samsung has just launched two of its latest foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3. While both phones can fold in half, the way they do that is quite different. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 is a phone that can unfold to become a portable tablet while the Galaxy Z Flip 3 is a clamshell-style device that flips open to become a fully-fledged smartphone. There’s a big difference in the target audiences of both smartphones as well. If you’re looking to get yourself a shiny new foldable and are confused as to which one is best suited for your needs, this is the comparison you need.
Let’s take a look at all the major differences between the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and help you decide which one to buy.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 vs Galaxy Z Fold 3
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 vs Galaxy Z Fold 3: Specifications
Build and Design: Both can fold, but in different ways!
Both the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 can fold in half — but along different axes!
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 folds along a vertical axis like a book and opens up into a portable tablet when you need a larger canvas.
The Galaxy Z Flip 3, on the other hand, folds along the horizontal axis like a traditional flip phone from back in the day. The whole point of the Galaxy Z Flip 3 folding is that you can have a fully-fledged phone folded in half making it compact and easy to carry.
Both phones have received a major overhaul in terms of build quality and the materials used in construction. For starters, Samsung claims both new foldables have about 80% stronger display films, and the chassis, which they’re referring to as Armor Aluminum is 10% stronger than the last-gen. Moreover, both foldables even have an IPX8 rating making them the first foldables to have some sort of water resistance.
In terms of design, it all comes down to what you want personally. Do you like a compact form factor that can unfold into a conventional phone or do you want a tall, heavy device that can double your productivity by opening up into a tablet whenever you want it to?
Display: Size matters!
Here comes the second most obvious difference between the two phones — the display(s).
Let’s start with the internal folding screen first. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 has a large 7.6 inch AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120Hz. The display offers an uninterrupted viewing experience thanks to an under-display camera. The huge display means you can enjoy consuming media on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and it also enables a host of multitasking features like running multiple apps side by side and even running multiple instances of the same app.
The Galaxy Z Flip 3, on the other hand, has a 6.7-inch display when unfolded that’s similar to any other conventional smartphone. It’s also a 120Hz panel and has a hole-punch cutout at the top. While the display on the Z Flip 3 is also quite big, it doesn’t offer nearly as much surface area to view content on as the Galaxy Z Fold 3.
Even on the cover display, the same situation continues.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 has a much larger cover display that makes the Z Fold 3 seem like a normal phone when folded.
The Galaxy Z Flip gets a tiny 1.9-inch cover display that’s still a big upgrade compared to the 1.1-inch almost unusable panel on the original Galaxy Z Flip. You only get limited functionality on the cover display of the Galaxy Z Flip 3 like the ability to view notifications, control music, use it as a viewfinder to take selfies, etc. The Galaxy Z Fold 3’s cover display lets you do everything that you would generally do on a smartphone.
Another big difference in terms of the display on both phones is the support for the S Pen. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 has a special Wacom digitizer that enables you to use either the S Pen Fold Edition or the S Pen Pro on the inner display, making it a perfect replacement for the Note series. The Galaxy Z Flip 3 isn’t compatible with any S Pen.
Performance: Nothing much to tell apart
Both the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 have flagship hardware on the inside. The Snapdragon 888 handles CPU duties on both phones which means there’s no real difference in terms of raw performance on both devices. However, due to the larger display on the Galaxy Z Fold 3, it’s much easier to run multiple apps and multi-task. Even the software on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 is more optimized for a foldable and lets you resize app windows and run up to three apps side-by-side.
There’s more RAM on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 which means you can run more apps and if you play a lot of games, the immersive experience that you get on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 will be hard to match by the Galaxy Z Flip 3. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 also has support for Samsung Dex so if you want to use your phone as a portable computer by connecting it to an external display, you can’t do that with the Galaxy Z Flip 3.
Camera and Battery Life
While both the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 are flagship phones that cost a lot of money, neither of them has a true flagship-grade camera system. The primary and secondary cameras on both phones are the exact same — 12MP main and 12MP ultra-wide. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 gets an additional 2X telephoto lens for zoom and that’s pretty much it.
The kind of images you’re going to get from both phones are going to be very similar. We were hoping Samsung would bring the versatile camera setup from the Galaxy S21 Ultra to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 but that, unfortunately, didn’t happen this year.
Both phones also have a 10MP selfie shooter embedded in a hole-punch cutout on the cover display on the Z Fold 3 and on the main display on the Z Flip 3. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 also has a 4MP under-display camera on the internal screen which isn’t great for pictures but gets the job done for video calls.
The Galaxy Z Flip 3 has a modest 3300mah battery which, given the 120Hz display, seems slightly alarming. The Galaxy Z Fold 3 has a 4400mAh battery which again may seem slightly on the lower side, given there are two 120Hz displays and the internal one is a large, 7.6 inch panel. Of course, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 will give you much better battery life than the Galaxy Z Flip 3 so if you want the best endurance, go for the bigger foldable.
Conclusion: Which one should you buy?
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 retails for $1,799.99 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 retails for $999.99. Apart from the price, the major factor that should influence your buying decision is whether you want a portable tablet that can fold into a phone or if you want a phone that can fold into a compact device that fits easily into your pocket.
