So how do they have a continuous display across the hinge?
Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold
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#12Tangentially, it's interesting to see how Samsung's reveal video (at the top of the article) [1] is so uncannily similar to what Microsoft came up with a few years ago for the Surface Studio [2], right down to the music selection. Something about technology killing creativity, perhaps? /s
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r_UgNcJtzQ
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifZXp2geVKI (apologies that this isn't a link to an official source; Microsoft doesn't seem to have it online anymore)
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#13I wonder who was the designer responsible for this monstrosity, and i honestly hope that person never gets to work again.
But let's be honest, this is android, so it was probably designed by 12~75 product managers responsible for a single small feature each, which they personally never used.
they had the opportunity to work with the most cool and anticipated new tech... and they just slap two phones back to back like it's not their job to do anything. How can someone screw things so badly?
the meetings probably went
PM for some small samsung video chat app: "but if i open it, i can't have video chat! we must have front facing camera on this side too!"
PM for some Advertising as Notification OEM deal: "but we get paid more for non-flip phones! we have to show notifications without opening!"
PM for s-gear: "what do you mean an innovative wrap around the wrist phone?! this will kill sales of smart watches! let's keep this idea for the 3rd version ...maybe"
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#14More like a foldable tablet that can make phone calls. What I like is it eliminates one device you may be carrying around. If you previously had a $900 phone and a $1100 tablet, you could essentially have both for the same price and fit them in your pocket.
I find it hard to believe that this ~7“ device with a strange aspect ratio and without a foldable keyboard can replace a $1100 tablet like a Surface Pro or a 12.9“ iPad Pro.
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#15More like a foldable tablet that can make phone calls. What I like is it eliminates one device you may be carrying around. If you previously had a $900 phone and a $1100 tablet, you could essentially have both for the same price and fit them in your pocket.
you could essentially have both for the same price and fit them in your pocket
Will you be able to fit this in a pocket? My pockets can't fit anything bigger than a Pixel.
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#16That just seems gimmicky at best IMO. No ecosystem. I expect it will sell for 2-3 years and then die off and have them lose money on it. What type of niche market actually needs a phone that can display 3 apps at once and fold down to a brick sized phone? It's good that companies take these leaps of fate but they sort of seem reaching. Why not wait and keep pushing the tech until it's worth releasing a beautiful prod…
I want a phone that I can read books on, and spend quality time with, rather than reading crappy stuff like Twitter. I fully expect to buy a foldable (not sure which one) and would easily pay $2500+ for it. (It's not like I can buy laptops any more, since those are all garbage even when I pay $4000 for a supposedly high-end system, so I certainly have spare device money laying around!)
Kindles are cheap and light, if digital reading is your goal.
Re: Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold
#17Tangentially, it's interesting to see how Samsung's reveal video (at the top of the article) [1] is so uncannily similar to what Microsoft came up with a few years ago for the Surface Studio [2], right down to the music selection. Something about technology killing creativity, perhaps? /s [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r_UgNcJtzQ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifZXp2geVKI (apologies that this isn't a link…
They are notorious for copying Apple in many ways too
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I want a phone that I can read books on, and spend quality time with, rather than reading crappy stuff like Twitter. I fully expect to buy a foldable (not sure which one) and would easily pay $2500+ for it. (It's not like I can buy laptops any more, since those are all garbage even when I pay $4000 for a supposedly high-end system, so I certainly have spare device money laying around!)
Kindles are cheap and light, if digital reading is your goal.
I often read PDF versions of books (especially technical books) or PDFs of academic papers etc
I've never been able to view these properly on a kindle. Well, last time I tried anyway, is it better now?
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#19That just seems gimmicky at best IMO. No ecosystem. I expect it will sell for 2-3 years and then die off and have them lose money on it. What type of niche market actually needs a phone that can display 3 apps at once and fold down to a brick sized phone? It's good that companies take these leaps of fate but they sort of seem reaching. Why not wait and keep pushing the tech until it's worth releasing a beautiful prod…
I think it's a good experiment to learn what users really want and what problems may come up with the device.
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