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Z Fold 3 vs. Z Flip 3 water test

Samsung’s new foldable phones are water-resistant, but how much can they actually take? We test the IPX8 rating on the Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 in fresh water to find out. Update! The speakers on the Z Fold 3 came back to life thanks to fixmyspeakers.com but the fingerprint reader is still not…

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Samsung’s new foldable phones are water-resistant, but how much can they actually take? We test the IPX8 rating on the Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 in fresh water to find out.

Update! The speakers on the Z Fold 3 came back to life thanks to fixmyspeakers.com but the fingerprint reader is still not working after our pool experiment.

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80 Comments

  1. Lexy Savvides

    September 3, 2021 at 3:43 pm

    Thanks for watching our highly unscientific test! I’ll keep you updated on how the phones go long-term in the description of the video 💦

    • C Alvz

      September 3, 2021 at 3:54 pm

      Your videos are always fun to watch Lexy keep it up!

    • Marcko Maryanto

      September 3, 2021 at 5:06 pm

      @C Alvz pop

    • Mayz D

      September 4, 2021 at 1:32 am

      @Lexy@CNET …you’re welcome 😊😇❤

    • Majestic Hellium

      September 4, 2021 at 4:04 am

      Could you try salt water?

    • Christopher Spilsbury

      September 4, 2021 at 11:43 pm

      @Lexy Savvides you should try freeze it over night!

    • Mayz D

      September 5, 2021 at 6:49 am

      @Majestic Hellium I think salt water will be a bad on the phone(s). Cos drying the interior would be difficult besides the salt content.

    • SpaceG95

      September 6, 2021 at 3:15 am

      Lexy you are awesome 😎

  2. SnakeKingBlues

    September 3, 2021 at 4:28 pm

    I do feel putting it in pool water well be fine then first few time
    Bit after awhile the Chemicals in the pool well damage the water Resistance coating

  3. blondie jam

    September 3, 2021 at 4:52 pm

    You should have dropped it in the loo now that would have been 🤣🤣 I’m loving my z flip 3 😘

  4. The Observer

    September 3, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    They fold and then suck at everything else.

    • Smashed Up Toaster

      September 3, 2021 at 11:07 pm

      Not exactly. Top tier processor, ram, screens, and more. Just mad you can’t afford one.

  5. RodTech Vlogg

    September 3, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    Congratulations Samsung👏👏👏👏👌👌👌 Great water Test I’ve been waiting for to see now I will buy this ZFold3👏❤️ Thank you more power to your channel watching from Philippines

  6. Jonhatan Verdugo

    September 3, 2021 at 5:41 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing…. Your awesome 😀

  7. billzkustomz

    September 3, 2021 at 6:12 pm

    They aren’t rated for choline

  8. Mayz D

    September 3, 2021 at 6:20 pm

    Thanks for the video @Lexy 🙂
    I was already scared after you took the phones to the pool but glad it survived.
    I reallyyyyy enjoy watching your videos…you guys are awesome 👌👍
    I’m waiting for the next video pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee 😁

  9. John Smith

    September 3, 2021 at 6:27 pm

    Thank you nice lady.

  10. SD7

    September 3, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    GREAT JOB SAMSUNG 👏

  11. Karthikgns Kasi

    September 3, 2021 at 6:35 pm

    The test we wanted! You did great!

  12. Daniel Manning

    September 3, 2021 at 7:18 pm

    Tap water doesn’t have chlorine in it?? Lol 😂 you are so funny.

  13. dxt nguyxn

    September 3, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    I want samsung to make their S series phone able to survive 4 meter of water.

    • Smashed Up Toaster

      September 3, 2021 at 11:00 pm

      If you drop your phone in 4 meters of water, you’re not getting it back.

