I think it’s good demo, I just don’t see myself unfolding a phone 80 times a day.
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Hands-On With Samsung's New $1,800 Galaxy Z Fold 3
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This is just generation 3 and it's not even Samsung's flagship.
Give it another 2-3 years and these things will be a lot more portable and durable. Personally I can't wait for a high end, "affordable" folding flagship.
Give it another 2-3 years and these things will be a lot more portable and durable. Personally I can't wait for a high end, "affordable" folding flagship.
Definitely not a gimmick,not for everyone,but very useful idea to have a tablet/phone hybrid.
I am waiting for it to mature a bit more then jump in.
many people (including myself) who initially say it’s a gimmick will change their mind once they actually see and use one in person.
Just like no one talks about the notch? I can see that you stop seeing it after time, just like I've stopped noticing the notch after 10 minutes with the iphone X. But people will still bitch...
Me...I don't see the need or for a folding phone I'll never say never, but especially at this price, even if they had perfected it I'll pass...my Max is big enough and still portable. Anything else, I'll grab my Ipad Pro w/Keyboard or my macbook...
Plastic screen with a crease in it. I’m sure some folk miss plastic screens, but not me. Also, that price. I wouldn’t buy one at a quarter of the price.
Oh ye of little imagination - for $150 more than an iPhone 12 (not even the pro) plus iPad Mini 5 LTE you have both in one device. It's no gimmick.
So you're saying they're gimmick but also pushing Apple to develop the same gimmick as well...?
See it, touch it, feel it. Sure, you can kid yourself it’s not there but come on! If you just spunked $1800 on a phone with a plastic screen and a big ass crease you have to use black backgrounds to hide then you wouldn’t highlight that to anyone now would you?
iPhone 14 will be $1800? wow you're more accurate than palm reader.
Foldables are the future. We just aren't there yet. Fold 3 outer screen is still too narrow. Needs dust protection badly. And the price is still too high. I expect the Fold 4 to make a big leap.
Fingers crossed the rumors are true and we will see Apple's version in 2023.
Fingers crossed the rumors are true and we will see Apple's version in 2023.
It’s good to see Samsung improving the Fold devices, but having already lived through the age of plastic covered screens that lasted maybe one year before being scratched or cracked, there is no way I’ll buy into a folding screen device…if this is the implementation. I’d rather have two separate rigid glass panels that fold to meet in the middle, just so there isn’t any compression of the film covered super thin glass.
And regardless of what Samsung says about the hinge surviving hundreds of thousands of folds, any kind of folding mechanism is a weak spot that will fail for all sorts of reasons. This is especially the case when you introduce dust, lint, sand and other detritus materials that are in people’s pockets, bags and purses where their phones are carried.
All you have to do is look back at the recent past - there used to be a lot of cell phones that folded one way or another. A big reason they went away? Hinge failure is certainly part of it. I knew enough people, including my own kids, who owned Moto Razr’s, and I think everyone eventually had hinge failure.
And no, I won’t support Apple if they ever lose their minds and create and launch a folding iPhone, for all the same reasons.
And regardless of what Samsung says about the hinge surviving hundreds of thousands of folds, any kind of folding mechanism is a weak spot that will fail for all sorts of reasons. This is especially the case when you introduce dust, lint, sand and other detritus materials that are in people’s pockets, bags and purses where their phones are carried.
All you have to do is look back at the recent past - there used to be a lot of cell phones that folded one way or another. A big reason they went away? Hinge failure is certainly part of it. I knew enough people, including my own kids, who owned Moto Razr’s, and I think everyone eventually had hinge failure.
And no, I won’t support Apple if they ever lose their minds and create and launch a folding iPhone, for all the same reasons.
Yeah Apple is all about micro dosing technology now days (and mass surveillance).Foldable phones are the future. Glad Samsung is doing this so apple can order the foldable OLED modules in 2025
they will eventually adapt this new technology,but by that time Samsung will be releasing their hologram phone or something 😂
I played with it at Best Buy. It's nice. I will jump in maybe around the Fold5. I'm waiting for a little more perfection.
STUPIDLY OVERPRICED! Half-baked gimmick city! Poor design because I can easily see the fold when fully open. All kinds of NO Sammy. Just all kinds of NO.
Are you both happy with the thickness when folded? The thickness is why I can't imagine myself adopting a foldable device anytime in the near future. I wouldn't mind a mm or two thicker for extra battery, so I am not a worshiper of all things thin. But as an honest question, is it just a compromise you are willing to deal with?
I agree that hands-on yourself is the only way to evaluate a product for yourself but Apple fans are tired of companies like Samsung racing to market with half-baked products. We know for a fact that folding phones will get much better over next few years than they are right now. Apple has enough sense to sit out this round until the technology is up to the standards of their customers. The real innovation is in knowing what gives customers the best experience, even if that means not getting there first.
And floating transparent phones are also the future. That doesn't mean they are much good for consumers now.Foldable phones are the future. Glad Samsung is doing this so apple can order the foldable OLED modules in 2025
That Samsung foldable crap ain't innovation. People can criticize Samsung's products without being an Apple fanboy. Funny how you result to labeling and insulting people just because you can't respect their opinion and criticisms of Samsung. Don't think for one minute that Samsung forums aren't constantly trashing Apple's products. Does that make them Samsung fanboys too?
That's the only way I will ever own this nonsense of a product.
Until the price can drop to clearly less than the sum of a comparable phone and a comparable tablet, folding phones are simply for eyeballing and should have been staying in the labs.
It’s less narrow than an iPhone SE. I never had problems with the smaller iPhones and I have no problem with a tall phone either.
Tempting. Very tempting. One of my jobs is HEAVY into Google services and this would be great to separate my personal devices from my other work ones.
BUT
$1800 is still a bit too much for a device that's not perfect. The iPad Pro is more refined but I still wouldn't want to pay $1800 for it.
But it does look rather nice. Maybe in a few years Apple will find a way to refine the UX.
BUT
$1800 is still a bit too much for a device that's not perfect. The iPad Pro is more refined but I still wouldn't want to pay $1800 for it.
But it does look rather nice. Maybe in a few years Apple will find a way to refine the UX.