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Apple Reportedly Orders 'Large Number' of Samsung Foldable Mobile Phone Display Samples

Hillarious. Can't help but LOL at all the blind loyalists trying to pretend to be not sold or convinced on a foldable, only because they've already mocked Samsung's devices. But all the while knowing full well, they're envious of Samsung's newest offerings in foldables and desperately are waiting for Apple to copy so they can say, "Apple waits for the tech to mature and perfect the new form factor. Now I see the light. These foldables are amazing and worth the premium price." The same way these loyalists pretended not to like big screens because they couldn't use one hand,but now... 🙄
 
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69Mustang said:
Funny that you referenced the notch. All the reviews I've seen say pretty much the exact same thing they said about the crease that they said about the notch: "You see it, you know it's there, but you don't pay attention to it after a while." Make of that what you will. I'm not interested in folding tech either, but I don't think the crease is going to be a deal breaker. I think foldables will fall into two camps: dual screen hinged devices like Microsoft's Surface Duo and actual foldable screened devices like Samsung's GFold 2. If Apple goes down that road, I wonder which way they'd go.
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I can see that, but I don't have to touch the notch. The notch isn't in the middle of my screen and doesn't become more or less visible when light hits it a certain way. It's also not a structural weakness/viability.

I'm sure it'll get better over time though, and Apple usually is the company that hops on after a tech has matured. I think Apple may be seeing if they can handle the crease and UX issues before making a go of it.
 
Samsung: "We sunk a crazy amount of money into mobile folding display tech, how are we supposed to recoup costs?"
Marketing Person: "Throw together a quick, unpolished prototype that we can sell at a ridiculous margin."
Samsung: "Oh no! It's breaking and nobody is buying it!"
Marketing Person: "Okay, polish the design and make it not break and re-release it."
Samsung: "Uh-oh! Now we've paid for R&D on two phones and nobody is buying the new one, either!"
Marketing Person: "Alright, see if we can sucker another company into paying us for this expensive tech and trying to sell a device we weren't able to sell."
 
No crease running down the middle of the screen and a more durable screen without the risk of a finger nail damaging the screen, day one purchase for me.

Please don't make it as tall as the fold, would be so uncomfortable in your pocket, the front screen on the fold 2 is way to narrow, make the device a tad shorter and wider with a wider outer screen.

Cant believe people are actually buying the fold looks like a half baked product with terrible tablet support for apps.
 
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Zito Abroad said:
Hillarious. Can't help but LOL at all the blind loyalists trying to pretend to be not sold or convinced on a foldable, only because they've already mocked Samsung's devices. But all the while knowing full well, they're envious of Samsung's newest offerings in foldables and desperately are waiting for Apple to copy so they can say, "Apple waits for the tech to mature and perfect the new form factor. Now I see the light. These foldables are amazing and worth the premium price." The same way these loyalists pretended not to like big screens because they couldn't use one hand,but now... 🙄
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It is bizarre that anyone would be angry over having more options and approaches available to them. I mean, there are all sorts of products out there I don't want to buy, but I'm glad they exist. Why? Because having a broader array of options means it is more likely the one that suits me best will exist.

Even if tech is being developed by a company I prefer not to buy from, their R&D has the potential of benefiting me, and does me no harm whatsoever. People should be more loyal to themselves and less loyal to some corporation. Demanding fewer options to prove your corporate loyalty is just sad.
 
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TheSapient said:
It is bizarre that anyone would be angry over having more options and approaches available to them. I mean, there are all sorts of products out there I don't want to buy, but I'm glad they exist. Why? Because having a broader array of options means it is more likely the one that suits me best will exist.

Even if tech is being developed by a company I prefer not to buy from, their R&D has the potential of benefiting me, and does me no harm whatsoever. People should be more loyal to themselves and less loyal to some corporation. Demanding fewer options to prove your corporate loyalty is just sad.
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Just ask Ford about the late 50's and the Edsel. "The Ford Motor Company lost $250 million[2] on Edsel development, manufacturing, and marketing."
 