If you want a productivity powerhouse that fits into your pocket and gives you a large canvas whenever you want it, you just can’t go wrong with the Galaxy Z Fold 3.
If you want a taste of foldables and don’t have too much money to spend, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 is a nice, cute phone you can pick up and it would still turn a lot of heads.
At the Galaxy Unpacked event earlier this week, Samsung launched its latest foldable smartphones — the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3. The new phones will likely be the best-selling foldables this year, as they’re more affordable than their predecessors and a lot more durable, two of the main reasons why the average buyer didn’t go for the previous models.
Samsung has made some great advanced on the durability front with its latest Galaxy Z series devices. Both phones feature tougher Armor Aluminum frames, better protective films on the foldable displays, and IPX8 water resistance certification. If you’re wondering how Samsung was able to offer IPX8 certification on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3, The Verge has an answer. In a recent post, the publication revealed all the changes Samsung made to its third-gen foldables to make them water-resistant.
Nylon brush in the hinge of a Galaxy Z Fold 3
First of all, Samsung “developed a special type of lubricant” for the hinge that can “really adhere well to all of the small components in the device.” This lubricant protects all the components in the hinge against corrosion. For the foldable display, the company simply sealed it using a pressure-sensitive adhesive that protects it from water damage. Thanks to these two changes, even if water gets into the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or the Galaxy Z Flip 3, it flows between the screen and the two phone bodies without causing any issues.
Additionally, Samsung developed a thick, double-sided tape to seal all the holes in the folding mechanism. The tap is thick enough to allow the screen to slide a bit while folding and unfolding while still keeping water from entering into the mechanism.
Cured-in-place gasket in the Galaxy Z Flip 3
Lastly, to prevent water damage to the wires connecting the two halves of the phones, Samsung used “cured in place gaskets.” These gaskets are more flexible than regular rubber gaskets and allow for more movement while keeping the wires safe from water.
As you’d expect, all of these changes make the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 a lot more difficult to repair. But that’s a price you’ll have to pay for some peace of mind.
In July this year, the U.S. states of Utah, New York, North Carolina, and Tennessee filed a lawsuit against Google. The lawsuit, which was signed by 32 other U.S. states, alleged that Google engaged in monopolistic practices to maintain dominance in Android app distribution and payment processing for digital content purchased through the Google Play Store. Senators Richard Blumenthal and March Blackburn have now introduced a bipartisan bill to crack down on Apple and Google’s app distribution monopoly while promoting competition and consumer protections.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the bipartisan bill will place new restrictions on how Apple and Google’s app stores operate and what rules they can impose on app developers. The bill, called the Open App Markets Act, is the latest move from lawmakers to address the influence of big tech across a wide range of markets, including search, advertising, and social media. It specifically aims to address the concerns among developers, such as Epic Games, regarding in-app payments and app distribution limitations on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.
Talking about the bill, Senator Blumental said, “For years, Apple and Google have squashed competitors and kept consumers in the dark — pocketing hefty windfalls while acting as supposedly benevolent gatekeepers of the multibillion-dollar market. This partisan bill will help break these tech giants’ ironclad grip, open the app economy to new competitors and give mobile users more control over their own devices.”
In response to the bill, Apple released a statement claiming that its app store “is the cornerstone of our work to connect developers and customers in a way that is safe and trustworthy. The result has been an unprecedented engine of economic growth and innovations.” Google, however, declined to comment on the legislation. The company said that its Android system already provides a choice that others don’t, allowing device makers and carriers to preload competing app stores along with the Google Play Store.
Samsung has just launched two of its best foldables to date — the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3. While the phones are more affordable than their predecessors, they’re not cheap by any means. Starting at $1,799 for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and $999 for the Galaxy Z Flip 3, the phones are certainly not for everyone. However, this is Samsung’s biggest push with foldables and they’re aiming at a larger demographic this time around. As a result, there are some enticing offers that you can take advantage of if you’re planning to pick up a new foldable, including additional trade-in value.
Samsung is known to offer good trade-in value for its new flagships but with the Galaxy Z Fold 3, they’re taking it to a new level. The company is allowing you to trade in up to 4 devices with a maximum credit of $900 per device. You can get that maximum credit only on one device, though, with the other three devices getting lesser value. However, if you have 4 decent phones that aren’t too old and are in good condition, you can save a lot of money and get yourself a Galaxy Z Fold 3 or a Z Flip 3 for a big discount. Note that the trade-in values for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 are higher than what you would get with the Galaxy Z Flip 3.
You can head over to Samsung’s website and input the phones that you have to get the total trade-in value. Samsung will even let you trade in tablets and accessories like smartwatches so you don’t necessarily have to hunt for older phones. We tried to generate a trade-in value using a realistic scenario where one would want to trade in their Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max, an old iPad Pro, an Apple Watch Series 3, and a two-year-old Samsung Galaxy S10+. The total value for these gadgets put together is $1150. This will bring the overall price of owning a Galaxy Z Fold 3 down to just $650.
While the trade-in value isn’t extraordinary, it’s still a nice way to bring the price down a little bit while getting rid of older gadgets that you may no longer be using. Are you planning on getting yourself the Galaxy Z Fold 3? If yes, you might want to check out some of the best deals on the device in case you want to club some other offers with the trade-in benefits.
