The Frame comes with an ambient light sensor built into the bottom of the screen that means it will adjust how bright the picture is displayed depending on the light in the room. The selection of included art is likely to suffice for most, and I found several pieces I would proudly display in my house, but connoisseurs can browse the Art Store to see if there’s others that they'd prefer. There’s a really believable depth to the picture from afar, though up close it is understandably less convincing. Whatever picture you choose (just the one – there’s no slideshow or carousel option here), you can customise the way it appears on screen by choosing whether it has a mount or not, and if it does, what design and colour it should be. A lot of my iPhone snaps didn’t look that great when blown up to 55 inches. You can also add your own pictures from your phone or tablet via Smart View and then save them to The Frame for accessing directly at any time, though you’ll want to be sure they’re of a good standard. Once activated, you can choose from 100 pieces of art, split into themes including still life, wildlife, architecture and landscape, or subscribe to Samsung’s Art Store for £3.99 a month for even more choice. The biggest feature of this TV is obviously its Art Mode, which is accessed via an icon in the pop-up home menu, or via the Samsung Smart View app (iOS/Android). I was sent the light beech finish that simply snapped into place, with a choice of walnut, white, copper or blue aluminium should you prefer. If you don’t like the black design, there are additional frames you can buy (costing up to £229, depending on screen size) to closer match your decor, which attach to The Frame magnetically. It doesn’t look out of place though, and instead lends itself well to the set’s artsy ambitions. The standard bezel is a slim and smart black one, although the TV itself is actually rather chunky in comparison to some of Samsung’s other models. It sits almost entirely flush to the wall, and comes with a transparent cable that trails inconspicuously from the screen to Samsung’s One Connect box, which houses all the TV’s connections. I wasn’t able to do this (due to the joys of inflexible rental agreements), but having seen the Frame wall mounted before, I can say that the extra time doing so is worth it. The design of the bracket means it can also be tilted forward to improve your viewing angle if mounted higher than the ideal viewing position. From there, the TV does sort of hang like a picture from the mount, and is pulled snug to the wall. It’s simple enough to fit, with the bracket fixed onto the back of the TV, and the mount secured onto the wall, with the help of the included mount guide. Given its name though, it’s fair to assume The Frame is intended to be wall mounted wherever possible, and it comes with Samsung’s two-piece No Gap wall mount to help it really look the part. They also sit at either end of the screen making it tricky to fit it on to standard TV stands, particularly in the larger screen sizes, like the 55-inch I tested. I use them with my fold 3 because they sound great and fit my ears well.The Frame TV comes in a choice of 43-inch, 55-inch and 65-inch screen sizes, with the option to have it standalone or wall mounted out of the box.Ĭonsidering its forward-thinking design, I found the included slot-in feet rather disappointing in their rather functional form (the flashier easel-like Studio stand you might have seen in promo shots costs around £500 more). I have an iPad pro but I do wish I could message and take calls on it sometimes. Also I'd miss out on way better notification system on Android, always on display, USB C, better file system, side loading apps, native gaming emulators, and more I'm not even going to list as it would be so long.Īpple does have one thing I like and it's a great ecosystem. You have to use the phone the way Apple designed and that's that. I hate that I can't customize shit on it. My issue is iPhone software sucks and is way too locked down. I've had to force my family to use Google duo and telegram for video calls etc since we used to use FaceTime. It's tough using Android when EVERYONE you know is on iPhone and you live in the USA where everyone only uses imessage. Ideally Apple will one day implement RCS into imessagr if the carriers all force the update to RCS. If they send it through inessage to my android phone it sends as an SMS and is compressed to death. When we share pictures or videos they need to send it in Telegram. Im on Android and my family all on iPhone. The green blue bubble shit is annoying but imessage does have advantages such as sending non compressed images and videos.
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