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Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by frereubu »

broast wrote: post #30

I've had a flip 3 and flip 5 which both had screen and hinge problems within a year. I love the form factor but just don't take it to the beach. My flip 5 inner screen is currently unusable so I'm stuck using the small square cover screen which I'm enjoying quite a bit too. I don't know if my next phone should be a flip phone or a small phone, but nothing gets as small or as good hardware as the front cover of these…

I responded in another thread about the iPhone Air that I wanted something from Apple that's smaller than my current iPhone 13 mini. There are at least two of us!

Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by Zigurd »

I hope the iPhone Air is successful. Folding phones seems so obviously a gimmick. A year from now many of these relatively affordable folding phones will be e-trash, and social media will be full of complaints and retrospective wisdom about how they could never have been reliable. But consumer product offerings are full of gimmicks. Apple is trying not to give into herd mentality.

Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by general1465 »

I have got Samsung S25 Edge which is essentially Samsung's version of iPhone 17 Air few months ago.

Only thing (software wise) which has really been showed down my throat is Bixby and Gemini. No I don't want your stupid AI, get deleted. Other than that, I can't complain about anything.

Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by Agentus »

rcarr wrote: post #25
wraptile wrote: post #2

I just bought a 2nd hand Fold 6 for 800$ and I'm not going back to slab phones ever. Primarily because I've never done as much reading as I've done in the past month with this phone. Removal of friction here has been such a game changer when it comes to productive use of my phone - now when I would doom scroll otherwise I just unfold my phone and do a bit of reading. The only drawback is the camera but turns out it's…

I felt this way at one point and vocally proclaimed as such on here. My Fold 5 developed a bubble under the screen protector after about 18 months. I sent it into Samsung through the website to get it repaired. Whoever "repaired" it, just seemed to slice the screen protector down the middle with an knife so it had a big ugly line down the center. Predictably, it was full of bubbles again within a week. I'm not even b…

yeah I had my samsung phone brick after three years. Not sure I trust samsung hardware either.

Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by tassadarforaiur »

I'm curious how quickly that trend will reverse when Google fulfills their promise to lock down sideloading on android.

Samsung makes nice hardware, but their bloatware is infuriating. I spend a lot of time on every new device, using ADB to purge as many samsung apps as I can. I'm getting tired of doing it.

Once I can't sideload anymore on android, my next phone will be an iphone.

Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by dkobia »

I thought the idea of a folding phone was just a cash grab until I saw someone on the plane across the aisle from me interacting with one. It has been a while since I saw someone get so much enjoyment out of a device. The back and forth between folded and unfolded to read messages and watch movies/read a book was mesmerizing. It made me realize that this form factor could actually enhance the user experience in a meaningful way.

Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by thehappypm »

tassadarforaiur wrote: post #45

I'm curious how quickly that trend will reverse when Google fulfills their promise to lock down sideloading on android. Samsung makes nice hardware, but their bloatware is infuriating. I spend a lot of time on every new device, using ADB to purge as many samsung apps as I can. I'm getting tired of doing it. Once I can't sideload anymore on android, my next phone will be an iphone.

Very, very, very few consumers even know what sideloading is

Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by ThrowawayTestr »

Zigurd wrote: post #42

I hope the iPhone Air is successful. Folding phones seems so obviously a gimmick. A year from now many of these relatively affordable folding phones will be e-trash, and social media will be full of complaints and retrospective wisdom about how they could never have been reliable. But consumer product offerings are full of gimmicks. Apple is trying not to give into herd mentality.

My parents are both on their third flip phones. Some people really like the form factor

Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by ourmandave »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #35
ourmandave wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I switched to a Motorola after my Samsung repeatedly nagged me about offers in my area with the ever popular "not now" instead of "f*ck off" button. I'd like a foldable but not so much to pay $1300 for the Razr.

What Samsung did you have? Afaik their flagships don't have any nagging. And which Motorola did you get? Don't they have the same promotional nagging?

Most my phones are the low end free-to-get-you-to-sign-up models.

AT&T doesn't have low end Motorolas so I bought an unlocked, guaranteed to work with AT&T, sub $300 one directly off motorola.com and took it to the AT&T store.

So far it's left me alone.

Re: Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

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Post by beAbU »

thebruce87m wrote: post #17

Apple are in a bind here since the bend/crease will degrade over time. Other manufacturers get a pass on this sort of stuff (just look at Pixel phones not making emergency calls for a prime example), but apple will be hit with fines and class action lawsuits.

Don't make it sound like Apple is some sort of victim of regulation who's being picked on the whole time.

They will not get fines and lawsuits if they make a foldable phone with a display that degrades over time.

I do think a move like this will hurt their reputation for making durable devices. They are a victim of their own success a little here.

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