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0:00The iPhone Duo versus the Galaxy Z Fold
0:028. To be honest, both can be better.
0:05Let's go.
0:08Lots of people,
0:09probably myself included, would have
0:11expected me to just waltz on in here and
0:13declare the Fold 8 the better foldable
0:16and by a comfortable distance. Well, in
0:18some areas, that's absolutely true. But,
0:21there are cases where the iPhone Duo
0:23outshines the Fold 8. Truth be told,
0:25both can improve. Stick around to the
0:27end so you can understand what it is I
0:29mean by that. Starting with the design
0:31of both, the iPhone Duo is quite
0:33striking. From the moment you pick it up
0:35and start interacting with it, it feels
0:37like it costs money. It has the shiny
0:39titanium sides and has a high-end build
0:41and finish. That's not saying it's
0:43perfect. I dislike, personally, the
0:45asymmetrical finish and I don't like how
0:47imbalanced it looks when you're holding
0:49it in your hand, especially if you're
0:50holding it left-handed. The aesthetic of
0:52the Fold 8 is more minimalistic, but
0:54when you pick it up in comparison, wow,
0:56does it feel lighter. The more
0:58squared-off, sharper corners on the
1:00right side kind of get offset by the
1:02fact you are holding a lot less phone
1:05because of the weight difference. For a
1:06short interaction, the Duo's weight
1:09won't be too much of a problem. It's
1:10more when you begin to use it for longer
1:12periods of time, especially when it's
1:13closed, you will feel every bit of that
1:16250-plus grams, especially on your pinky
1:19finger. You will get some fatigue in
1:21your hand and you'll either have to
1:23bring in a second hand to use it or
1:25switch to kind of offset that fatigue.
1:27The Fold 8 doesn't suffer from that
1:28problem. It's 201 g in weight and your
1:31hand can comfortably hold it for longer
1:33periods of time without that hand
1:35fatigue getting in there. The weight is
1:36infinitely more noticeable than the
1:38thickness. Whilst the Fold 8 is thinner,
1:41again by a comfortable distance, I don't
1:43think it's of too much interest or too
1:45much concern. It's more the weight that
1:47you feel versus the extra thickness that
1:49the iPhone has. The Duo, however, is a
1:51tad wider and you definitely do notice
1:53that when you're trying to use it
1:54one-handed compared to the Fold 8, which
1:56is a bit more comfortable, more so when
1:57you're typing. The typing experience on
1:59the Duo, you will need to stretch across
2:01a little bit harder, I guess, and then
2:03the Fold 8 is a little bit easier. And
2:05you kind of feel that, too, when you're
2:07using the fingerprint scanner,
2:08especially again, left-handed. But the
2:10fingerprint scanners have their own
2:12issues with the Duo versus the Fold 8.
2:14Apple haven't built it in an efficient
2:16way, at least for me. You either have to
2:18rest it there to transition you into
2:20your home screen, and this is once
2:22you're in the lock screen area, too, not
2:24directly from always-on display. Or you
2:26can turn off the rest toggle inside the
2:27settings, but then you need to press the
2:30fingerprint scanner, and then transition
2:32to swipe up. So again, it's an extra
2:34step. It doesn't really save you any
2:35time. The Fold 8 is swift. You can turn
2:38on the fingerprint always-on toggle in
2:40the settings, and that way you can jump
2:41straight from always-on display directly
2:43into your home screen without missing a
2:45beat. It's an almost instant transition.
2:47There's no need to have that extra
2:49delay. It just feels jarring on the Duo.
2:51I don't know why Apple have made this an
2:53extra step or an inefficient process,
2:56especially when Face ID is so quick.
