So then the numerous recalls Apple has had take away from their innovation, or are they magically immune from your definition?
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iFixit Teardown of Samsung Galaxy Fold Reveals Likely Design Flaw
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To my knowledge, most iPhone releases the last several years have not had serious hardware defects - design decisions such as the "notch and no home button" you mention, as well as removal of the headphone jack are reasons I've not purchased iPhones since the 7. Hardware problems for Apple have been mostly with regard to Mac laptops - butterfly keyboard reliability, display problems such as the "stage light" flaw caused by a flimsy cable connector (necessitating an expensive display assembly replacement), and overheating/throttling with the i9 chips in high end MBP's.
Why would you be curious about that for? Seems like a silly waste of time to me. Giving fan bois attention brings the whole discussion down.
The more important thing is how Samsung now respond & fix their product.
Samsung is all about being first to the market no matter the costs.
No they are not. You see my issue here is more about the people who claim that Samsung is justified about anything crap they do, and the hypocrisy behind them.
You see Samsung folk will claim iphones are overpriced. Everyone got mental when the iphone X price was released. But hey, now that their beloved company charges a single phone feature, the folding mechanism, for a whopping extra 1,000$ (actually two iphone Xs lol) and they are celebrating its hypocrisy 101.
Ofcourse they will justify this by claiming just how innovative Samsung is. But now it seems this innovation is just bs and just doesnt work. But they still defend it for being innovative. This is ridiculous to me and pure hypocrisy.
If apple released the fold and had this price and those issues, can you imagine what all those hypocrites would go through? pure mental breakdown.
But no, its Samsung, somehow these guys are innovative because, like I said Iris scanner is just the same tech as Face ID...
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Those aren't recalls, they're Exchange and Repair Extension Programs, funnily enough.
The concept is cool. However I figured some sort of damage would take place over time with the constant folding. Also, it doesn't seem practical. 3 screens on a mobile device? If you need more screen real estate but on the go: buy a backpack and a decent tablet to pair with your mobile.
Sorry, I disagree on both counts.
Just became some no name company came out with a flexible something a tad before them is meaningless. They couldn’t have anticipated that would happen, and the reality is that they have been gunning for 6-8 years to be first. And of course besting Apple is part of that. That’s self evident.
Your comment about AirPower is actually the opposite of the truth, 180° from reality. AirPower is actually a perfect example of Apple’s discipline. They’d rather cancel a project and suffer public criticism then sell a product that didn’t meet their high standards.
How much does Samsung pay you to post garbage like this?
I have seen few displays who took damage / were failing, after few weeks with reviewers. So I think your comment about "real life condition" is spot on, as i believe that people would like to use a 2000 $ device for more than a month before the screen starts to fail..
Another day, another Galaxy Fold article, another umpteen comments trying to deflect away from the Fold and change the narrative to “look at xxx problem Apple had”.
I guess we can agree to disagree. 6-8 years of development is the antithesis of gunning to be first. AirPower isn't an example of discipline at all. It's an example of reach exceeding grasp. Apple wanted to be the first to introduce a new feature to Qi charging. Place anywhere. It didn't make it to market... and neither did the Fold. Again, our opinion differ. No big deal.
Au Contrair... Guy Kawasaki famously said "Be Happy Ship Crappy". If you let an engineering department decide when a product is "done" the product will never ship.
My 2017 MacBook keyboard works fine. But I don’t eat crisps while I’m typing.
Which Apple products had to be recalled because they didn't last for two days?
I thought we were over specs as they are generally meaningless. Performance, usability and reliability are all that really matter. I don't care if the Samsung has more RAM or a faster processor. They run different software and have other hardware components that are different making any comparison effectively worthless.
Who says all of these are acceptable? The point is to design something that would work, however, testing should be done prior to implementing for sale. I agree that we should not experience these issues and no ones want to deal with it as it is a major inconvenience. If companies are criticizing for trying something new or make improvements, there would be no advancements and creativity would be stymied.
There comes to a point where you can only make a screen so big without entering the size of a mini iPad. I find it easier on the eyes when looking at a larger screen than a smaller one. If the folding screen issue is solved without the huge cost, then this may be the option I would choose.
Count my name as someone!
Your post is an indirect offense to many people, You cover it as opinion