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Leaked Renders Allegedly Reveal Samsung's Foldable Phone Hours Ahead of Launch Event
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Yes you might see those types of comment after the product is demoed.
After the keynote later check other tech comment forums and see what the general consensus is then.
This looks neat! Although if it folds inwards this would mean you would always have to unfold it to use it, which imo isn't as useful. Still, it's an amazing step forward.
You're on an Apple forum, are you really surprised? If you went to a Samsung/Sony/Microsoft forum you would see the same sort of behaviour.
IMHO the future is AR (glasses), not mechanically stressed screens.
So a full screen outside and an even bigger screen on the inside - good for manufacturers, bad for device cost.
QFT!
Especially as - if it's one screen that gets actually folded and not two separate screens that align in opened state - the pixels are so small and fragile that I can't imagine how they would survive continuous mechanical stress from folding mid- to long-term.
And laptops don't fold across the display.
As I said above, I see AR glasses as a more viable solution for big (virtual) "screens" with small physical device footprint. I will closely follow the presentation and reviews of Samsungs solution, but also keep an eye on longer-term experiences. Perhaps Samsung can convince me of the robustness of their folding screen tech, but for now colour me sceptical.
Can’t wait to see it. If apple ever does it, all those that hate it will suddenly love it and call it revolutionary.
Samsung have been working on curved displays for many years. They showed off their first curved display in 2013 and you can bet they have been working on it for years before that. Samsung have been working on this for years long before Apple. However let’s just say they are only releasing their foldable phone now to beat Apple to the punch
I am reserving comments until we actually see one that you can buy. Not a concept. Not a render. Is that being salty?
The article discusses one at length.
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My father calls that “a solution without a problem.”
I have read many articles here at MR of rumored new Apple products and the quotes I wrote is where I got it from. Those quotes are said before, not after, the actual new product coming out. I take more note from actual users who have used a product longer which come from their experience. Some comments are objective and subjective so I just have to filter them out. Whether you or anyone else like or don't like Samsung, at least look to see what folding display can offer or capable of doing. It will cost nothing, just your time, so either it's for you or it's not.
I think you forget where you are, the comments for an Apple folding phone would be scathing and would include but would not be limited to: there's no dark mode, Steve would have never let this happen, Tim Cook needs to go, a plastic screen, scratch gate, foldgate... etc
This is the best comment I've read so far and I don't think there will be others that will be close. You are fair, open-minded and unbiased. Thank you.
This tech is cool, and probably the future of smartphones. These first ones probably won’t be super great, but future ones will be. I’m really not sure how anyone can judge this particular phone either way having not seen it demoed or used yet. I don’t think it’s particularly fair to judge it as “useless” just because it doesn’t run iOS. I also don’t think it’s fair to blast Apple for not releasing one yet. I imagine Apple is just doing what it always does and waiting to make sure they can get it right if there proves to be a market for these.
My whole problem with this thing is the brand. I have had three Samsung kitchen appliances and one Samsung TV break before they were even 5 years old. And I mean BREAK. To the point where they weren’t worth the cost of fixing and weren’t under warranty anymore. My son has a Samsung tablet that makes a strange, unexplained hissing noise 24 hrs a day. So yeah, I don’t trust this phone not to eventually break. I think Samsung is a very unreliable brand. So when I say I’ll wait for Apple or another more reliable brand to do one, that’s why.
My whole problem with this thing is the brand. I have had three Samsung kitchen appliances and one Samsung TV break before they were even 5 years old. And I mean BREAK. To the point where they weren’t worth the cost of fixing and weren’t under warranty anymore. My son has a Samsung tablet that makes a strange, unexplained hissing noise 24 hrs a day. So yeah, I don’t trust this phone not to eventually break. I think Samsung is a very unreliable brand. So when I say I’ll wait for Apple or another more reliable brand to do one, that’s why.
Yes, yes, yes. +3 internets for you.
Awesome concept! Something different about it. Let's be honest, nobody gives a damn about 10% faster CPU, 20% powerfull GPU, a bit better camera and 5% better battery life, that's why sales of the smartphones starts to stagnate. There is a huge need for a new technology, for a inovative gadgets.
Interestingly enough, while many may disagree, I don’t feel that I have a great need for gadgetry. Personally, I’m a bigger fan of pragmatics and embrace better camera and battery. Each to his own though.
For the average consumer, there is a not an allure for incremental improvements every single year, the only real major change with the iPhone aside from the factor, was Face ID. But in terms of offering something entirely different, this is the type of change that I think the smart phone industry needs. It Doesn’t necessarily have to be from Samsung, Apple, LG etc., it’s just the fact that we’re seeing something different that has the potential to bring change.
I remember years back, when the smart watch for Apple was discussed before it even launched, it was heavily chastised that it would ‘fail and flop’, now, it’s one of the best selling smart watches in the world, where it’s starting to gravitate towards health features like EKG, fall detection, etc. Point being, a foldable display doesn’t register with others imaginations, because they don’t have experience with it. It’s OK to be skeptical of something, and some don’t like change, but being that this seems like something that will be a reality in the future, this _could_ change everything
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Cool concept, but I’d be worried about how this functions as a pocketable phone. The tablet side is the easy part, but unfortunately Android doesn’t have any tablet software. Seems like a mediocre version of both slapped together. I’m interested to see the software hands on, but I’m sure it’ll take a few years before such a concept makes sense from a hardware and software perspective. I don’t think I’d ever be in the market for such a device.
When Apple is first to market some new technology, they are innovative and everyone is copying them. If Apple waits to release larger phones, usb c, oled screens, etc, they are sagacious and they “do it right”.
But seriously, competition is good for the consumer. If Samsung makes a great foldable phone, it only means that the Apple version will have to be better.
But seriously, competition is good for the consumer. If Samsung makes a great foldable phone, it only means that the Apple version will have to be better.