2:58Yes, there's the swipe up procedure, but
3:01you're just looking at your phone
3:02anyway. Whereas this, you have to do two
3:04things, or wait a bit longer. It's just
3:06odd. But what is more noticeable, I
3:07guess, than the hardware of both of
3:09these phones, is the software. And
3:12particularly with the iPhone Duo, the
3:13way Apple have married the software to
3:16the form factor
3:18is a little bit odd. The extra width
3:20that the cover screen has over a
3:21traditional slab smartphone is
3:23effectively wasted space. Apps that are
3:26optimized are forced to leave that
3:28right-handed area for their menu items,
3:31and it creates this off-center
3:32interaction area on the 2/3 of the
3:35left-hand side. And if apps aren't
3:36optimized yet, Apple just leave a nice
3:39thick bar that's black, so it's very
3:41noticeable that this app is not
3:42supported yet. Initially, X wasn't
3:44updated or Twitter, but it has since
3:46been optimized. However, it's now
3:49created another issue that, I guess,
3:51they haven't foreseen yet. When you're
3:53writing a post out, and you have the
3:55text field up, when the text goes beyond
3:57the right-hand dock area, it just
3:59disappears. Anything you're writing just
4:01goes into that area of and invisible to
4:04you. You have to press enter a few times
4:05to bring it down into the next line, so
4:08you can see it. I think Apple have built
4:10it so that content can't cross over into
4:13that area where the dock or the menu
4:14controls are meant to be because Apple
4:16have built this side to have permanent
4:18elements. And you I noticed in Twitter
4:20again when I went to post the post,
4:22that's weird, that I couldn't press the
4:24post button because there were
4:25interaction elements in the way that
4:27were preventing me from doing so
4:29efficiently. It just kept bringing down
4:30the control center and I had to really
4:32be finicky to get it to post. So, Apple
4:34have kind of forced app developers to
4:35figure it out for themselves as opposed
4:38to making it a little bit more
4:40customizable to the consumer as well as
4:42the developer. It seems like Apple have
4:44backed themselves into a corner in how
4:46it must be optimized. Also, it could
4:47present an issue for left-handed users.
4:49Not as big a problem as I was expecting
4:51or anticipating, but there is still that
4:53having to reach over to the dock that's
4:55on the right side where everything is
4:56now positioned.
4:58And the whole back swipe and the right
4:59back gesture that doesn't exist, it's a
5:02button, is all problematic when you're
5:04left-handed. And there's just no
5:05settings to customize it. Apple haven't
5:07built anything in there to customize
5:10that UI whatsoever. And the Z Fold 8,
5:12well, everything is customizable for
5:14one, but also it's more familiar. It
5:17kind of keeps the smartphone
5:18interactions that you're used to from
5:19slabs and just transitions it over
5:22across. But there's still the one UI
5:23goodies like edge panels, which is
5:25effectively a dock you can swipe out to
5:27access apps and have a shortcut and not
5:29just from the home screen, from any
5:31screen. And Samsung have built the
5:32settings into that. So, if you wanted to
5:34put it on the left-hand side, you can do
5:36that. I'm going to talk a little bit
5:37more about the software on both the
5:39front screen and the inner display a
5:40little bit later on. But a heads up,
5:42Apple doesn't offer much. Before we talk
5:44about the main display, let's talk about
5:46the hardware that gets you to it, the
5:48hinge. Straight up, Apple have built an
5:50incredibly solid and dependable feeling
5:53hinge. From a technical hardware
5:54perspective, it is great to open and
5:57close and has multiple stop angles that
5:59feel sturdy 30 and secure. The Fold 8
6:01has a nice springy feel to it,
6:03especially as you approach the end of
6:05the opening situation. It doesn't though
6:08have the robustness of the iPhone hinge.
