Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4: Fourfold increase in fun

The Fold 4 comes in four colours: Beige, Phantom Black, Graygreen and Burgundy. Burgundy, not pictured here, is only available on Samsung.com. — Photos: Samsung

Having started my tech journey with personal digital assistants (PDAs) – forefathers to modern smartphones – it was initially thrilling to get my hands on a swanky new smartphone every so often.

However, the script soon became stale, especially for people like me who would upgrade every year or so – it was just more cameras, more megapixels, more processor cores.