The affordable foldable gets a bit better.
Even though it’s not much different from last year, and there’s still room for improvement, I genuinely like this phone a lot — but not for the reasons I thought I would. I really like taking pictures with it, even though the cameras are just kinda average. It’s also less attention-hungry than most smartphones. It’s much easier to read a notification on the tiny cover screen, dismiss it, and move on with my life than with a traditional slab-style phone.
Like the Flip 3, the Flip 4 is IPX8-rated, so you can submerge it in freshwater, but it isn’t sealed against dust. That’s because it really can’t be, what with the hinge and all. There are little brushes inside to try and keep dust from getting sucked in and ruining the screen, but Samsung makes no guarantees.The main display is another potential weak point — it’s made of ultra-thin glass that’s more vulnerable to scratches and damage than the typical phone screen.
But the cover screen can do a little more than it could last year. The Flip 4 lets you send quick responses to texts, which is nice. You can dictate a text — which was the case with the Flip 3 — but if you’d rather not talk to your phone, you can pick from a list of common phrases like “On my way” and the subtly passive-aggressive “Great.” They’re not context-sensitive, like suggested quick replies in the full Messages app or Gmail, and the list is a little long.
A lot of the time I spend looking at my phone feels like it wasn’t by choice. I resent that it steals away chunks of my attention, 10 or 20 minutes at a time, when all I wanted to do was make sure my alarm was set or check the forecast for the next few hours. The Flip 4 lets me do these little chores without actually opening the phone, and I appreciate that.
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