6:10The interesting part for me though is at
6:11least now, and I know it's early, Apple
6:14haven't really taken advantage of this
6:15hinge like they maybe should. It's got
6:17lots of weird quirks and software
6:19disappointments that don't quite make it
6:22feel like it's working properly. Like
6:23for example, if you're trying to watch
6:25something and flick it into flex mode
6:27where you want to put it down on a flat
6:29surface and have the content pointing at
6:31you to consume it. If you over cook the
6:33flex mode interaction by 1 degree, so if
6:37you put it into 89 degrees instead of 91
6:40or 90 degrees, it transitions to the
6:42outer display and you have no way of
6:44fixing it until you open it fully again
6:46and finding the right angle. This was an
6:48issue with any app that supports the
6:50flex mode interaction. So it's not a
6:52developer issue of the app, it's an
6:54Apple one. It's almost like they've
6:55intentionally made it like this. Between
6:57180 and 90 degrees, no problem. It'll
7:00open it up. It might shift if the
7:02software supports it, and then you can
7:04put it down flat. But if you over cook
7:06it on that first fold by 1 degree, too
7:09bad. It's gone straight to the cover
7:11screen. And the flex mode situation was
7:13also inconsistent from a software point
7:14of view in different apps that I tested.
7:16There's apps that support it just fine,
7:19like Apple TV which you would expect it
7:20to, Netflix which again was advertised
7:24as one of the optimized ones from the
7:25start, but some apps like Paramount
7:27Plus, Stan,
7:29and even YouTube don't really have
7:32proper support for it yet. YouTube in
7:34particular, it will show the top half
7:36with the content and the bottom half
7:37will show you comments, but there's no
7:39interaction for being able to control
7:41the actual timeline of the video. This
7:42of course is better than the Fold 8
7:45regardless. As Samsung have decided not
7:47to include any software support for flex
7:49mode on the Fold 8 at all. And it's
7:51disappointing cuz their hinge kind of
7:54can prop itself up at certain angles
7:56which would allow flex mode to be
7:58supported. What was interesting too was
8:00that the Fold 8 could support the angles
8:02that are similar to the iPhone Duo and
8:04it doesn't seem to suffer from the weird
8:06software issues that the Duo had if you
8:08overcook it to transition to the outer
8:10display. People seem to be defending
8:11that about the Duo, too. I don't get it.
8:13I use Samsung's multi window to simulate
8:15a flex mode video of into Miami game on
8:18Apple TV on both the Duo and the Fold 8.
8:21Surprisingly, with Apple TV on the
8:22iPhone Duo, they allow you to put the
8:25video on the top half and launch a
8:27second app in the bottom half. It
8:29doesn't work with every video app. So
8:31far, I can only see it working with
8:32Apple TV, but the fact that they allow
8:34it makes it quite good. Means some other
8:36apps that are videos might update to
8:38support later. When you've got them both
8:40sitting there next to each other, you
8:41can see that there's an angle that they
8:43both can support this flex mode state.
8:46With the iPhone Duo, at a certain point,
8:49because of the weight of the camera,
8:51it'll actually just topple over
8:53and won't actually sit flush anymore.
8:55And the Fold 8, at basically the same
8:57point as the Duo, will just fall flat
8:59because the hinge isn't strong enough,
9:00not because of the camera. Effectively,
9:02the Fold 8 can support similar angles to
9:04the Duo, but the hinge definitely isn't
9:06as strong, so they've just got to
9:07account for that. I just wish Samsung
9:09supported the software or gave us the
9:10option. Add a little warning if you need
9:12to, but the toggle should be there.
9:14Maybe Samsung is pushing you towards the
9:15Ultra, though, and I can see why cuz
9:18flex mode on there, both the software
9:20and the hardware, is next to flawless. I
9:21will be comparing the Ultra to the Duo
9:24in a separate video, so make sure you
9:25hit subscribe to check in on that. I was
9:27having similar flex mode issues with the
9:29camera as well. It was frustrating
9:31because I wanted to point the camera up,
9:34which meant I had to fold it past that
9:3590°. And it just kept transitioning to
9:38the cover screen. I couldn't get the
9:40camera to work on the inside. Again,
9:42incredibly frustrating. You can jimmy it
9:45around, you do need to flex it to a
9:46certain angle first, and let it sit, and
9:49then you can push it, but you should
9:51just be able to push it straight away.
9:52It's a weird limitation. I'm going to
9:54get to the camera in a moment. I
9:56actually haven't done any output
9:57comparison whatsoever between these two
10:00because I'm actually not interested in
10:02the output of the photos. It's my least
10:03important part of these two phones. It's
10:06more about the flexibility, pun intended
10:08absolutely, in how they can capture
10:10photos and videos and I'll get to that
10:12in a moment. But let's shift into that
10:14inner display because that is I guess
10:16the hero of both of these things. It's
10:18such an interesting one.
