Why Galaxy Z Fold4 is the best all-in-one portable device money can buy

Give it three-odd years and folding phones will become ubiquitous — seen as much during commutes as you will find them in cafes and even workplaces. I have been using the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 for a few days, working on the review, which will take a few more days, but here are a few quick thoughts on the importance of the category and how Samsung is leading the way.

Samsung has made a clever move by working with the best in the industry — primarily Google and Microsoft. Google is, of course, behind Android, which powers the new Fold but one also has to remember that at the moment Google doesn’t have a folding phone of its own while Samsung has just delivered its fourth in the series. The South Korean company has an upper-hand because of the way it’s showing how multitasking can be achieved with a little help from Google.

When it comes to Microsoft, there is the ever-popular Office 365 suite, which finds excellent integration on the Fold. Be it Word, Powerpoint or Excel, never has it been easier to work on these applications with the screen unfolded. I can finally see a full Excel sheet on a phone.