In Youtuber’s hand-folding test (live stream), the Razr Plus broke after 126,364 folds (hinge gave up after ~44k folds) while the Z Flip survived 273,316 folds (but lost ability to stay fully open after 223,000 folds) and is still going right now in the live stream.

gif on the hand-folding test

EDIT: the Z Flip is now at 275,203 277,350 298,500 300k folds!

  • NightOwl@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    That is pretty intersting. If I had a fold I wonder how many times I’d open it daily. I would definitely flip it open and closed repeatedly throughout the day just to pass the time even when not intending to look at the screen.

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    1 year ago

    They all look so incredibly bored to be there…

    Surely there’s a machine that can do this testing lol

    • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      His point in another video is that the machine is “too gentle” on the phone, ie it applies the pressure evenly on it, whereas that’s not the case when we fold phones in real life. For instance, the Razr Plus was claimed by Motorola to withstand 400k folds, yet real-world testing shows that they give up after 44k cycles.

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    1 year ago

    If you want your phone to last 5 years, at 223,000 folds (for full functionality including the hinge), that gives the ZFlip ~122 cycles per day, every day.

    At 44,000 folds, the razr gives you ~24 cycles per day.

    If you don’t care about the hinge then that same 5 years gives you:

    Z Flip: ~150/day (and counting)

    Razr: ~69/day

  • fne8w2ah@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Five generations of continuous improvement is all I can say regarding Samsung vs Google/Moto/OnePlus foldables.