10:20The matte texture versus the glossy one
10:22and the display camera versus the punch
10:23hole and the crease situation between
10:25the two. But it is more than that. It's
10:27the overall display experience, not just
10:30how they appear on paper. Shifting from
10:32the cover screen to the inner display on
10:34the iPhone Duo is fancy. Probably to be
10:37honest one of the best bits of marketing
10:39that Apple have done is create that
10:41animation. Samsung's is just less
10:43fanfare. It does the job but it doesn't
10:45have the aesthetics or that prettiness
10:47that Apple have. I think whimsy is the
10:48word I like to use for it. Before I even
10:50get into the actual quality of the
10:52display, that inner display experience
10:56on iPhone Duo is so restricted. Apple
10:58provide no opportunity or customization
11:01to separate the cover screen and the
11:03inner screen visuals or experience. You
11:06can't have separate wallpapers. Try
11:07things crazy between the cover screen
11:10and the inner display. You can't have
11:11different layouts either. You've got to
11:13replicate the home screen from the cover
11:15on the home screens on the inner and it
11:17just puts them into different halves of
11:18the screen. I don't like that there's no
11:20option because with the Fold 8 you get
11:22choice. You can go into home screen
11:24settings and turn on cover screen
11:25mirroring if you want to. This means it
11:27becomes exactly the same as the iPhone
11:29Duo except when you rotate it to
11:31portrait it will actually customize it.
11:33But then you can turn it off and you can
11:34actually have a truly custom separate
11:36experience between your cover screen and
11:38your inner one because you don't
11:39necessarily want to always have the same
11:41apps everywhere. You might want to have
11:43a cleaner inner display and have minimal
11:45apps whereas you might want to have more
11:47on the cover. You want that choice and
11:49Samsung even in that state also allow
11:51you to have a different portrait layout
11:53versus landscape because again it
11:56operates differently in portrait so you
11:58should want to do that. The iPhone Duo
12:01is just a big iPhone. So much wasted
12:02space around where the apps sit. It's so
12:05pointless. It kind of reminds me of the
12:07first iPads then they were like that for
12:09a while which It a big version of the
12:11iPhone with so much wasted space. To
12:13compare quality, I did make the
12:16wallpaper on the Samsung Fold 8 the same
12:19as the Duo because I couldn't make the
12:20Duo the same as the Samsung because I
12:23had the wallpaper on the front. Anyways,
12:26long story short, they're the same
12:27wallpaper now. So, you can see the
12:29contrast and the color difference
12:30between the two with that matte texture
12:32applied. To be honest, that matte nano
12:34texture film is a genius move on Apple's
12:36part. It's another one of those little
12:38marketing touches that they can
12:40highlight and talk about. And especially
12:42as it can touch back to their MacBook
12:44Pros and their iPad Pros, it gives
12:46consumers a link that this is a high-end
12:48expensive device with a high-end premium
12:51material. And for the most part, it
12:53succeeds. It hides the crease better
12:54than any other finish on any other
12:56foldable that I've seen so far, and it
12:58definitely does away with reflections
13:00until you use it in not ideal
13:03challenging conditions. Or, you know,
13:05you actually watch things on it. It
13:06feels great to interact with. That
13:08texture is really nice and smooth, and
13:10flows nicely across the display. But if
13:12you look at colors either on the home
13:14screen where the wallpapers are, you see
13:16some contrast and color differences
13:17there. Or if you're watching YouTube,
13:19you can see in the darker shadowy areas
13:22that it's a little bit, I guess, blown
13:24out and gray on the iPhone Duo and
13:26washed out is the term I'm looking for
13:28compared to the Fold 8 which obviously
13:30has pure AMOLED, no restrictions on it,
13:32looks much better. And if you're in a
13:34bright environment, like if you're in a
13:35studio with studio lighting or in the
13:37filming area I had over there or super
13:40bright out doors which that kind of
13:41replicates, then you will absolutely
13:43notice the display getting a little bit
13:46washed out extra thanks to that film.
