The Samsung Galaxy ZenFold 2 Portable Monitor Review

The Samsung Galaxy ZenFold 2 Portable Monitor is a premium portable monitor that offers a range of features and benefits for users on-the-go. With its QLED 15.6-inch display, this monitor is designed to provide excellent color accuracy, brightness, and HDR support.

One of the standout features of the Galaxy ZenFold 2 is its color gamut coverage. The monitor boasts 100% Adobe RGB coverage and 96% DCI-P3 coverage, making it ideal for graphic designers, photographers, and videographers who need accurate colors for their work. Additionally, the monitor supports HDR (High Dynamic Range), which provides a wider range of colors and contrast levels, resulting in more vivid and lifelike images.

The Galaxy ZenFold 2 also features a QLED display with fully laminated glass over the top. This means that the monitor is less reflective and has better black levels than IPS displays, making it ideal for use in bright environments or when viewing dark content. However, the lack of an IPS display does mean that the monitor exhibits some typical IPS problems, such as light leakage around the edges.

In terms of brightness, the Galaxy ZenFold 2 is capable of producing extremely high levels of brightness, with a maximum output of 760 nits. This makes it one of the brightest monitors available on the market, making it ideal for use in sunny environments or when viewing content outdoors. However, this also means that the minimum brightness setting may be too low for some users.

Another feature of the Galaxy ZenFold 2 is its HDR support. The monitor supports both HDR10 and HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma) formats, which provides a wider range of colors and contrast levels than standard dynamic metadata. This makes the monitor ideal for watching movies or playing games on the go.

The Galaxy ZenFold 2 also features freeSync technology, which eliminates screen tearing and provides smoother motion. This is particularly beneficial for gamers who need fast and responsive gameplay. Additionally, the monitor supports USB-C with Power Delivery (PD), which allows users to charge their device and transmit data at the same time.

In terms of ports, the Galaxy ZenFold 2 features two USB-A ports, one USB-C port with PD support, an HDMI port, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The monitor also has a built-in speaker system with two downward-facing speakers that provide decent sound quality for watching videos or listening to music.

One of the notable features of the Galaxy ZenFold 2 is its portability. Weighing just over a kilo, the monitor is surprisingly light and easy to carry around. It also folds up easily into a compact sleeve, making it ideal for travel or carrying in a backpack. The monitor also comes with a built-in kickstand that allows users to prop it up at an angle.

In terms of build quality, the Galaxy ZenFold 2 feels premium and well-made. The monitor's aluminum alloy frame is sturdy and durable, and the glass screen is resistant to scratches and damage. However, some users may notice that the magnet on the back of the monitor can come loose over time.

Despite its many benefits, there are a few drawbacks to the Galaxy ZenFold 2. One of the most notable issues is the touch response on Windows devices. While the monitor responds well to gestures and taps on Android devices, it can be a bit finicky on Windows devices. Additionally, the minimum brightness setting may be too low for some users.

Another issue with the Galaxy ZenFold 2 is its ghosting problem. When displaying fast-moving content, such as video games or sports, the monitor can exhibit some ghosting effects, where parts of the screen appear to be out of sync. However, this effect is typically minimal and not noticeable in most applications.

