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iFixit Removes Galaxy Fold Teardown at Samsung's Request
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There’s nothing to say Apple or any other company hasn’t attempted this, they may have then realised it’s not possible to make a consumer device at this time.
On the contrary, reviewers say they cannnot imagine life without a folding phone now.
It's not just the larger screen, but being able to have multiple apps open on it.
The current hinge's susceptibility to foreign matter is the main downer.
The level of gloating here by armchair engineers and armchair industrial designers is pretty pathetic. Being able to point out a flaw is not a super hero skill, Captain Obvious.
There, now go amount to something.
There, now go amount to something.
This phone? Dunno about that specifically. But they first debuted tech demos of foldable OLED's as far back as 2013 at trade shows (which means also probably working on it even longer).
Whether or not they've been working on the phone itself for 6+ years is probably something only Samsung knows, But they've had vision for foldable/rollable displays for phones for at minimum 6 years.
I have to admit that image crossed my mind, too. Or getting stuck with bits of technology in your gear at any period of time in any place conducting with hunts.
The level of defending here by armchair engineers and armchair industrial designers is pretty pathetic. Being able to defend a flaw is not a super hero skill, Captain Obvious.
There, now go amount to something
It's not gloating when you ask yourself: how can something like this not wear down after little use?
There's a reason why Apple has strived very hard to remove any movable parts from their devices in the last decade.
There's a reason why Apple has strived very hard to remove any movable parts from their devices in the last decade.
It’s not so much gloating from armchair engineers as it, WTF were Samsung engineers thinking?
Seriously, how was it possible for them to overlook such a glaringly obvious point of ingress in a $2000 device? That’s pathetic.
If you use the word “success” as it’s defined in the dictionary then “partially working” would not be considered a success.
On the other hand, partially working satisfies the definition of failure.
But if you make up your own definitions to suit your personal beliefs, then yeah you’re 100% correct.
Are you sure Apple would use Samsung’s screens? There could be a good reason Apple invested $2.7 billion in LG’s OLED technology.
If you give me a CMaier X1000 Turbo Max Pro pre-production model for review and I turn it over to Timber Tear It Open for a teardown, you have every right to get all up in my colon and tell me to 1. get your property back and 2. get that teardown off the internet. You didn't give the X1000 TMP to Timber, I did. If I want to keep getting access to your products then I will correct my error because it wasn't my right to give your property to Timber. I want to remain in your good graces and Timber wants to remain in my good graces. The teardown gets torn down.
When you ship the X1000 TMP, Timber purchases one for teardown... as they normally do for all their teardowns... of products on sale... which your X1000 TMP was not.
To answer your AirPower question... ifixit would not be allowed to tear it down and publish unless they got explicit permission from Apple. Otherwise the would be in possession of potentially stolen IP and subject to legal action. AirPower? That legal action would be swift and unrelenting.
1) you don’t know how much time Samsung spent testing
2) yes it’s possible to cram years of folding and unfolding into a very short period of time, and Samsung did exactly that
Yeah, to make it impossible to repair by yourself..... or upgrade (soldered stuff and co.), then pretend they did it for the environment.
Ah the power of marketing!
There are plenty of OLD stuff with movable parts that still works flawlessly today, so if done right, it'll work!
It’s not typical for iFixit to publish teardowns of unreleased products is it?
After release, it’s open slather!
After release, it’s open slather!
Nothing a little bit of duct tape can’t fix, shouldn’t be too difficult to seal up that hinge area nice and tight.
Not sure about that plastic film over the display though... I think that have a tendency to get a little scratched up. Unless it’s Gorilla Saran Wrap, then it should be fine.
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Samsung didn't give iFixit a demo unit. They gave it to someone else. That person let iFixit tear it down. Samsung told that person to get their property back and make iFixit take it down. Ask and request mean the same thing. I think you meant Samsung can't demand iFixit take down the tear down. That's wrong too. But they didn't have to demand it. They made the person who received their property correct the error.
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I just love iFixIt. This is a good teardown read, done not-too-seriously and interspersed with humor.
iFixIt teardowns are a good read for those that want to know "how things work" or in this case "how things do not work". And, they simply nailed it this time -- as the post mortem bears their findings.
In my view, no shame on Samsung -- no hate to Samsung at all.
They tried something ambitiously different and came up short.
So. let's wait and see what comes out of this, eventually, as others (not excluding Samsung) give it a renewed shot.
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Not too surprised at this but hopefully Samsung will further develop and improve this folding tech. I really feel like it can go places when done right