13:49But if you watch it in just regular
13:50indoor lighting, like if you're just
13:51sitting on the couch watching something,
13:53the iPhone Duo will look good. But it's
13:55when you transition to the Fold 8 where
13:57you notice that the Fold 8 also looks
13:59good. So, really, is it amplifying that
14:02much? Because the Fold 8 also has
14:04anti-reflectivity a little bit and it
14:06kind of balances it nicely. Another
14:07factor to consider with the displays on
14:09the inside is the under-display camera
14:10versus punch hole. Apple with the matte
14:13texture have applied a two-tone finish.
14:15Something that I can't believe my
14:18look-alike, Steve Jobs, would ever allow
14:20for because it's a design that doesn't
14:21look right. It looks odd. But, even with
14:24the odd design of it, I think it's a
14:26much better finish and solution than
14:28just a punch hole that eats into your
14:30visible space. Why Samsung ever ditched
14:32it, I don't know. I can only speculate.
14:35I do wonder if Apple entering into the
14:38foldable space kind of meant that they
14:40could block other people from doing it
14:43because no other foldable is doing an
14:44under-display camera. No other brand.
14:47And Samsung stopped probably right
14:49around the time that you could expect
14:50Apple were maybe ramping up production
14:53or ramping up their ideas for their
14:54foldable displays, and Samsung just
14:56ditched it. So, I wonder if that had
14:58anything to do with it. The other
14:59element to, I guess, watching content is
15:02the audio experience. The Fold 8 caused
15:04a lot of controversy in that it had the
15:06audio speakers on one half of the
15:09display in the top and bottom. Some
15:11people didn't like that. I had no issue
15:13with it personally, but that's just me.
15:15The iPhone Duo seemed to solve the
15:17problem cleverly where it had one on one
15:19half and the other on the bottom side of
15:21the other half. I listened to both, and
15:23in all honesty, the Duo's has a bit of a
15:26louder sound. The Fold may be a bit
15:28clearer. But, you take a listen and you
15:30let me know which one is better.
15:32Lifelong Samsung Fold user switches to
15:34the iPhone Duo. Is that it?
15:36Let's go.
15:38>> [music]
15:39>> So, I've got the iPhone Duo. Lifelong
15:41Samsung Fold user switches to the iPhone
15:44Duo. Is that it?
15:46Let's go.
15:47>> [music]
15:49>> So, I've got the iPhone Duo. Literally
15:51went and picked it up this morning. I
15:52thought the arena was going to be a
15:54little bit more a buzz with the launch
15:56day of the iPhone Duo.
15:58Picked it up this morning. I thought the
15:59arena was going to be a little bit more
16:01a buzz with the launch day of the iPhone
16:03Duo. Before we get to the software,
16:05let's talk about cameras. And I'm going
16:07to say it again, the hardware of the
16:09cameras is the least important part of
16:11this whole thing. And I say that knowing
16:13I could crucify the iPhone's main camera
16:15here for being a camera that sits
16:17between the 17E and the iPhone 17, even
16:21if it's probably the same size as the
16:2317, it's got a lot more in common with
16:25the 17E, but I'm not going to go to town
16:27on it. Because as I said, the hardware
16:30of the sensors is less important than
16:32the actual hardware of how the form
16:34factor performs with the software. And
16:36with both of these, with their cameras,
16:39I think they've both done an excellent
16:40job. Both phones allow you to use the
16:42cover screen alongside the rear cameras.
16:45Whether it be for cover screen preview,
16:46for framing up someone else's photo that
16:49they might want to see themselves in, or
16:51whether you're taking a rear cam selfie
16:52of yourself, both of these phones have
16:55the capability. The Duo does go a step
16:56further with a Pixel Fold-like
16:58implementation of Snoopy, where you can
17:01turn the cover screen on with Snoopy
17:03there, and it means that they can have
17:05something to focus on. My kids loved it.