Overall, the Samsung Galaxy ZenFold 2 Portable Monitor is an excellent choice for users who need a premium portable monitor with excellent color accuracy, brightness, and HDR support. While it has some minor drawbacks, its benefits far outweigh its limitations.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enportable monitors so i have covered and reviewed a few in the channel over the years and they've all been ips ones or even some of them lcd's touch screens so i've got a much better huge step up from those ones here with a q led screen this is 15.6 inches a 1080p screen that does have a fully laminated touch digitizer glass over the top of it and this one of course supporting touch means it's a little bit more versatile than the other ones that don't it's a very bright screen so this is from a company called interhill they sent this out to me to review and so far this is the best portable monitor yet that i've tested in the channel first i'll show you the accessories that they do include with the screens that's the screen it has the stand and the cover on it already a screen protector so you could apply that if you wanted to do so some wipes there just for cleaning the screen before you apply that of course a type-c to type-c cable type c to type a usb cable and then micro hdmi to hdmi and a user manual which is just pointing out the controls there how to power it and the on-screen menu and whatnot quick check on the weight of it doesn't seem that light but it's one point well almost 1.18 kilos there so the back of the screen has an alloy finish to it they've got this metal on the outside now the other portable monitors i've reviewed in the channel have been just 100 plastic so this probably adds to a little bit of weight but it does give it more of a quality feel now magnets are holding the case slash stand onto it so this is just magnetically on there and you see the whole back also made out of this brushed alloy style which doesn't actually look too bad the build quality not bad at all with this screen so strong magnets that keeps that there in place flip it over to the other side and you can see the kickstand there so this you just of course open up and you fold that right back like so you could have it laying down or then you can stand it up like that so we have a headphone here headphone jack which is great to have this on the type c monitor so it does have built-in speakers which are down the bottom they're not particularly good i'll give you a sample of them later on so the on-screen controls i'll go through the menu of that shortly in this video so a status led power on button also reset and then the on-screen button you push that in and up and down then to select different things so that is on the left hand side on the right hand side we've got our inputs right here so many hdmis you have to swap over the source if you wanted to use that we have our type c in and then type c to power it so that's going to power it and then just the type c with the delivering the data there and signal looking now that on screen display so tapping the button on the side this brings it up so we have these presets here which are just color and contrast tweaks and white balance i prefer to keep it on standard now i don't find the touch response on the screen very good with the on-screen controls here i find i have to tap it again but when i'm using windows and tapping on the screen that seems to be perfect it's not an issue there it just seems to be the on-screen controls so here we have our hdr modes there input sources so you can change that from type c to hdmi uh freesync mode and the hdr is off at the moment you can put that onto auto on contrast and this is our brightness so the brightness at the moment is set to just the minimum which is far too bright for me that's 230 nits now right up at 100 that's a super impressive 760 nits of brightness that this does have and then our volume can be adjusted there there's also one other setting which is the language for the on-screen displays so it's easy enough to use it's just the touch response for this control i do find to sometimes be a little bit laggy so the screen is fully laminated that means there's no noticeable gap between the glass digitizer panel on the outside and then that qled below real world images here do look very very good on the screen so just tapping that's my cat vera and the late ruffa unfortunately i don't have him anymore and here you can see some scenery so very good here the touch response again is okay the touch accuracy that's where it's a little bit better accuracy i do find to be good now have noticed that if you move an image around you will sometimes see a little bit of ghosting so i do not recommend really this panel for gamers and most gamers wouldn't want 60 hertz anyway this is more i feel for office work is using as a secondary monitor but a very nice high quality screen that this does have in it so you can see there that that took me quite a few attempts to get that accuracy then with the touch just to minimize things i do find well you have to double tap there too so if you use a mouse you won't run into that problem and i'll just bring it up and show you again that the touch it can just sometimes be a little bit funny i do find with this but let's have a look at some stats now i'm going to measure the screen with my spyder pro so this calibration is i'm calibrated out of the box i found it had a bit of a bluish tint to the white so that is the calibrated view now that is uncalibrated you can probably not really see that i'll notice that as i switch over let's have a look at the color coverage here so 100 of srgb that is excellent ntsc is 88 adobe rgb is 90 really good there and p3 is 96 so excellent color gamut the coverage