I've had my Galaxy zflip 3 for about 2 years now. Lots of comments here are saying they are too fragile or poorly made but that has not been my experience:
- the battery is fine
- the screen hasn't scratched
- it flips open fine with a one handed flick of the wrist
- I've dropped it several times without damage
- it has been used in the rain and snow
- I've replaced the screen protector once myself due to it peeling at the fold. Having to change screen protectors happens on every phone I've owned due to peeling somewhere
- I can drop it in my pocket folded without worrying about keys, coins, or whatever else scratching up the screen
- being able to use the phone as it's own tripod is nice for photos
- flipping it shut to end phonecalls is satisfying
- price is about the same as any other new Samsung phone (I got mine close to free trading in a Galaxy s10e)
The new flip 5 looks really nice with the bigger cover screen but I don't plan to upgrade anytime soon since this phone is working well for me.
"It's a fairytale town, isn't it? How's a fairytale town not somebody's fucking thing? How can all those canals and bridges and cobbled streets and those churches, all that beautiful fucking fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody's fucking thing, eh?"