17:08>> All the dog brushes teeth.
17:11>> Is that
17:11>> What do you What do you prefer? Do you
17:13prefer seeing the Snoopy,
17:15or do you prefer seeing a picture of
17:17yourself?
17:20>> Um seeing the Snoopy.
17:22>> Seeing the Snoopy? But what I noticed,
17:24it was actually distracting them from
17:26looking at the camera. Can you just look
17:27at the camera? The camera's up here, not
17:29not at Snoopy. Look at the camera.
17:32Not that I Why don't I just see it look
17:34normally? I'm not the biggest fan of
17:35them having like content like that to
17:37look at. So I wasn't necessarily
17:38thrilled, especially as they were only
17:40looking at Snoopy and not at the camera.
17:42Cover screen preview kind of works in a
17:44similar way, in that it allows them to
17:45look at themselves and preview
17:48themselves, but then also you could get
17:50their attention to look back at the
17:52camera easier. Just something I noticed
17:54in my usage. But for the right people,
17:55they might love it. I'm going to
17:56probably hand the camera as a draw.
17:58Obviously, from a modes and features
18:00point of view, Samsung have a lot more
18:01pro controls and customization of modes
18:04that you can implement, because the
18:05iPhone Duo kind of behaves more like a
18:08mid-range phone, like a 17, versus one
18:11of their pro series. But a lot of the
18:12Samsung modes are a niche offering. So
18:14again, you're probably not buying these
18:16specifically for camera modes, more for
18:18the flexibility of camera hardware. And
18:19I think that's where Apple have actually
18:21thought that through properly. They've
18:23got something called smart take, which I
18:25think is quite neat, especially when
18:26you're using it with the hip hinge flex
18:28mode, where you can set it down flat,
18:30turn smart take on, and then it will
18:33snap a photo when it sees that you're
18:34ready, or if you're using it with rear
18:36cam selfie. It's not quite perfect.
18:38Sometimes it will snap a photo if you
18:39look away, but I do expect it to improve
18:42with software updates as Apple kind of
18:44learns usage behaviors. Something else I
18:46hope they improve, too, is the
18:47transition to rear cam selfie. It's a
18:49bit clunky. There's no toggle that makes
18:51it easy to just switch the rear camera
18:53on with the screen. You have to turn it
18:55around, to brag, and there's no real
18:58instruction that that's how you do it.
19:00You have to figure it out. And once
19:01you've got it there, there's no features
19:03like palm selfie, which on the Fold 8,
19:06not only do you have toggles that you
19:07can activate to activate rear cam
19:09selfie, but you can snap photos with
19:12your palm being held up to the screen,
19:14it'll recognize it, count down, and snap
19:16the shot. But, the bones are there,
19:18including flex mode. The thing with the
19:19Fold 8 is it kind of can support, I
19:22guess, holding itself up for the camera,
19:25especially if you want to have a lower
19:27angle shooting up, but it just doesn't
19:28support it with software. If Samsung
19:30just put the option there, "Hey, we've
19:32recognized you put it in flex mode,
19:34press this button, software will shift,
19:36and away we go." The last part about the
19:38camera is Apple haven't taken advantage
19:40of the space when it's open. Samsung got
19:43something called capture view mode,
19:45which shifts the preview to the
19:47right-hand side, and you've got the
19:48left-hand side for reviewing the photo.
19:51It's great if you've snapped a bad shot,
19:53you can just quickly delete it, and you
19:54get a bit of review of it, so you don't
19:56have to go into the camera, into the
19:58photos app every single time. That takes
20:01you away from the camera, so you might
20:02miss the moment. So, again, some things
20:05for Apple to work through, but I think
20:06on the camera front, they're quite even.
20:08And that's a software thing that I think
20:09Apple could activate. But, I want to
20:11focus on the actual software now, and I
20:14want to focus specifically on the inside
20:16to start with. Let's start with
20:17settings. And I use that word loosely in
20:20quotations for the Duo, because, well,
20:22there aren't any. Samsung give you
20:23options in the settings to customize the
20:25folding experience, especially on that
20:27inner display. You've got options there
20:28to customize the app sizing and zoom.