on this this is going to be a great screen i think for professional use now looking at the screen just for media use so for 16 by nine videos like here one of my own reviews it does look great so if you've only got say a 13 inch screen like the macbook x pro that i have you want something a little bit larger for media consumption like watching movies or youtube videos then it is ideal for that now of course this is not just for pc users people using this as a secondary display with your laptop but you can use things like a mobile phone that does support samsung dex for example this is my z fold two here that i have and i've just plugged it in looking at a video clip here in youtube it looks great now i do find touch response with this is a lot better for some reason so possibly it's a driver thing is why i'm having a few little difficulties i just find that i have to retouch everything with windows so i believe maybe it's a bit of a driver thing there so you can see scrolling performance here very good that is really quite smooth i'll just swipe up and bring up the home there so that is samsung's dex dx and it looks great and runs really well on this with the screen the touch performance and just looks amazing on this 15.6 inch screen and you only need the single cable too i don't need to plug in additional power at least with my zed fold too now i'll give you a sample of the loudspeakers in this so there's two little downwards firing down speakers they're okay if that's all you have remember you can plug in a headset to this 3.5 millimeter that is supported and it is on this side right there so i've set the volume to 100 now you've noticed that i've plugged in power to this the reason is that if i push the loud volume or higher brightnesses the samsung galaxy zenfold 2 that i have here won't be able to deliver sufficient power so the screen will cut out and restart the desktop mode so that's why i've done that which it hasn't done there it's just decided oh it has actually done that so you might run into this with the lower volume and higher screen brightnesses this could happen it may reset but here's a sample now with the speakers at 100 volume okay so a few other things to point out with this screen what about the blacks because it's not an ips screen it doesn't exhibit those typical ips problems with the light leakage all around the outside you don't see any of that when you power it on you look at a black image it looks excellent very very good you're not going to see all that white or lighter gray areas all around the outside viewing angles are excellent with this there is a bit of a ghosting problem with this i wouldn't call it more of a problem but you do notice it a little bit that it's not going to be the response there the refreshing of the screen as good as other ones there 60 hertz panel is expected for this type of screen i mean running 120 hertz would be a huge drain on batteries of other devices and one thing to point out too another thing is that if you run something like say a mobile phone with the desktop mode on here it will power it depending on your device if it outputs sufficient enough power that is for it as soon as i go to increase the brightness too much with samsung dex here their desktop mode it will then reboot itself the screen will just power off it'll power off because it just cannot power it at all that's even happened with the matebook pro x that i have so this is a very nice premium huawei portable it'll power the screen no problems with just the single cable however if i want to push the really really high brightnesses that 760 nits which is crazy bright then i do need an additional power supply for that need to plug it in if you try and push the speakers up to 100 depending on again the power use it might cut out there so the minimum brightness right now i've had trouble recording the screen that's why everything looks a little bit dim in the background because it's been so bright i think 230 nits is simply just way too bright for a minimum brightness it should be like 30 or 20 minutes only and then give us the 760 for maximum there so yes glossy panel with the fully lamin laminated glass over the top of it means it is really really reflective so you can probably see if i angle it like this it'll reflect my bright studio lights everything okay so that's one thing to point out if you're going to use it in the sunshine outside no it's just going to be simply too reflective there well this so i do like the build quality of it the weight is decent just over a kilo that's fine and it's very thin and portable of course so here it is with the kickstand that's about the best angle well a little bit more i can get back here and then the magnet might come off okay if i push it too far down so to sit there you can press against it it's not going to collapse on you and to simply travel with it you fold it up like this and we've got decent protection here on the screen and the back of it but this part is exposed and that's brushed alloy on the outside there so if you put it up against the laptop it will scratch your laptop so be very careful with that you want to put it up against only this layer or possibly put it in another compartment or another sleeve there of course opening it up is again easy you simply fold it right down so it is without a doubt the best portable monitor that i've reviewed here in the channel simply because of the brightness the fact that it's a q-lid screen it has brilliant color gamut coverage there really good 90 adobe coverage srgb hundred percent and 96 p3 as well hdr support free sync support really good there it's just the touch response a little bit troublesome at times more with windows i find with android it's not too bad then that minimum