  14. David

    September 3, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Wow Samsung the king of tech innovation 💡 👏🏽

  15. TecTro

    September 3, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    She is Beautiful & Smart 😘

  16. matjus grek

    September 3, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    You have 1% to fall your phone in to the water . Specs i need not this info

  17. iSprint4GEyes

    September 3, 2021 at 9:40 pm

    Welp looks like I’m taking a hot shower with my fold 3

  18. BrianL9944

    September 3, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    good to know it’s water proof. she’s cute but speaks like a person with speech disorder

  19. Diego Alejandro Torres Pinzon

    September 3, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    I was waitimg forma video like this 😉 thanks

  20. Diego Alejandro Torres Pinzon

    September 3, 2021 at 10:11 pm

    I love doing It with iphone 12 lol love ur video girl!

  21. Casual Uno

    September 3, 2021 at 11:01 pm

    Funny thing is that a guy did a water and freezing test on fold 2 and it survived but the difference is that because it’s not rated they couldn’t say it was water resistant and also the cameras fogged too

  22. Steven Bowler

    September 3, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    Dust test on hinge next? 🙏

  23. Souk Khanhsila

    September 3, 2021 at 11:47 pm

    Nobody at cnet has a home pool?

  24. georgio Armania2

    September 4, 2021 at 12:51 am

    There is a drought in California, so the phones should be OK. Great review

  25. Michael Josias

    September 4, 2021 at 2:04 am

    iSheep: i still want a notch!

  26. Jared Ebeling

    September 4, 2021 at 2:17 am

    Great to see an Aussie reviewer and great test !

  27. Dj Savini

    September 4, 2021 at 2:26 am

    People plz do not do this just because she did the chlorinated water can eat away the water resistance an will ruin your device it’s like salt water

  28. Y21 Rico

    September 4, 2021 at 2:40 am

    yesss it’s lexy again!! 😆

  29. B C

    September 4, 2021 at 3:10 am

    The w a t u …🤑👍

  30. PS: Trying to be clever

    September 4, 2021 at 3:14 am

    7:50 Lexi: “The phone itself looks brand new”
    Me: ‘Girl you just washed it in a pool’

    • Pdtheowl

      September 4, 2021 at 3:42 am

      😂😂

  31. Gear Wave

    September 4, 2021 at 3:21 am

    Scientific tests are cool BUT real world tests are more fun..

  32. Pitch Black

    September 4, 2021 at 3:33 am

    Lexy is such a cutie

  33. Noobmaster64

    September 4, 2021 at 3:55 am

    200,000 FOLD TEST PLEASE!!!…THANKS

  34. Tin Su

    September 4, 2021 at 4:45 am

    Before, people use their smart phone while taking a dump, now you can use a smart phone while showering.

  35. David

    September 4, 2021 at 4:53 am

    Best phone I ever purchased

  36. How About No

    September 4, 2021 at 6:08 am

    Watching on my z flip 3 in my shower 🚿 😁

    • Comfy Cabbage

      September 4, 2021 at 4:34 pm

      Hi, I was just wondering how is the durability of the Z flip 3? Ive been meaning to upgrade from my S9+ and ive heavily considered getting the Z flip 3, the only thing that’s holding me back is the durability aspect since I heard horror stories with the original fold.

  37. Sharjeel Shahzad

    September 4, 2021 at 8:09 am

    I did notice a difference in sound after dried.

  38. Raihan Mdgician7

    September 4, 2021 at 9:18 am

    I am really intriged into the z flip 3 ,it is such a folding phone with normal flagship level specs

  39. Felix Five

    September 4, 2021 at 9:51 am

    Samsung has the ugliest UI and icons. Coming from a former Samsung user.

  40. Fixjason

    September 4, 2021 at 11:06 am

    Love the video thanks

  41. 3DM4RK

    September 4, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    Very slight differences in pre & post mic test. The post test actually sounds less crisp.

  42. Ryan D. Gandia

    September 4, 2021 at 3:35 pm

    Me when she started rinsing the phones after the pool test 😳😱🤯😄

  43. Red Dragon

    September 4, 2021 at 8:36 pm

    NOW DUMP THEM IN OCEAN WATER. MUAHAHAHA.

