[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6] Flame Red:
Just in case anyone is considering a Vivo X Fold 3 Global edition, The global edition is about $300 more than the CN edition and for the extra $300 you get worse software! The good part was I ordered it on a Sunday and it arrived two days later on Tuesday!

I will support @mickliq comments about the lack of software functionality. I thought I would try the Vivo and sell it if I don't like it. The Youtube reviewers are really not being truthful in their reviews of the Vivo. They really boast how great the hardware is, but really do not say much about the software's shortcomings. Saying the FunTouch OS sucks is a bit of an gross understatement.

You are going to give up all the AI in UI6.1. Truthfully, the only one I used more than once was the Circle Search.

EDIT: You can get Circle Search by downloading Google Lens from the PlayStore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.ar.lens&hl=en_US

As the reviewers said, no stylus, but I think I only used the stylus once.

Even trying to copy everything from the old Sammy phone to the Vivo is not very good compared to Sammy's Smart Transfer. I had to manually install tons of apps from the playstore after the transfer, and all but a couple transferred completely. Completely unlike going from a sammy phone to another in the past. Used to be I could transfer a sammy to a sammy in about an hour or two - sammy to Vivo was a multi-day affair.

FunTouch OS won't let you add your own notification sounds or ringtones! You can only use theirs! Sucks!

The Vivo is not smooth - apps kind of pause all the time. Even paging from screen to screen sometimes get "jittery"

Sometimes, notifications come in a half an hour later than the event occurred! Never really happened on the sammy.

Vivo did support TMOB in the US, but not all bands.

Specs said the Vivo would support WiFi 7 - nope!

AOD screen notifications - are limited to four Vivo apps that they pick - no other notifications are shown on the AoD at all! Sucks!

EDIT: You can use AODNotify app, but once it times out, your are still stuck with the Vivo AoD screen with only 4 icons for apps of their choice.

EDIT: You can use AoA app and get all the icons for any app you want. But it does not work with AoDNitify.

No warranty.

Limited ability to get it fixed if I break the screen here in the US.

Did I say the Vivo was expensive compared to the Sammy?

Now the good stuff.

The size of the Vivo is great! Sammy is really dumb for going with the small size. Really helps makes the foldable front screen feel like it is a "normal" phone! Sammy are you paying attention?

The 5,700mAh battery capacity is unbelievable. I was in shock how long it can go with heavy use. Sammy, are you listening?

Camera of course is light years ahead of the sammy foldable. Sammy just does not get it!

Qi charging is not an issue as I thought it might be with the camera sticking out. Turns out if I seat the phone on the Qi charger with the bottom of the camera touching the top of the Qi charger, it charges great.

Having a fingerprint reader built under the screens is something I did not realize how much I missed it on the Sammy. Sammy, are you listening? Works a ton better on the Vivo!

AA works flawlessly.

The global version does not ever seem to take you to any websites or apps that are in Manderan. Most of the bloatware was removable, or could be disabled. But there is no "Hide" app in FunTouch.

So the question is will I keep the Vivo and use it as my daily driver or sell it and switch back to the Fold 5? I thought I would give it a few weeks for before I give up on it. Not being able to load up my own ring tones and notification sounds, and not seeing any app notification icons on the AoD are driving me crazy. Likely if I cannot solve this issue I might end up going back to the sammy. So more to come...

Too bad the Vivo bootloader is locked. A custom ROM would make the Vivo a sammy foldable killer.

Either way, I will not be upgrading to the Fold 6.