I'll be honest, I'm pretty excited and looking forward to the fact that Apple is testing these foldable display units. Not for the sake of us getting a foldable device, but the fact that the intriguing idea behind the tests would spark a new wave and form of ideas, designs, and perhaps innovative ways to implement a technology that is slowly maturing. And to be fair, Apple does need to review and examine how far the technology has advanced to see if it is actually feasible to turn concepts into reality. Therefore I think it is only natural for Apple to play around with those displays and we might not see them implemented in years, or maybe even never in the future.

That said, the idea Apple is experimenting on foldable displays is very very interesting and I can't wait to hear what possibilities they can come up with throughout the process :)
 
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ohh look its the new Microsoft Zune player! Available today!
 
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Just ask Ford about the late 50's and the Edsel. "The Ford Motor Company lost $250 million[2] on Edsel development, manufacturing, and marketing."
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Sure. And yet Ford and every other car company continued to experiment, push out new and innovative products, see failures and successes, and we consumers are the better for it. Car companies could have locked in in 1955. We wouldn't have had the Edsel. We also wouldn't have had the Corvair. I mean, the Edsel wasn't exactly some extreme exploration of new form and function. It was just slightly...off in a way that didn't appeal to customers. It was certainly more like it's better selling contemporaries than those are to today's vehicles.

Hydrogen cell cars may never take off, but I'm glad they are being explored. I'm also glad that various companies have worked to build, improve, and sell lithium-ion battery vehicles. Even if they were too expensive at first. Even if they are still too expensive. Even if they end up being replaced by some other emerging tech. The fact that car companies experiment, provide new options, and yes sometimes fail, is a good thing for me, the consumer.
 
I'd even buy the Samsung Fold 2 if it ran iOS so if Apple comes out with a foldable that folds out to a bigger screen like that I would most likely be very interested. I doubt it is polished enough for Apple to release within the next year or two though.
 
julesme said:
Consumers will gravitate to wearables and voice tech. This folding monstrosity is just a gimmick, at least in its current form.
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I agree that it is more or less just a gimmick in its current form.
That said, voice tech is much the same. At least partly.
I would have a fit if the old geeser behind me on the bus askes Siri to show anal sex with midgets and camels from *******.com. Wouldn't you?
 
I can't wait until this thread is revived in a few years after Apple announces a foldable device. It'll be fun to see who is stressing over tracking flights from China after originally laughing at the idea of a foldable phone.
 
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I just hope they add this as a different line of iPhone instead of replacing the iPhone. Foldable displays just aren't there yet for durability and water proof capacity. Furthermore, the fact that you're basically cutting the phone in half thickness-wise makes putting advanced camera systems into these devices nearly impossible. Devices in this class also seem to have lower battery capacity, such as the Motorola RAZR. They're also expensive as hell. If the iPhone Pro turns into this and has these issues, then I guess I'll just get the regular iPhone. But perhaps this is just a leak of Apple getting serious about designing a folding iPhone, and maybe theirs will be way better. It probably will be because they are more likely to take their time with it instead of shoving it onto the market all busted like Samsung did.
 
folding makes sense for an iPad, not an iPhone.

if I can fold my 19" iPad XL into an iPad mini, that would be amazing.
 
nfl46 said:
We all saw it coming. I can't wait to see what Apple does with it. Hopefully in the upcoming year, we will get our first Apple foldable phone. My guess would be Fall 2022, though. At that point, Samsung would be on Galaxy Fold 4.
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Apple ordered samples of folding screens. That means they are of various sizes for many different kinds of applications. Most of them are probably internal projects, not consumer. The leaker has no clue if Apple wants them for an iPhone and also offers no quantity. By the time Apple reaches the clear slab of glass that they want the iPhone to be, it will be another 5-10 years. Phones will probably not be manufactured in any form (including foldable) 10 years from now because wearables and voice AI will have finally caught up to our needs by then.
 
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