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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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Post by solarkraft »

It seems to be the nicest iteration of a foldable phone so far.

I'm still doubtful about the usefulness, though. Does it support the S-pen?

I suppose they made it fold to the inside because their display technology limits them to it (even though intuitively I'd expect the opposite to be true), I would find it folding to the outside much more useful, since this thing you'll have to unfold to (properly, the outside screen is quite small) to use, but then it becomes a tablet ...

So far I see it mostly as a technology demo. I'm glad that manufacturers are actually selling them, though, it gives a good feeling of the practicability and readiness of the technology (and something for rich hipsters to buy).

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

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Post by herogreen »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #63

Pretty amazing. I like the trademark name of "infinity flex" which implies you can open and close it a lot of times, but wonder what the engineering spec on that is. I also wonder if there ends up being a note version and how well that works with the stylus. All in all its a pretty fascinating device.

Someone will build a lego technic testing device for sure.

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

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Post by esmi »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #68
_coveredInBees wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

*For very limited workloads - And those synthetic geekbench scores don't really count

Try JS Octane benchmarks then. Or how do YOU benchmark devices? The real bottleneck is UI, not CPU's.

*For very limited workloads

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

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Post by skookumchuck »

duckerude wrote: post #74
skookumchuck wrote: post #64

> run three apps at once There are 3 numbers with programs - 0, 1, and infinity (or, more pragmatically, "run out of memory"). Programs that have arbitrary limits like "3" are just wrong. It's like the filename length limitations in operating systems. No matter how long they are, they are arbitrary and somebody overflows them. The real limit should be the size of the disk drive.

This is a user interface decision, not a programming decision. Allowing simultaneous viewing of arbitrarily many apps may not be a problem technically, but it would make the system more complex to use, with more possible interpretations of actions. It's a tradeoff.

Next year Samsung will announce a new phone with FOUR apps that can be open at once! Or Apple will do it for them.

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

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Post by NicoJuicy »

salimmadjd wrote: post #29

Slightly OT: IMHO, I think Samsung made a huge mistake announcing the Fold along with their other products. 1 - This is a new product category and I think it deserves its own stage. 2 - Fold is overshadowing everything else Samsung announced. Galaxy, etc. are their biggest sellers but they lost the main attention to the Fold. Basically Fold's hype will cannibalize market attention of their new announcement that will…

How would you explain iPhone over iPod then.

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

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Post by lwkl »

goatlover wrote: post #16
jblow wrote: post #8

Earlier 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!)

Kindles are cheap and light, if digital reading is your goal.

And it does‘t have any distractions on it. When I‘m reading on my phone I always get distracted by messages or googling something.

Most of my books are still physical books. It‘s weird but I often buy books based on their cover.

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

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Post by arzeth »

These Samsung's and Xiaomi's foldable phones don't excite me as much as Nokia Morph.

On 2008-02-25, Nokia showed a concept phone Nokia Morph [1]. I have just watched the video about it [2] again and I am still as excited about it as I was 11 years ago.

> The phone's theoretical feature list would include the ability to bend into numerous shapes, so it can be worn around the wrist or held up to the face; transparent electronics, which would allow the device to be see-through yet functional; self-cleaning surfaces that can absorb solar energy to recharge the phone's battery; and a wide range of fully integrated sensors. [...] The manufacturer believed that some of the device's imagined features could appear in high-end devices by 2015.

So, I am waiting for something like Nokia Morph but also with a screen that can take the form of a standard physical keyboard and give me the same tactile feel.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Morph

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX-gTobCJHs

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