vivo X Fold3 is the lightest book-style foldable yet, Fold3 Pro adds SD 8 Gen 3 and 5,700mAh battery

26 March 2024
There are two models this time around. Both use the same screens, but the Pro has the better chipset, cameras and battery.

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GAMIR3DH, 28 Mar 2024My friends and i must be lucky, our devices (3 flips and 1 ... moreIve still got a Z Fold 3 from new. Must be nearly 3 years old.
Screen on time of about 7 hours a day (not on one charge though)
It's still immaculate

    DarlingYext, 28 Mar 2024Hey, I just got a text from my friend that his brand new se... moreMy friends and i must be lucky, our devices (3 flips and 1 fold) are working fine to this day.
    Only saw one Z Fold 3 not fully opening, thats it.

      GAMIR3DH, 26 Mar 2024Explain in what way? I seen people with flips still workin... moreHey, I just got a text from my friend that his brand new sealed Flip 4 already doesn't open completely after a week of usage.., so yeah these are the cases why I said what I said.

        DarlingYext, 27 Mar 2024As a daily user of Origin OS, I can tell you it is very usa... moreThat's honestly nice to hear. Looking at the Fold2 review, the UI does look much nicer compared to MIUI.

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          • 28 Mar 2024

          Vivo is on a roll prepping the launch campaign on this unusual but highly anticipated foldable. Whilst Samsung is stuck for not putting expandable storage, headphone jack and pen slot for the next Z lineup.

            AnonD-1147675, 27 Mar 2024My Zenfone 9's side-mounted fingerprint scanner is und... more"Besides, side mounted is better than under-display because you can unlock the phone while waking it up, and even while still getting it out of the pocket."

            Eh, it's a matter of preference if anything, I have phones with side mounted fingerprint scanners as well, and they are really fast and accurate, but I just don't find them comfortable, to me it's easier to unlock with an in-display scanner, especially because I have always on display on, so the moment I touch my phone where the fingerprint scanner is, it's just there ready to scan instantly and I'm in. The best thing is, ultrasonic works even with dirty and wet fingers, where other scanners struggle. Altough as weird as that sounds, the one in my Moto G84, which is optical, also unlocks with wet and dirty fingers, none of my other phones that have optical scanners can do it.

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              DarlingYext, 27 Mar 2024"Why does the vanilla get the superior side-mounted sc... moreMy Zenfone 9's side-mounted fingerprint scanner is undoubtedly the fastest one can get, because I don't have to wait even a tenth of a second - I graze it for an instant and it unlocks. I have to wait 0.00 seconds for it to read. If Vivo's under-display scanner is this fast, I am impressed.

              Besides, side mounted is better than under-display because you can unlock the phone while waking it up, and even while still getting it out of the pocket.

                Tmn, 27 Mar 2024Is it stable? Do you find any bugs in Origin os?It's stable yes, but no software is bug free, and I've seen some strange things, but they are fixing them with software updates. For example right after updating to Android 14, my phone would sometimes freeze on the lock screen and I had to lock it and unlock it again, it didn't need a restart or anything, just that was enough. About 3 days after the Android 14 update, vivo gave my phone another software update which fixed the issue. Then there is the occasional bug where Android System WebView doesn't want to update, but everything else does, but a restart fixes that, plus I don't find that app too important. That's about it though.

                  …this is it! The Vivo X Fold 3 Pro will be my first step into foldable phones! Its has all of the specs and the best camera and camera software for a foldable while being thinner and lighter than the iPh…(*kicks out due to not being relevant to the conversation*)

                  Samsung, this is how you make a flagship foldable! You got way too comfortable and that software advantage is wearing off.

                    PepperPot, 27 Mar 2024Being better than prior generations certainly means somethi... more"..but if you're expecting a zero error rate, that's never going to happen. "

                    Oh I'm not expecting that, but it's far from zero, it's actually really common. Yes being better means something, but not a lot when they've started so bad.

