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Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

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Re: Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

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Post by moonchrome »

dmitrybrant wrote: post #7

> Samsung is hoping the launch of its foldables will help level out these losses Very serious question: Who is asking for foldable phones? Who is saying, "You know what's missing from my phone? More moving parts! A huge hinge for crumbs to get stuck in! I just can't enjoy this app unless it's in a square form factor and a crease in the center!"

Flip phones seem like a nice concept - small pocket size, notification display, full size. But current implementations are like overpriced beta implementations - once they polish the concept I can see myself getting one.

Re: Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

dmitrybrant wrote: post #7

> Samsung is hoping the launch of its foldables will help level out these losses Very serious question: Who is asking for foldable phones? Who is saying, "You know what's missing from my phone? More moving parts! A huge hinge for crumbs to get stuck in! I just can't enjoy this app unless it's in a square form factor and a crease in the center!"

I don't think their will be much interest in foldables until (and if) Apple decides to release one. And then...well...Apple will ship a polished enough product that it will sell.

And it really isn't "keeping up with the joneses" so much as "I'm not sure if that will be really useful" (until you see that it is actually really useful).

Re: Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

forinti wrote: post #24
jsnell wrote: post #15

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Presbyopia starts kicking in at around 40-45 years of age, and makes reading on a phone screen increasingly difficult. It's hard to make the text large enough even with the largest of today's normal phone screens, especially considering the aspect ratio. The foldables fix that issue. Not only is the screen larger, but the aspect ratio is much closer to what you want for reading. I fully expect my next phone to be a f…

I don't get it. You need glasses anyway for everything else. I've started using glasses and I'm not interested at all in getting a foldable. What I would like is something like an Ubuntu phone. And better batteries.

> I don't get it. You need glasses anyway for everything else.

When you get older, you often start needing two pairs of glasses (or bifocals). One for things far away (the glasses you drive with) and one for things much closer (computer, phone, etc...).

Re: Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

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Post by [deleted] »

Philpax wrote: post #18
solardev wrote: post #12

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What good would a bigger screen in my pocket be? My current phone is already uncomfortably large. It's not like my thumbs or palms are getting any bigger. I wish they made smaller Pixel phones, not bigger.

What if you had a small phone that could become big on demand, for enhanced content consumption or productivity tasks?

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Re: Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

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Post by jayd16 »

dmitrybrant wrote: post #7

> Samsung is hoping the launch of its foldables will help level out these losses Very serious question: Who is asking for foldable phones? Who is saying, "You know what's missing from my phone? More moving parts! A huge hinge for crumbs to get stuck in! I just can't enjoy this app unless it's in a square form factor and a crease in the center!"

I have a pixel fold and it's actually just really nice to have a big screen to flip open sometimes. It's especially useful for a site that doesn't have great mobile scaling.

The price, weight and fragility need more iterations but it's a neat toy. I'm not sure it's for everyone but not everyone wants or needs a stylus either.

Re: Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

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Post by alewi481 »

Eisenstein wrote: post #14
thefurdrake wrote: post #3

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I was wondering if this counted its business in SK as well. The profits mentioned are in won, so I lean toward yes, but when I was in SK, fuckin' everything was Samsung. They even got Samsung autonomous autoturrets now[1]. How is Samsung not printing money? South Korea has the 12th highest GDP on the planet. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGR-A1

Over the past 5 or so years everyone I know who previously held Samsung in high regard for non-phone products has had an experience which has put them completely off the brand for the foreseeable future. They market themselves as high-end, but their reliability, service, and usability are worse than the budget brands. It doesn't matter how awesome your TV screen looks if it stops working after 4 months because some p…

The last Android phone I owned was the Samsung Galaxy S8. After barely two years of owning it, Samsung announced that they were no longer providing major Android version updates to the phone. That’s what pushed me into getting an iPhone for my next phone purchase after 10 years of being an Android user.

Re: Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

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Post by riffraff »

dmitrybrant wrote: post #7

> Samsung is hoping the launch of its foldables will help level out these losses Very serious question: Who is asking for foldable phones? Who is saying, "You know what's missing from my phone? More moving parts! A huge hinge for crumbs to get stuck in! I just can't enjoy this app unless it's in a square form factor and a crease in the center!"

I'd be frankly happy with the same screen size and half the size in my pocket. But that does not seem to be were foldables are going.

Re: Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter

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Post by balaji1 »

dmitrybrant wrote: post #7

> Samsung is hoping the launch of its foldables will help level out these losses Very serious question: Who is asking for foldable phones? Who is saying, "You know what's missing from my phone? More moving parts! A huge hinge for crumbs to get stuck in! I just can't enjoy this app unless it's in a square form factor and a crease in the center!"

Another serious question: Don't the foldables have insanely good unit-economics?
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