20:31So, if an app is too zoomed in or too
20:33zoomed out, you can go in and fix that.
20:34You can customize the multi-window
20:36experience. There's lots of toggles and
20:37settings and sliders, and you can change
20:40it all to suit how you want to use
20:41multi-window. And if you want more,
20:43that's where you go into Good Lock,
20:45which is downloadable through the Galaxy
20:46or Play Store. There are multi-window
20:48options galore in here, and one that I
20:50recommend turning on if you have a Fold
20:518 is multi-focus. It just lets you watch
20:54two videos at the same time without one
20:56pausing. Contrast that to the Duo,
20:59well, as I said, there's nothing, not a
21:01single setting. The iPad Mini, which is
21:03a budget small tablet from Apple, has
21:06way more settings to customize that
21:08display than what the Duo does. Then we
21:10get onto the multitasking itself. The
21:12Duo is as basic as it gets. If you have
21:15an app open in full screen, just drag it
21:17up, drag it to one side, and drop it
21:19there, and it opens in split screen. The
21:21other side launches iOS. So, you've got
21:25a smartphone that you can swipe between
21:27and find the app you want and then
21:28launch it. That's it. That's That you're
21:30done. That's the multitasking
21:31experience. The biggest hindrance to me
21:32with all of this is that there's just no
21:35ability to customize it in this shape or
21:37form. So, if you wanted to resize a
21:39window and have one side bigger than the
21:41other,
21:41too bad. Can't do it. Now, if you're
21:43watching a video and you want to have
21:46the notes on one side, video on the
21:47other, but you want the video to be
21:48bigger,
21:49sorry, it'll just snap it straight back
21:51to the middle. And switching between
21:52apps and multi-window environments
21:55is a bit more cumbersome. You swipe out
21:57of one app, it goes back to the iPhone
21:59UI, and you just swipe between it until
22:01you find the app that you want to open
22:03back on that side. With One UI,
22:05complete and total freedom to set it up
22:08how you want to. Once you got one app
22:09open, you can bring the taskbar up and
22:11launch the second app into one side, and
22:14then, if you want to, you can switch up
22:16the size by using the slider in the
22:18middle and dragging it left and right to
22:20make one side bigger than the other, and
22:21it will resize it on the fly. And then,
22:24just for fun, you can launch a third app
22:25into the mix. So, if you really want to
22:27go to town with doing a few things at
22:29once, you have the option. And because
22:31that toggle that I showed you before
22:32from Good Lock Multi Focus, I can have
22:35two video apps running simultaneously.
22:37So, if I was watching a YouTube video,
22:39but wanted to have some background of
22:40the football highlights, you can do
22:42that. And both of them will play
22:43together. And then, you can flick it
22:44into portrait, and it won't break the
22:46entire experience. It keeps the apps
22:48open. With Apple, if you switch into
22:50portrait whilst you've got the
22:52multi-window environment open,
22:54it closes everything. It closes one and
22:56just keeps one open. Samsung also allows
22:57you to switch positions of apps. So, you
22:59can drag them with the slider, like I
23:01showed you before, or you can tap in the
23:03middle and switch them over. Again,
23:05options. Options that Apple just don't
23:08like to give out. Let's take the closing
23:09animation. When you want to close your
23:11duo, it does this very pretty, very
23:14fancy animation as it closes. Looks
23:17cool, right? But what if you wanted to
23:18lay your phone down and lock it when you
23:21close it? You have to remember to go
23:23back to lock your phone, or else your
23:25screen will stay on. I have seen some
23:27people find a workaround with the
23:29Shortcuts app. You shouldn't have to go
23:31and create your own shortcut. Apple
23:33should build a setting for you that you
23:35can just press a button and it turns on.
23:37Shouldn't have to go set up a shortcut.