                      DarlingYext, 27 Mar 2024The thing is, while I agree the Z Fold5 has better durabili... moreBeing better than prior generations certainly means something because it shows Samsung is getting to the root of the problem and they are addressing it. Their lab tests cannot mimic everything people do to their devices in the field.

                      I'm not convincing you or anyone to buy a fold. It's not my money, but if you're expecting a zero error rate, that's never going to happen. That's an expectation normal slab phones haven't even accomplished.

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                        DarlingYext, 27 Mar 2024As a daily user of Origin OS, I can tell you it is very usa... moreIs it stable?
                        Do you find any bugs in Origin os?

                          NeonHD, 26 Mar 2024This is a very nice foldable indeed. I would love to own on... moreAs a daily user of Origin OS, I can tell you it is very usable, I actually prefer it over any other Android skin. It doesn't look, or feel similar to anything, including MIUI (Hyper OS), Color OS, and even iOS.

                          Anything and everything is customisable, and it's full of great features, though my favourite is the fingerprint scanner, I can change the look of it, the animation, and even the size, plus because it's so big, it can be used for two-finger verification. Feel free to ask me about Origin OS, if you are curious about something in particular.

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                            • 27 Mar 2024

                            Unfortunately I have to stay with Samsung because of their big trade-in value. Hopefully the fold 6 will catch-up with these chinese foldables. Samsung is very slow in adopting new techs

                              Anonymous, 27 Mar 2024The thing is though, why is Samsung still in the 2nd place ... moreBrand recognition, everyone knows Samsung, but most people don't know any of the BBK brands, maybe they know their name, but not much else, and they don't trust them, plus high-end BBK phones aren't really available outside of China, and most people are scared to import, because of how the warranty would work, whereas with Samsung you can just walk into one of their stores anywhere and everywhere and get your phone fixed.* This is exactly why Samsung isn't even trying anymore, they don't have to, anything and everything they put out will sell well, even if their phones have a lot of negative opinion about them on forums (For example the A54), and even if the competition is clearly superior. The other reason is their software support, even though it's clearly not needed to be so long for most people, very rarely do people keep their phones for more than 3 years, and there are already people saying they will switch from their A54 to the new A55.

                              *To which my opinion is that if they provide so many opportunities to get their phones fixed, they must need to be fixed often. In my experience, I never had to repair any of my chinese phones, imported, or not.

                                Anonymous, 27 Mar 2024The thing is though, why is Samsung still in the 2nd place ... moreA) Marketing budget. Samsung is king in this dept.
                                B) New market penetration for BBK brands where they also face:
                                C) China bias of the west and patent issues also caused a hiccup.
                                D) What the US did to other Chinese company, Huawei. Causing potential new adopters to ask themselves "Is it worth the risk buying a Chinese smartphone if it suddenly gets banned and no more OS updates and support?"

                                Funny enough, this is possibly why OnePlus did so well in Europe and US. The name didn't indicate a very Chinese entity.
                                One cannot escape the fact that non-Chinese named products does so much better.
                                Just look at Roborock domination in Europe's robot vacuum space, despite it's origin.

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                                  Darth Caesium, 26 Mar 2024Well, you could say that they need to take Note... but they... moreThe thing is though, why is Samsung still in the 2nd place despite all this new competition? Im not defending them of course, but if this new competition were crushing them, they would be as dead as HTC right now. Why does other BBK brands need to do so much to receive little recognition, but samsung does so little and hit headline news all the time?

                                    And the Samsung will weights over 250 grams and will not come even witzh 5100 mAh cell.

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                                      • 27 Mar 2024

                                      Let's see if this will make it out of China. If any phone brand is going to be successful, they must win over the global market.

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                                        • 27 Mar 2024

                                        lol, 27 Mar 2024I think if u lived in a well, its time u come up and take a... moreWhat about Oppo? The Oppo subreddit is also full of such broken foldable posts. Anyways, this phone was just announced we'll see if it holds up.

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