  44. im a potato

    September 4, 2021 at 10:22 pm

    My phone broke because it was in the water for 10 seconds so this amazes me

  45. walkingman

    September 5, 2021 at 12:25 am

    It will be nice when the prices come down to something reasonable. I like the Z Flip 3, Nice test.

  46. Tom Grimes

    September 5, 2021 at 12:33 am

    Thank you for reviewing the zee phones. Because of the advent of YouTube, I’ve had to deal with British/Australian/South African /New Zealand accents, and dialect peculiarities, more than at any other time in my life — except when I went to undergraduate school in London. Any little thing you can do to help is much appreciated. If I were doing a review for Brits, I’d zed them as a courtesy and also try not to harass them with annoying American idioms.

  47. Cloy Calumpang

    September 5, 2021 at 1:24 am

    Brings back memories on yt videos from galaxy s7 era

  48. Jordan M

    September 5, 2021 at 1:25 am

    huh.. am I the only one that thinks the mic recording after the water actually sounds better XD haha

  49. Gong

    September 5, 2021 at 5:05 am

    Use *#0*# menu in the phone app

  50. Karishma Chand Thakur

    September 5, 2021 at 7:11 am

    While it takes 3 months of 40 hrs of hard work for me to afford one of those phones, here these lunatics dunk and assault those poor phones! How about gift me one am poor can’t afford one.

  51. Drew Albert

    September 5, 2021 at 8:06 am

    I miss swimming! Still not ready for a foldable yet, but…..getting closer.

  52. Jewel Joyce

    September 5, 2021 at 10:10 am

    Thts how my note 9 died

  53. Igor De Coldest

    September 5, 2021 at 10:38 am

    Just blow the speaker out, works for me after rain

  54. Malanky Shanky

    September 5, 2021 at 5:29 pm

    Why?

  55. Oskrrt

    September 5, 2021 at 6:34 pm

    Phones that litterally fold in half are more water resistant than my solid block of glass and plastic. What

  56. Sean_the_Therapist

    September 6, 2021 at 1:33 am

    Yalll this is disrespectful

  57. Ali-Ohm

    September 6, 2021 at 4:48 am

    Watah

  58. Min's Life

    September 6, 2021 at 7:44 am

    I am dying to buy it….!!! Z flip 3, buds and watch 4!!! my dream set!

  59. DillKillTv

    September 6, 2021 at 7:49 am

    Awesome!! Thank you so much!

  60. KV Designs

    September 6, 2021 at 9:56 am

    Nice to know that my z flip 3 wont take damage if im caught in the rain. Even though its water proof i will still treat it with care 😁

  61. CK Gaming Channel

    September 6, 2021 at 10:49 am

    I’d be leaving the phone at home in the desk, and forget it if I was going to a pool.

  62. avicohen2k

    September 6, 2021 at 11:16 am

    And then some sea water splashes get in the usb charging port and it never stops complaining!

  63. Honest Man

    September 6, 2021 at 1:45 pm

    Great video

  64. Chadwick

    September 6, 2021 at 2:38 pm

    Love me a good accent. Nice vid 👍

  65. mr rynishi

    September 6, 2021 at 7:20 pm

    It’s not often a host of a phone test video is this natural and likable. Good stuff!

  66. Brandon Mitchell

    September 6, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    So from what I’ve seen others say in the past, (I’m not sure about the current generation of phones) the phones are/were water resistant, but pools and especially salt water were still a detriment.

  67. Dave Ninjaneuro

    September 7, 2021 at 1:43 am

    The creases in these phones worsens over time and triggers my OCD. It’s distracting too since you can feel it when swiping etc.

  68. Trevor Brent

    September 7, 2021 at 2:43 am

    There is no coating on the insides of the phones. Water does not bead off of any of the electronics inside.

  69. OnReviewers

    September 7, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    This is just a little less painful to watch than your drop tests 😉

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