brightness and a little bit of ghosting are the cons with this one so thank you so much for watching this review here of the qled 15.6 inch portable monitor hereportable monitors so i have covered and reviewed a few in the channel over the years and they've all been ips ones or even some of them lcd's touch screens so i've got a much better huge step up from those ones here with a q led screen this is 15.6 inches a 1080p screen that does have a fully laminated touch digitizer glass over the top of it and this one of course supporting touch means it's a little bit more versatile than the other ones that don't it's a very bright screen so this is from a company called interhill they sent this out to me to review and so far this is the best portable monitor yet that i've tested in the channel first i'll show you the accessories that they do include with the screens that's the screen it has the stand and the cover on it already a screen protector so you could apply that if you wanted to do so some wipes there just for cleaning the screen before you apply that of course a type-c to type-c cable type c to type a usb cable and then micro hdmi to hdmi and a user manual which is just pointing out the controls there how to power it and the on-screen menu and whatnot quick check on the weight of it doesn't seem that light but it's one point well almost 1.18 kilos there so the back of the screen has an alloy finish to it they've got this metal on the outside now the other portable monitors i've reviewed in the channel have been just 100 plastic so this probably adds to a little bit of weight but it does give it more of a quality feel now magnets are holding the case slash stand onto it so this is just magnetically on there and you see the whole back also made out of this brushed alloy style which doesn't actually look too bad the build quality not bad at all with this screen so strong magnets that keeps that there in place flip it over to the other side and you can see the kickstand there so this you just of course open up and you fold that right back like so you could have it laying down or then you can stand it up like that so we have a headphone here headphone jack which is great to have this on the type c monitor so it does have built-in speakers which are down the bottom they're not particularly good i'll give you a sample of them later on so the on-screen controls i'll go through the menu of that shortly in this video so a status led power on button also reset and then the on-screen button you push that in and up and down then to select different things so that is on the left hand side on the right hand side we've got our inputs right here so many hdmis you have to swap over the source if you wanted to use that we have our type c in and then type c to power it so that's going to power it and then just the type c with the delivering the data there and signal looking now that on screen display so tapping the button on the side this brings it up so we have these presets here which are just color and contrast tweaks and white balance i prefer to keep it on standard now i don't find the touch response on the screen very good with the on-screen controls here i find i have to tap it again but when i'm using windows and tapping on the screen that seems to be perfect it's not an issue there it just seems to be the on-screen controls so here we have our hdr modes there input sources so you can change that from type c to hdmi uh freesync mode and the hdr is off at the moment you can put that onto auto on contrast and this is our brightness so the brightness at the moment is set to just the minimum which is far too bright for me that's 230 nits now right up at 100 that's a super impressive 760 nits of brightness that this does have and then our volume can be adjusted there there's also one other setting which is the language for the on-screen displays so it's easy enough to use it's just the touch response for this control i do find to sometimes be a little bit laggy so the screen is fully laminated that means there's no noticeable gap between the glass digitizer panel on the outside and then that qled below real world images here do look very very good on the screen so just tapping that's my cat vera and the late ruffa unfortunately i don't have him anymore and here you can see some scenery so very good here the touch response again is okay the touch accuracy that's where it's a little bit better accuracy i do find to be good now have noticed that if you move an image around you will sometimes see a little bit of ghosting so i do not recommend really this panel for gamers and most gamers wouldn't want 60 hertz anyway this is more i feel for office work is using as a secondary monitor but a very nice high quality screen that this does have in it so you can see there that that took me quite a few attempts to get that accuracy then with the touch just to minimize things i do find well you have to double tap there too so if you use a mouse you won't run into that problem and i'll just bring it up and show you again that the touch it can just sometimes be a little bit funny i do find with this but let's have a look at some stats now i'm going to measure the screen with my spyder pro so this calibration is i'm calibrated out of the box i found it had a bit of a bluish tint to the white so that is the calibrated view now that is uncalibrated you can probably not really see that i'll notice that as i switch over let's have a look at the color coverage here so 100 of srgb that is excellent ntsc is 88 adobe rgb is 90 really good there and p3 is 96 so excellent color gamut the coverage on this this is going to be a great screen i think for professional use now looking at the screen just for media use so for 16 by nine videos like here one