The Galaxy Z Fold4 from Samsung, the company’s newest large foldable, withstood JerryRigEverything’s “durability test” at the end of last month, albeit it wasn’t quite in perfect condition.
Now it’s the turn of its younger brother, the Galaxy Z Flip4, to go through the same arduous evaluations. Let’s see if it turns out that the smaller gadget is more brittle or not.
The Flip4’s outer screen is covered by glass as you’d expect, which means it scratches at level 6 on the Mohs hardness scale, with deeper grooves showing up at level 7. In contrast, the inner display – or rather, the screen protector on top of it – scratches at level 2, with deeper grooves at level 3. This means fingernails could in fact damage that surface.
The sides of the phone are made from aluminum, while the buttons are metal, as is the SIM card tray. Like with the Fold4, we also see the phone subjected to a lot of dirt, testing the hinge – and it all goes well. The inner screen’s protector melts when subjected to an open flame – since it is plastic after all.
Finally, the Flip4 bends backwards a lot, and not without strange popping noises coming out of it, but remains functional without any issue. However, after being subjected to all that abuse, it doesn’t fully close anymore. The purpose of this test was to figure out how durable a foldable device is these days, and hopefully if you were wondering about that it provides a useful answer.
Don’t miss our in-depth review of the Galaxy Z Flip4 if you want to learn more about it.