A few days ago, I wrote a story about Samsung’s latest foldable, the Galaxy Z Flip after JerryRigEverything’s YouTube video. The video showcased his durability test on the Galaxy Z Flip, and some of the findings pointed to a miscommunication from Samsung’s part on what the Galaxy Z Flip actually was. In particular, it made us question what the display is really made of and the problem we had with it. Like I mentioned before, it’s not that I think Samsung lied about having a glass display, it’s just that the way they had portrayed it wasn’t very accurate.

Mainly because it didn’t share similar characteristics to glass, even though it was their ‘Ultra Thin Glass’. People had very different perceptions towards what a Samsung’s ‘Ultra Thin Glass’ actually was, and that was the problem. Making it seem like one thing, but it being another.

Considering the price tag on these devices, it warranted being questioned.

With that, Zack Nelson’s (JerryRighEverything) latest video shows off a tear down of the Galaxy Z Flip, and answered some of the questions we had about the device. From the video, we can see that the Z Flip indeed does have a ‘glass’ display, but it’s just not what we thought it was. He started the tear down firstly with the screen, where he peels off the ‘protective layering’ which is essentially a plastic screen protector. This was where we noticed that the Z Flip was actually very susceptible to scratches as it was plastic.

You’ll also notice that in the video, when he tears of the plastic coating, that the display stops functioning. Which indicates that the this ‘protective layer’ is less so protective, but an essential part of the device. This is similar to the Galaxy Fold’s protective film, and does the same when it’s removed. After removing the plastic protector, he pokes at the display with his prying tool, which eventually has glass like fragments on the tip. Which does prove it is a glass display, but less so a conventional glass display but as Zack mentions, an “Ultra Thin glass substrate”.

Point being, it’s glass. They didn’t lie.

But what they did do, is make a big fuss over what the device had, when in actuality it was something different. And in case you didn’t know, people don’t particularly like feeling misled. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it, it’s just that people had varied perceptions on the device, and Samsung basked in the glory and people’s praise of the device.

It is special, it is different and an impressive display of engineering put into the Galaxy Z Flip. But let’s not go beyond the realm of physics to make it seem as though you’ve manipulated the fabric of the universe itself. Because that’s what people thought, and that’s why it’s the problem with the Galaxy Z Flip.