Small folding mobile phones have folding methods, and with the blessing of larger external screens, they also have quite rich ways to use, which makes small folding mobile phones have occupied half of the folding screen market.
Of course, there are also some problems with small folding phones, such as poor battery life, insufficient performance release, and insufficient performance in high-performance scenarios.
Samsung, as the first brand to create a small folding mobile phone, has become more mature after multiple generations of product iterations. In the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 model, there may not be much change from the previous generation in terms of appearance, but there are still significant changes in the internal materials, hardware · specifications, and AI. Today, we're going to talk about what's really changed in the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6.
Exterior design: The texture of the bezel has been improved and the thickness has been slightly reduced
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 has undergone minor changes in appearance, maintaining the shape and size of the previous generation's outer screen, and there are basically no noticeable changes when you get started.
In terms of data, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 has been slimmed, maintaining the unfolded thickness at 6.9mm, the closing thickness reduced from 15.1mm to 14.9mm, and the weight remaining at 187 grams. In addition to the slimming process, Samsung has also increased the battery capacity, from 3700mAh to 4000mAh.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 has an excellent grip and is easy to hold with one hand when closed, so you can feel free to fit in the pocket of your jeans, so you don't have to pick up portability. The frame is made of reinforced armor aluminum, and the surface is treated with a matte process, which is more capable than the glossy curved surface shape of the previous generation, and the texture of the appearance is very obvious. The fingerprint function continues to use the side physical fingerprint, and when you look at the phone from the side, you can feel the high quality of the workmanship, and it is completely closed tightly.
The hinge part of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 continues to maintain top-notch hovering ability, with greater resistance when deploying the phone, wide support for hovering angles, and even at a large angle of 160 degrees, it can still maintain stable hovering, in short, it is particularly stable when hovering, and there is no need to worry about the phone suddenly fully expanding or closing.
The size of the outer screen is 3.4 inches on paper, because of the special-shaped screen, the actual usable area is about 95%, but the protrusion is not wasted, and the return key can be accommodated. The main ways to use the external screen are adapted cards, music, calendars, alarm clocks, and photo albums.
There are still relatively few applications that can be used on the outer screen, you can use WeChat and messages, because the screen is wide enough, there is no pressure to use the full keyboard, and the actual experience is no different from the inner screen. The external screen brushes Douyin, because the length of the external screen is not enough, the actual experience is limited.
The quality of the outer screen is actually good,Using the second generation of dynamic AMOLED,The brightness has been increased to2600nits,That is, the resolution is slightly lower,only720*748;The inner screen is6.7Inch,The panel is the same as the outer screen,Resolution2640*1080.support1-120HzAdaptive refresh rate。
To sum up, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 has not changed much in terms of design and shape, but it has changed in the material of the fuselage, and the texture has been significantly improved.
Specifications: The battery capacity is raised to 4000mAh for the first time with VC heat dissipation
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 has a top-of-the-line configuration, and it can even be said to be the most luxurious small folding phone at the moment, completely getting rid of everyone's inherent impression of "beautiful little waste". It uses a custom third-generation Snapdragon (for galaxy) processor, also known as the high-frequency version, which is stronger in terms of performance than the Snapdragon flagships in the first half of the year.
Of course, the reason for the poor performance of small folding phones has never been the processor, but in terms of heat dissipation. After all, the effective heat dissipation area of small folding mobile phones is mainly concentrated in the upper half of the area, and the heat dissipation components are limited. For the first time, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 is equipped with a VC vapor chamber, which significantly improves the heat transfer efficiency.
Another important upgrade point is the memory, Samsung has fully upgraded the 8GB RAM memory to 12GB RAM, which is very important for the Flip6, after all, the Galaxy AI function requires more memory space to deploy large models.
Objectively speaking, the running score is not the strong point of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6, and the Antutu evaluation score at room temperature is 1467806 points, and the gap between the configuration of the straight board machine is about 25%, and the continuous high-performance output is obviously not what the small folding is good at. However, in a scenario with a short test time such as GeekBench6, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 performs very well, with a single-core score of 2222 points and a multi-core score of 6745 points, which are all normal levels of high-end flagships. Judging from the running score, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 does not have performance anxiety in most daily use scenarios, only the kind of large-scale games with full 3D scenes may have performance risks for long-term use.
