The IT Nerd

Samsung today is announcing a number of new products. But I got an advance look of them last week so I can speak to them in greater detail. Here’s the four items that really stood out to me.

Let’s start with the new Galaxy Z Flip6:

There’s a couple of variants of this phone with 256GB and 512GB of storage and both are powered by the Octa-core Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy. Both come with 12GB of RAM and come in four colours. The main display is 6.7” with a 1-120 Hz refresh rate and a resolution of 2640 x 1080 FHD+. The Flex Window is a 3.4”, 60 Hz, 720 x 748 display. The rear camera has a 12 MP f/2.2 ultra wide lens and 50 MP f/1.8 wide lens. There’s a fingerprint scanner on the Side. One of the cool things that I saw being demonstrated was this:

It has a live translation function powered by Samsung Galaxy AI that utilizes the Flex Window. You pick the language that you want to translate to and start speaking. The translation appears in the Flex Window. That was pretty cool and I can see it being useful for those who travel a lot.

Next up is this:

This is the Galaxy Z Fold6. Powered by the Octa-core Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy, you can get it in 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB variants in three colours. The main display is 7.6” with a 1-120 Hz refresh rate and a resolution of 2160 x 1856 QXGA+. The cover display is 6.3” with a resolution of 2376 x 968 HD+. In terms of cameras, there’s 12 MP f/2.2 Ultra Wide, 50 MP f/1.8 Wide, 10 MP f/2.4 3x/30x Telephoto. The front camera is a 10 MP f/2.2 4 MP f/1.8 under display camera, and there’s a 10 MP f/2.2 cover camera. And if you look a the side show above, this phone has a feature where you can draw something, and then Samsung Galaxy AI can take that drawing and upscale it in a number of ways.

Here’s a look at the Galaxy Watch Ultra next to my Apple Watch Ultra. It’s a similar size and the screen looks just as bright. It also has grade 4 titanium. In terms of connectivity, it has LTE, WiFi and Bluetooth 5.3. One thing that I really like about this watch is that unlike the Apple Watch, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra has proper recovery metrics and coaching related to that. Being someone who does a lot of athletic activities, this is something that really matters to me as I want to know if I can put in a really hard training session or if I should take a rest day.

Finally, I am holding the Galaxy Buds3 Pro. It has Adaptive ANC & EQ and Auto Noise Adjustment among other features. With up to four hours of talk time and up to 7 hours of playback time, these would be a great match for any of the Galaxy products that I have previously mentioned.

The Galaxy Z Fold6, Z Flip6 and Galaxy Buds3 series will be available for pre-order starting today with general availability starting July 24.

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