Episode 54 - Samsung’s Foldable Unpacked Event 2023

Let’s just get it out of the way… I tend to change phones… shall we say… about as often as most people get their hair cut…

So when I get to say my SIM card that is all but exclusively held for my “phone of the month” problem has been attached to the Samsung Galaxy Flip 4 that I literally purchased on this show last year… well honestly it might be a record!

The phone isn’t slow but it isn’t necessarily “fast” either… the build quality has every short coming that a modern foldable phone has and then some… and even when unfolded it’s still noticeably smaller than the iPhone that rides shotgun in my other pocket. 

So, why then, has this phone stood my version of a “test of time” where countless others have gotten their 30-or-so days of trial by combat followed by relegation to the dreaded desk drawer of waiting until something else comes along that it can be traded-in towards… 

The best answer I can come up with… and stay with me here… is that the Flip is actually different… it’s actually novel… dare I say every so often it’s… FUN!

If you haven’t pieced it together yet (or read the episode title) I am, in the usual round-about way, building up to Samsung’s foldable Unpacked event for 2023… No the Flip 5 wasn’t the only announcement, in fact there were several and each had their own unique way of standing out in sometimes-subtle but always meaningful ways… 

We’re going to do our best to hit them all, give a Birds Eye view of what’s coming in a couple short weeks when these devices hit store shelves, and set the stage for what MIGHT just be one heck-of-a “What’s in the box” episode to come…