In the actual game, Genshin Impact has an average frame rate of 42.44 frames per second for 30 minutes, and the game can reach a stable performance of 60 frames at the beginning, and the frame rate fluctuates at about 1 and a half minutes, and this fluctuation also runs through the whole test. From the frame rate point of view,Samsung does not carry out frame rate limit,Occasionally it can still return to a high frame rate,But in the end, it is because of the heating limit,Resulting in constant fluctuations,Fortunately, there is no visually perceptible stutter,This performance can already meet the normal game needs of users。
The power consumption of the whole game is 3.91W, with a maximum temperature of 44.6 degrees on the front and 44.5 degrees on the back. From the perspective of thermal distribution, the heat is completely concentrated in the upper half of the area, and the lower half of the area is basically not involved in heat dissipation, but the temperature is much different from that of the straight plate machine. Obviously, after adding VC cooling, it will still help the gaming experience, at least the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 can have a good gaming experience.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 has an exciting increase in battery capacity from 3,700mAh to 4,000mAh, but it may still be small in absolute terms. In the three-hour battery life test of PChome, the remaining power is 56%; And as it happens, the same goes for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6. In terms of sub-categories, gaming is more power-intensive, but for small foldable phones, gaming is not the main use case, so the actual battery life is longer than reflected in the numbers.
In terms of fast charging, Samsung provided a 25W official charger this time, which measured 29% in 15 minutes, 52% in 30 minutes, 87% in 1 hour, and 100% in 92 minutes, with a total time of 123 minutes to fully charge.
Galaxy AI: Rich image generation capabilities Folded to create new experiences
One of the main upgrade points of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 is the AI function, in the phone's settings interface, Samsung has specially added a new "Galaxy AI" option, and put it under connectivity, ranking third among all options, which shows that Samsung attaches great importance to the AI experience.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6AIThe function,On the basis of the Galaxy S24 series, more picture-related functions have been added,Graffiti sketches are undoubtedly the core,You can make simple drawings in Samsung notes,Then select the graffiti sketch function,AI will generate watercolor、3D cartoon、Sketch、Anime、Realistic five different styles of pictures according to our simple line drawing。 For example, if we paint a sketch of a soccer ball, the AI-generated effect is a more beautiful line drawing. In terms of actual experience, the Flip small fold is not as easy to use as the Fold large fold, on the one hand, the screen size is different, and the other is to paint, or there is an S-Pen to make it better.
The new Wensheng picture function, which can be used to create lock screen wallpapers, can currently be selected from three keywords, which can give us quite a wealth of permutations and combinations, equipped with a beautiful, personalized lock screen interface. For example, if we create a picture of a salt lake landscape, the actual effect is extremely good. However, Samsung puts a striking "AI-generated" watermark on all AI-generated images, which slightly affects the final wallpaper effect.
Of course, there are many original AI functions that will show a new way of using them in the folded form. The most representative is the simultaneous interpretation function, we can expand the Galaxy Z Flip6 to hover, at this time, the inner screen and the outer screen will be displayed at the same time, and the display content is the corresponding language text we have selected, so that both parties can watch the inner screen and the outer screen at the same time, and control it through their respective screens, greatly improving the translation efficiency. Listening mode, on the other hand, is ideal for listening to foreign language presentations, automatically capturing and translating speech in real time, and converting the translated content into speech in real time if connected to Samsung Buds series earbuds for simultaneous interpretation.
Image function: The main camera specification has been upgraded to level the experience with the S24 series
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 has been greatly upgraded in terms of images, the main upgrade point is the main camera, upgraded from 12 million pixels to 50 million pixels, the sensor uses the same Samsung GN3 as the Galaxy S24+, the sensor size is 1/1.57 inch, the single pixel size is 1.0μm, and it provides 2X optical quality zoom. The specifications of the other two lenses remain the same.
With the support of the new main camera and super vision engine, as well as AI algorithms, the Galaxy Z Flip6 is able to take more detailed photos, and the specific photo performance is the same as that of the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy S24+.
In short, in a variety of common scenes and focal lengths, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 can easily cope with it, and it can also be folded + the outer screen for more creative ways to take pictures. When you need to take a photo, the result is sure to be satisfying.
Of course, when it comes to taking photos, AI can still be used to enhance the experience, and the rich post-editing functions it provides can easily rescue waste films. In the comparison photo above, the right side is the effect after AI restoration. Compared to the original film, the passer-by on the left side was eliminated first, and then the photo was automatically straightened and the blank part was filled in with the expanded image. The final effect after processing is almost impossible to see the traces of the software algorithm, and the effect is very natural.
Summary: The upgrade points are all in seven inches, and the price increase is worth the money
Small folding phones pay more attention to portability and fashion sense than large foldables, and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 meets this need. It has a cleaner line than before, and the texture is also free from the sense of cheapness. This kind of high-value design will always be preferred by users.
In terms of key specifications, Samsung has actually upgraded, such as the protection level has been upgraded to IP/48, the battery capacity has been upgraded, the VC vapor chamber was used for the first time, and the original single card design has been upgraded to dual cards, which is definitely needed by many users.
In terms of price, the starting price of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 is 500 yuan higher than that of the previous generation, but considering that the storage specifications are 12GB+256GB, compared with the previous 8+256 itself, the specifications have been upgraded, plus the upgrade of other key specifications and AI blessing, the price is worth the money.