Bill Gates has long been known to prefer Android phones and not iPhones, and his Android phone of choice is the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold.
In May 2022, Gates admitted that -- at that time -- the cellphone he was using was the Galaxy Z Fold 3 released in 2021. He chose this cellphone after trial and error, and the Z Fold 3 was chosen because it has a large screen so he can reduce the amount of gadgets he uses. carried around.
Now, via the ask me anything (AMA) thread on Reddit, Gates admits that the cellphone has now been changed to the Galaxy Z Fold 4. With his wealth, Gates could of course easily buy the Z Fold 4, but the cellphone he is using turns out to be the result of a gift from the boss of Samsung.
"I used the Samsung Fold 4 that JY Lee, Chairman of Samsung, gave me when I met him in South Korea, to replace my Fold 3," Gates said at the forum.
In terms of appearance, not much has changed from the Z Fold 3 to the Z Fold 4. However, the improvement is actually quite large. Such as faster performance but still efficient in power.
The durability of the body and screen is also claimed to have increased by 45%. The under-screen camera that is placed on the main screen is also improved so that the quality of the photos taken are much clearer than before.
Gates admitted that the applications that are widely used on folding screen cellphones are Outlook and various other Microsoft software. And the size of the Z Fold 4's screen makes it only necessary to bring a cellphone and a portable PC, which of course uses the Windows OS.
The choice of this cellphone was actually predictable, because Microsoft often works closely with Samsung, especially in presenting Microsoft applications as the default applications for Samsung cellphones.
On several occasions, Gates has also mentioned the preference for the HP operating system that he uses, namely Android is better than iOS. The reason, according to Gates, Android is more flexible than iOS.