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Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold

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Re: Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold

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nickelcitymario wrote: post #22

While I won't be an early adopter for this, I think the concept is great. The things I'll be watching out for if this takes off: 1) How does the screen holdup in daily use? Does the Infinity Flex Display get work out or glitchy at the hinge after 10,000 folds? 2) Will the device get thinner? This is currently the size of two phones stacked on top of each other. I can't imagine carrying that in my pocket long-term. 3)…

If IKEA can build a machine that repeatedly flexes their chairs until failure, I'm forced to believe that Samsung can build a machine that repeatedly flexes their screen. Surely that's not going to be the failure mode, it's more likely to be grit in the mechanism or fragility after dropping.

Re: Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold

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Post by bb88 »

nickelcitymario wrote: post #22

While I won't be an early adopter for this, I think the concept is great. The things I'll be watching out for if this takes off: 1) How does the screen holdup in daily use? Does the Infinity Flex Display get work out or glitchy at the hinge after 10,000 folds? 2) Will the device get thinner? This is currently the size of two phones stacked on top of each other. I can't imagine carrying that in my pocket long-term. 3)…

> Does the Infinity Flex Display get work out or glitchy at the hinge after 10,000 folds?

Or does the hinge break if lands at just the right angle from 3 feet above?

Re: Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold

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Post by zzen »

justfor1comment wrote: post #26

Really impressed that Samsung has matured the display manufacturing process so much that they can launch a mass market foldable screen. Also, surprised to hear the speaker say 7nm processor in the Fold. I didn't know the technology to fabricate 7nm chips existed.

7nm has been around for a while. All 2018 iPhones are using A12 which is manufactured using 7nm.

Re: Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold

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Post by twiceaday »

The weight, which I am assuming is going to be around twice as much as a normal phone, will be a huge turnoff for most people. And unlike a normal phone you won't be able to use a pop-socket to help holding it or likely even a case for protection when it falls.

Re: Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold

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Post by _bxg1 »

franciscojgo wrote: post #3

That 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…

Android is working on OS-level support for folding displays. This one's early, and will have limited support from apps, but I don't think the category will die as a gimmick. It has genuine utility, it's just been a technological hurdle. Personally, I'll wait another couple years for Apple to refine it a bit.

Also, the smartphone market has started saturating and device makers are clamoring for a feature - any feature - that will get people to buy new ones. This has resulted in lots of little useless features as they attempt to differentiate, but here we have an actually super useful feature which is costly to implement and will induce real gadget-envy for the first time in years. So there's going to be a gold rush behind it.

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stabbles wrote: post #23
dfxm12 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The garment industry cannot keep up with the rapid growth in tech

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Re: Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold

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Post by leesec »

jblow wrote: post #8
franciscojgo wrote: post #3

That 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!)

All laptops are garbage huh, that's a hot take.
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