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The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems

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Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems

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Post by ianferrel »

sp0rk wrote: post #101

> Samsung told Quartz that the Fold is supposed to be durable enough to withstand being folded at least 200,000 times, which would equate to about 300 unfolds every day for two years. (The average person checks their phone between 80 and 300 times each day.) I wasn't expecting these screens to hold up very well over time, but that number seems shockingly low to me. I don't like the idea that the screen is expected to…

Even at 300 phone checks a day, you're probably not unfolding the phone each time. it has a screen you can get to without unfolding it, so many of the quick phone checks you do can be done without unfolding it.

Re: The Samsung Galaxy Fold's display seems to have problems

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Post by yoz-y »

GordonS wrote: post #95
wpasc wrote: post #4

Even if the Fold has some problems, I commend them for being bold with their design and ambitions. It may be safer to wait for the next generation of that phone, but many recent developments in the hardware space have been lacking in ambition. Kudos to Samsung

It may be "bold", but is it a design that makes any sense beyond a short-lived sales-boosting novelty?

If it worked I would say yes. Uses of having a small device with a large screen are not that hard to imagine.

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Post by fatjokes »

gzu wrote: post #28

Not sure if I’m in the minority but I would prefer two separated clamshell screens to one bendy screen. At least until the bendable tech is 100%. Two separate screens would still allow great multitasking when necessary. When not used perhaps it can completely fold behind the device for a traditional smartphone experience.

Ooh. I saw this in SK: https://www.techradar.com/news/lg-dualscreen-first-look-at-l...

Honestly I don't know why it exists. You could just buy a case and then buy two phones.

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Post by brewtide »

gowld wrote: post #92
threeseed wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am sure all of those people with broken phones are appreciative of how "bold" Samsung has been in releasing this phone early. Personally I prefer the Apple approach with new products e.g. iPhone, iPad, Watch which is to have largely perfected the hardware before shipping but release it with MVP software which they aggressively improve.

Except for the MacBook Pro version whose logic board failed, and the iBooks who plastic cases cracked and peeled. About half of Apple products have serious hardware design flaws.

Oddly, the A1226 next to me has been my daily driver for 3-4 years, and prior to that used since it's inception as a daily driver for someone else.

It's probably one of the few remaining ones that just keep humming along.

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Post by BurritoAlPastor »

aurailious wrote: post #91
rdiddly wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a valid point, if a bit grumpy: The big deal about smartphones is that in various different ways, they were able to replace the mechanical with the electrical, and replace physical design with software-based design. (Don't like where that button is? Tweak the code. Type of thing.) Adding a hinge is in some ways a step backward. I also agree with your grandparent comment though, that it's a bold idea and a neat g…

Folding screens can certainly enabled more software based design. Its obviously a really exciting new form factor considering how prominent folding screens have been in sci fi. We all really want to have Westworld level tech. Even though we are still a ways away, its awesome to know that its becoming possible.

Westworld-level tech? Technology at a level of... going cartoonishly haywire and wantonly murdering all humans? I’m not sure I follow your point.

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Post by chris_wot »

oflannabhra wrote: post #31
chris_wot wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s wrong. There were 6 units referenced in that story.

From what I can tell, there were only 4 devices: MKBHD (YouTube), Dieter Bohn (The Verge), Mark Gurman (Bloomberg), and Steve Kovach (CNBC).

Steve Kovach, Mark Gurman, Deiter Bonher and Todd Hasselton all had screen issues. (Deiter's was a "screen bulge").

Marques Brownlee remove the protective cover, and Mark Gurman had his first unit where he removed the protective cover.

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Post by redler »

mrguyorama wrote: post #85
lowken10 wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the iPhone 4. The antenna was a non issue.

Maybe for you, but enough people experienced it for a class action settlement: http://www.iphone4settlement.com/

Enough class-action lawyers became aware of it.

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Post by Smoosh »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #110
wpasc wrote: post #4

Even if the Fold has some problems, I commend them for being bold with their design and ambitions. It may be safer to wait for the next generation of that phone, but many recent developments in the hardware space have been lacking in ambition. Kudos to Samsung

I also commend them, but if these problems are widespread, Samsung is going to have issues selling this product, regardless of how "commendable" it may be.

There is also a risk that they will endanger the future of the entire "foldables" market by releasing a product which should still be in the prototype stage.
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