23:39It should be something that exists in
23:40the software, because Apple haven't
23:42accounted for the fact that you might
23:44want the phone to be locked. Well,
23:46Samsung, after 7 years of experience,
23:48have learned that. And not only have
23:50they given you an option to have it be
23:51the way, but there's multiple different
23:53options. If you want to continue an app
23:55on the cover screen, you've got the
23:57option to have that always be turned on.
23:59And when you close it, it goes straight
24:00to where you were on the inside, on the
24:02outside. You've also got an option in
24:03between where if you want to close it
24:05and then continue maybe, you can swipe
24:08up and pick up where you left off. But
24:10if you don't want to, it will lock the
24:12phone. It's a nice middle ground,
24:13because it'll just automatically lock it
24:15for you. Or you've got the option to
24:16never transition, and it will close and
24:19lock automatically. But either way,
24:21whichever option you choose, whenever
24:22you're on the home screen and you close
24:24it, it will lock it, because well,
24:26something else to do. And now that we
24:28have closed it, let's talk about the
24:29software when it's closed. Because
24:31whilst in theory, Apple have built this
24:33bespoke genius idea to create this
24:36software that suits the form factor, in
24:39practice, it's not really practical. And
24:41they also haven't given developers a lot
24:42of wiggle room to actually make it
24:44functional. It's either you use the
24:46right dock appropriately or your app
24:48won't look good. Simple as that. And it
24:50probably won't look good even if it is
24:52used appropriately anyway. Twitter is a
24:53good example of trying to optimize
24:55quickly
24:56but ended up creating a worse customer
24:58experience. That whole thing where the
25:00text gets cut off and then you don't see
25:01it, that's worse. Safari looks terrible
25:05with websites being in that interaction
25:08area and then a sharp cut off before the
25:10dock or the menu items. And even with
25:12always on display, it's off-center. You
25:14see all this extra room on the right
25:16that again is just wasted space. It just
25:19doesn't look good. It's just such an
25:21imbalanced and disproportionate cover
25:23screen experience. Samsung, I believe,
25:26were right to keep it like a normal
25:27smartphone because it's familiar.
25:29You don't have to retrain your brain
25:31when you're coming from a normal slab
25:32phone, you kind of just pick up where
25:34you left off with a couple little extra
25:36things to learn. Apple haven't done it
25:38to try and provide a better experience,
25:41they've just wanted to do it to be
25:42different. And it doesn't really create
25:43a better experience off the back of it.
25:45And of course with the Fold 8, you get
25:47the added benefit of features like Good
25:48Lock which allow you to create extra
25:50apps on that cover screen and take
25:52advantage of the width.
25:53Customization for days. So, this is
25:55where I'm going to leave the comparison
25:56of these two phones at an end. Neither
25:59are perfect. They each have hardware
26:00pitfalls and they both have software
26:02gaps. I truly believe if you want a
26:04well-supported, globally available
26:06foldable right now,
26:07the Fold 8 is hard to look past. Purely
26:09because it has the most options to
26:10customize the folder experience. It's
26:12hardware, whilst not as aesthetically
26:15pretty as the iPhone Duo, is more
26:17practical. And the overall package,
26:19especially for the price, feels like you
26:21get a less frustrating and more cohesive
26:23experience. The Duo supports the Apple
26:25Pencil but not yet, at least in the
26:28final build of software. It's in beta
26:30and I I don't have the beta update, but
26:32I will revisit it once I get it because
26:34I think that's probably going to elevate
26:36it a little bit and give you more
26:37functionality out of it. Hopefully,
26:39Apple, that you take advantage of it. I
26:40know I didn't compare battery life and
26:42performance. Honestly, neither of those
26:44two metrics are going to move the needle
26:46on which one of these you should get if
26:48you're after a folding phone. What will
26:49do it is the practicality and usability
26:52of the software married with the
26:53hardware. If you want to know more about
26:55my iPhone Duo journey and see how it
26:57compares to other Samsung foldables,
26:59like the Fold 8 Ultra, make sure you hit
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27:25in the next one. You.

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