of my own reviews it does look great so if you've only got say a 13 inch screen like the macbook x pro that i have you want something a little bit larger for media consumption like watching movies or youtube videos then it is ideal for that now of course this is not just for pc users people using this as a secondary display with your laptop but you can use things like a mobile phone that does support samsung dex for example this is my z fold two here that i have and i've just plugged it in looking at a video clip here in youtube it looks great now i do find touch response with this is a lot better for some reason so possibly it's a driver thing is why i'm having a few little difficulties i just find that i have to retouch everything with windows so i believe maybe it's a bit of a driver thing there so you can see scrolling performance here very good that is really quite smooth i'll just swipe up and bring up the home there so that is samsung's dex dx and it looks great and runs really well on this with the screen the touch performance and just looks amazing on this 15.6 inch screen and you only need the single cable too i don't need to plug in additional power at least with my zed fold too now i'll give you a sample of the loudspeakers in this so there's two little downwards firing down speakers they're okay if that's all you have remember you can plug in a headset to this 3.5 millimeter that is supported and it is on this side right there so i've set the volume to 100 now you've noticed that i've plugged in power to this the reason is that if i push the loud volume or higher brightnesses the samsung galaxy zenfold 2 that i have here won't be able to deliver sufficient power so the screen will cut out and restart the desktop mode so that's why i've done that which it hasn't done there it's just decided oh it has actually done that so you might run into this with the lower volume and higher screen brightnesses this could happen it may reset but here's a sample now with the speakers at 100 volume okay so a few other things to point out with this screen what about the blacks because it's not an ips screen it doesn't exhibit those typical ips problems with the light leakage all around the outside you don't see any of that when you power it on you look at a black image it looks excellent very very good you're not going to see all that white or lighter gray areas all around the outside viewing angles are excellent with this there is a bit of a ghosting problem with this i wouldn't call it more of a problem but you do notice it a little bit that it's not going to be the response there the refreshing of the screen as good as other ones there 60 hertz panel is expected for this type of screen i mean running 120 hertz would be a huge drain on batteries of other devices and one thing to point out too another thing is that if you run something like say a mobile phone with the desktop mode on here it will power it depending on your device if it outputs sufficient enough power that is for it as soon as i go to increase the brightness too much with samsung dex here their desktop mode it will then reboot itself the screen will just power off it'll power off because it just cannot power it at all that's even happened with the matebook pro x that i have so this is a very nice premium huawei portable it'll power the screen no problems with just the single cable however if i want to push the really really high brightnesses that 760 nits which is crazy bright then i do need an additional power supply for that need to plug it in if you try and push the speakers up to 100 depending on again the power use it might cut out there so the minimum brightness right now i've had trouble recording the screen that's why everything looks a little bit dim in the background because it's been so bright i think 230 nits is simply just way too bright for a minimum brightness it should be like 30 or 20 minutes only and then give us the 760 for maximum there so yes glossy panel with the fully lamin laminated glass over the top of it means it is really really reflective so you can probably see if i angle it like this it'll reflect my bright studio lights everything okay so that's one thing to point out if you're going to use it in the sunshine outside no it's just going to be simply too reflective there well this so i do like the build quality of it the weight is decent just over a kilo that's fine and it's very thin and portable of course so here it is with the kickstand that's about the best angle well a little bit more i can get back here and then the magnet might come off okay if i push it too far down so to sit there you can press against it it's not going to collapse on you and to simply travel with it you fold it up like this and we've got decent protection here on the screen and the back of it but this part is exposed and that's brushed alloy on the outside there so if you put it up against the laptop it will scratch your laptop so be very careful with that you want to put it up against only this layer or possibly put it in another compartment or another sleeve there of course opening it up is again easy you simply fold it right down so it is without a doubt the best portable monitor that i've reviewed here in the channel simply because of the brightness the fact that it's a q-lid screen it has brilliant color gamut coverage there really good 90 adobe coverage srgb hundred percent and 96 p3 as well hdr support free sync support really good there it's just the touch response a little bit troublesome at times more with windows i find with android it's not too bad then that minimum brightness and a little bit of ghosting are the cons with this one so thank you so much for watching this review here of the qled 15.6 inch portable monitor here\n"