You mean by saying "I know what you mean"? Seems to me I've done just the opposite...acknowledged the point despite the poor word choice.
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Huawei Unveils $2,600 Foldable 'Mate X' Smartphone to Rival Samsung's Galaxy Fold
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I just gave you three examples of you defending this phone, and you failed to rebut all three. “I know you are but what am I” is not as effective a counter argument as you apparently think. You were doing better with “nanny nanny boo boo”.
Well that’s apples own spell, if You sell perfection for a premium You shall deliver.
Apple nowadays overtries to charge for something they don’t anymore deliver
iPad is for a different purpose and if I wanted an iPad, I’d use that.
We had nothing to compare the original iPhone (except plastic crap) and this foldable is largely a step backward from what we are used to in many areas.
There are better ways to identify device sides than cutting off a part of a screen.
You have yet to demonstrate the "crease" has any negative affect on the device. Just because you saw it for a split second as the display was opened does not mean it negatively affects the display or functionality of the device.
Yes. Millions. Samsung and Huawei don’t R&D something like this to sell a six-figure number of units. This should be common sense. But I see you’ve worked yourself into a frenzy here, so maybe my expectations for a rational conclusion are too high.
What’s really funny to me is that I’ve been thinking how Trump-like your comments are. Thinking your opinion is right? Discounting anyone who disagrees? Discounting their existence? Pretty Trumpian.
Correct, that’s how it’s marketed. It’s first and foremost a speaker.
And don’t even start on Siri. She is sooooo much better than people here want or like to admit.
So you'd rather carry around an phone and a tablet instead of just carrying around one device? I assume you carry around a phone and a dSLR camera?
Good grief. This is hilarious. The notch exists because we can’t yet get a camera under these screens. Branding? That’s nice post facto rationalization.
As soon as the stupid notch can go away, it will.
If my option was this thing, absolutely.
Again, a tablet is more for home use, office use, and is less mobile for “chill time.”
My contention is you don’t need a tablet in your pocket because a phone does everything this tablet does. The iPhone XS Max has a 6.5” screen already.
If I’m just comparing the tablet portion, I’d rather use my thin 10.5” iPad than this cumbersome phone in tablet mode.
Bet I’d have better battery life too and definitely a better experience.
I have yet to see any evidence the "crease down the middle of the entire screen" gets in the way of content. That's just an assumption on your, and some others, part.
The notch does get in the way at times. You may have learned to ignore it. Just as people who buy these devices will have to learn to ignore whatever distortion exists. It’s literally the same. Comically so.
Also, we’ve yet to see the impact of the crease or wrinkle. And yet you guys are lambasting it as terrible based on a particular angle from brief parts of a video.
That should send up warning flags in your brain.
You guys need to take a deep breath. You’re talking out of both sides of your mouth. You can’t have it both ways.
Its marketed as a smart speaker, and is not particularly good at being a smart assistant nor at being a speaker. The Google Home Max is a bad speaker as well but at least it excels at being an assistant. Google Assistant is heads and shoulders ahead. Don't get me started on Siri, the speech recognition is terrible, i ask what time it is and she tells me something completely unrelated. With google assistant it understands what i say 90 percent of the time and gives the correct answer more times then not.
Aha, and here we have zeroed in on the real answer to the question! All that preceded it was just a buildup to the important part.
Yep, it's your contention. I can see this being useful, especially for people who are constantly on the go. For example: Imagine being able to take one device with you on an airplane and being forced to watch a movie on a small, relatively speaking, phone sized screen. When done fold it up and put it in your pocket.
While I would not buy this thing - and I can't imagine many people will, given that insane price point for a mobile device , I think the motivation for Huawei building the Mate X is to create news and hype. They are showcasing that they are a innovative Technology Company - and not a Gadget Company like Apple. It doesn’t have to be a commercial success by itself but will most likely have a positive marketing and sales boosting effect for their other products.
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I don’t agree, but even if we agreed Google Assistsnt is head and shoulders better (it isn’t), you still have to put the Google spyware in your house. No thanks.
At this point, where my iPhones are always shattered and scratched (with exception to the iPhone 4) I'm ready to try a softer display. Maybe it won't shatter as easily as iPhones.
Regardless, I'm excited to see these companies push mobile devices forward. This is healthy for consumers!
They could have just as easily kept the top black bezel fully across the top of the phone. They decided to extend the display vertically on the sides of the notch. They didn’t have to do that and it likely cost them more to do it. You think the notch just happened by accident? It was a design choice.