Is Samsung Galaxy Z Flip's 'Ultra Thin Glass' really glass?

Last updated: Feb 17th, 2020 at 07:59 UTC+01:00

Samsung unveiled its 2nd foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Flip, last week with new-gained confidence and promises of of import breakthroughs in fabric sciences. It claimed that its new phone features the Ultra Thin Drinking glass (UTG), a flexible protective drinking glass layer to relieve the foldable screen from scratches. Now, those claims have been put to the examination, and the results aren't looking pretty.

YouTuber Zack Nelson, also known every bit JerryRigEverything, has published a video that shows him testing the durability of the Galaxy Z Flip's screen and body. Every bit usual, he starts the screen durability exam by scratching it using diverse Mohs hardness picks.

Most modern smartphones that use Gorilla Drinking glass or other screen protection solutions get-go showing permanent scratches at level 6, which then deepen at level 7. The Galaxy Z Flip, nevertheless, starts showing permanent damage at level 2, with deeper grooves beginning to appear at level 3. This puts the Ultra Thin Drinking glass at the same immovability level as the plastic protection on the Milky way Fold and Motorola's new RAZR.

Towards the cease of the video, the YouTuber pokes holes into the Galaxy Z Flip's screen, causing the pixels to become crazy and stop working. The Ultra Sparse Glass doesn't show any sign of fracture, though, and there aren't any irregular bumps and lumps that nosotros've seen on other foldable smartphones.

Nelson thinks that Samsung could be using a hybrid plastic polymer with microscopic bits of glass mixed in it so that it tin annunciate the protective layer as drinking glass. The YouTuber concludes the video saying that "the screen is in now mode scratch-resistant."

In response to the video and a related story on The Verge, the South Korean smartphone giant sent an official statement to the publication:

"Galaxy Z Flip features an Infinity Flex Display with Samsung'due south Ultra Thin Drinking glass (UTG) to evangelize a sleek, premium await and offering an immersive viewing experience. Samsung's beginning-of-its-kind UTG technology is different from other Galaxy flagship devices. While the brandish does bend, it should exist handled with care. Also, Galaxy Z Flip has a protective layer on top of the UTG like to Galaxy Fold."

As per Samsung's statement, there's a plastic protective layer on elevation of the company's proprietary glass technology. Does this hateful the scratches that we see in the video are just affecting the outer layer? Is the Ultra Thin Glass really drinking glass? Was it all marketing hype and no truth?

Received my Samsung Galaxy Z Flip just at present. Opened the box. Removed the protective/didactics flick. Flipped the phone as yous would do since information technology'south a flip phone and this happened. I heard the crack as well. 😰 cold weather condition?#SamsungGalaxy #ZFlip #samsung pic.twitter.com/j8KLL2vm8d

— Amir (@mondoir) February 14, 2020

At that place are a few images and videos on Twitter that put the Milky way Z Flip'due south durability into question. A buyer in the UK flipped open up his brand new telephone for the first fourth dimension and heard it fissure along the hinge. He claims that Samsung replaced his phone with a new unit of measurement within 24 hours. Some other YouTuber, Quinn Nelson, too seems to have a faulty Galaxy Z Flip whose screen started squeaking inside a 24-hour interval of being used.

uh oh guys movie.twitter.com/RFiKFgFxts

— Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyQ) February xvi, 2020

Samsung says that it will offering a erstwhile screen replacement option (for $119) to all Milky way Z Flip users. Buyers in the US tin also go the specially-designed screen protector applied for free for one fourth dimension via select UBIF (U Break I Set) shops, Samsung-branded locations, or sending the phone to Samsung Premier Service via mail.

The company'south marketing makes it seem similar the Ultra Thin Drinking glass is as hard as glass panels on other phones. No one expects a difficult folding glass, at to the lowest degree correct at present, just Samsung should exist clearer in making people understand that they need to be more careful with the phone.

Would yous buy the $1,380 Galaxy Z Flip even later on watching this video? Let us know your thoughts.

Update: A separate teardown video past YouTube channel PBKreviews has revealed that the Galaxy Z Flip brandishismade of glass, but the glass is covered by a plastic layer. In short, Samsung's claims that the Z Flip has a glass folding display are accurate, though naturally the glass is of a very brittle nature. You tin bank check out the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/sentinel?time_continue=eight&five=201CCXTNyeY&feature=emb_title

Source: https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-z-flip-ultra-thin-glass-fails-durability-test-scratched-easily/

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