$2000, and no pen? Well, that seems like a waste.
Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold
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#52$2000, and no pen? Well, that seems like a waste.
So much this. I love my note because of the Pen, I would've bought this if it had one.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
You would have expected Apple to test its keyboard designs in the same way - we know how that turned out. Ironically - if that's the word - I think a larger laptop format device with a tactile folding hinged screen would be more interesting than this enormo-phone. This device will probably sell moderately in the nouveau Asian markets, but I doubt it's going to be a storming success, or the template for the next gener…
They probably did...in an artificial environment with dust and crumbs. Or they figured they were at an "acceptable" failure rate without considering how much more severe the cost to repair was.
I think it's worth noting that the issue with their keyboard was only really known of after the keyboard was brought to the MacBook Pro. It didn't occur at a high enough rate on the 12" MacBook for it to be publicized.
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#54Samsung's answer to a $1,000 phone is a $2,000 phone? Bold.
Considering the first iPhone was $600, $728 in today's money, and did basically nothing. I don't see how $1000 is completely unreasonable. Video games still cost exactly the same(without inflation), with 100x the budget, as they did 40 years ago, and people still bitch. People love blowing things out of proportion.
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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
If you look at fashion trends-- it's not even trying, the opposite if anything.
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#56More 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.
But it can eliminate the need for a tablet that isn't the largest tablet you can get like the ones you listed.
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#57More 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.
No, probably not, but it could quite plausibly replace an iPad Mini. I could see even replacing a midsize tablet, for someone for whom that amount of bulk elimination merits a compromise.
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#58$2000, and no pen? Well, that seems like a waste.
I love being able to put my phone on a table and click the pen's button to get a group shot with everyone in it.
Since this is so new, they had to trim all the fat to make the size reasonable. The Note variant in v2 or v3 should provide
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#59Is that a huge notch in the upper right corner of the "tablet" screen?
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#60Earlier 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!)
Apple's phones are now faster than their laptops. I think it makes sense to have a folding computer, especially now that we have screen tech that enables it.
*For very limited workloads - And those synthetic geekbench scores don't really count