Daily Authority: Flip 3 review 👍

My colleague Eric Zeman finished his review of the Samsung Galaxy Flip 3, another 4,000-word breakdown aimed at understanding the question: it’s the first foldable device from Samsung, the price of which is the same as competing flagships, but it is Worth your money?

• Fast, is the short answer.

Eric writes, breaking it down further:

• The Flip 3 may not be quite on par with other competing $ 1,000 flagships in terms of performance, but it does meet many criteria.
• Thanks to the new glass, aluminum, display cover and IPX8 rating, it’s a tougher smartphone while the processor is fast, 5G connectivity helps when you get it, and you can do a lot more with the cover screen on the outside do.
• Thanks to the internal display, you can use the phone properly outdoors for the first time with the Flip series.
• On the flip side, the battery life is, although it will last a lot longer if you check notifications or the time or whatever without opening the main display of the device.
• The camera does a good job – focus, white balance, and exposure are on point – but it can be a little noisy while dark or near-dark snapshots have been mixed in quality and there’s no real zoom.
• But: The foldable form factor makes the difference thanks to its still young experience.

Here is Eric’s last word:

• “There is no question that the Z Flip 3 is a pleasant smartphone. It’s new compared to the boring records on the market today – and new is a long way off sometimes. If you’re looking to improve the daily use of your phone, you can do a lot worse than the Z Flip 3. It’s not a perfect phone and certainly has its share of flaws, but some things are worth paying attention to – and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 is one of them. “
• What something is reflected by the demand.
• Samsung has told buyers that their new foldables and watches will be arriving very late: Samsung’s explanatory email cites higher than expected demand.
• Or is it the chip scarcity that Samsung can spin as demand that exceeds the limited supply?

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Do you remember that tube of Colgate toothpaste around 5pm Wednesdays that didn’t stick?

Well, I can report that LiquiGlide, which makes this very cool, slightly weird superhydrophobic non-stick coating that is recyclable, is jumping into other bathroom stuff: creams, lotions, gels, and conditioners – anything that sticks to the package more than it should.

Look, a fresh gif that shows how it doesn’t even stick to the nozzle part:

• LiquiGlide, a modest request: I would also like that for frying pans, baking trays, sun cream bottles, uh, everywhere in the house where my dog ​​pukes, my whole body when it rains heavily….
• Of course, smartphone inner parts also for this good water resistance.

Bonus: A strange new YouTube hobby is building miniature hydropower plants.

Thank you very much,

Tristan Rayner, Managing Editor