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IrelandLinus Sebastian revisits Samsung's Folds, from hinge gaps to creases
His Samsung-sponsored retrospective follows the phones he has used for years, while viewers point out features missing from the discussion.
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Every Samsung Fold Compared
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- 0:44The original Fold paired a narrow cover screen with a large inner camera notch.
- 1:58Fold2 enlarged the outer screen and introduced a hinge that could hold different opening angles.
- 3:30Fold3 added IPX8 water resistance, S Pen support and an under-display selfie camera.
- 5:01Fold5 closed flat, eliminating the gap beside the hinge.
- 6:49Linus shows his daily-driver Fold7, emphasizing its thinner build and the loss of the under-display camera.
- 8:36Fold8 and Fold8 Ultra bring the comparison to squarer inner screens, anti-glare treatment and a reduced crease.
The original Galaxy Fold's narrow outer screen and conspicuous inner camera notch look a long way from the phone Linus Sebastian carries today. But even with those early compromises, the appeal stuck. "Once I went Fold, for me, there was just no going back," he says.
"Every Samsung Fold Compared" has drawn about 707,000 views in its first 21 hours. Samsung Canada sponsored the video and supplied the generations of devices used in the comparison.
Rather than concentrating only on the newest handset, Linus walks through the changes that made a folding phone easier to live with. The Fold2 brought a larger outside screen and a hinge that could hold different angles. The Fold3 added water resistance, S Pen support and an under-display selfie camera. By the Fold5, the two halves finally closed flat, without the gap beside the hinge.
His own daily driver is the Fold7. For Linus, its thinner, lighter build made using it closed feel much more like using an ordinary phone, although the under-display camera had disappeared. That trade-off gives the retrospective something more specific than a procession of better specifications: getting slimmer doesn't necessarily mean keeping every feature.
The Fold8 and Fold8 Ultra arrive near the end, with Linus highlighting the inner screen's squarer proportions, anti-glare treatment and less noticeable crease.
Viewers are filling in omissions, too. Several ask why the comparison doesn't address the loss of S Pen support on later models, while others question the absence of Samsung's tri-fold. One longtime Fold3 owner offers a different perspective on the upgrade timeline: they're still using theirs after a battery replacement.
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Which Fold does Linus identify as the first to close flat without a hinge gap?
Linus identifies the Fold5 as the generation that eliminated the gap when folded shut.