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Multiple Reviewers Facing Broken Galaxy Fold Devices After Just Days of Use
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I know right. The cognitive dissonance of Samsung as well. You are conflating issues. The military will not use Samsung cloud either in fact the Army is divesting of Android. So say what you will.
You would have to be pretty crazy to spend 2 grand to beta test this product. It’s just not ready for prime time. It’s a good idea but we didn’t have to wait for this to happen for us to know that these weren’t going to be replacing the XS and S10 anytime soon.
In addition this is going to depreciate very fast. Perhaps not as bad as the gold Apple Watch Edition but bad nonetheless.
If you have 2 grand to spend, go and buy yourself an OLED TV. You’ll have a great product that will last you a while. LGs now have HDMI 2.1 as well.
In addition this is going to depreciate very fast. Perhaps not as bad as the gold Apple Watch Edition but bad nonetheless.
If you have 2 grand to spend, go and buy yourself an OLED TV. You’ll have a great product that will last you a while. LGs now have HDMI 2.1 as well.
It’s not a “beta” product. Samsung is taking preorders and units are supposed to ship before the end of this month.
Unless of course Samsung managed to take Apple’s public beta to a new level and figured out they can get customers to pay nearly $2k to be beta testers.
I think it’s a pretty cool idea, and agree that the fold belongs on the outside where the bend has a larger radius. I’m not about to go rushing out to get one but would like to see the idea work out.
I know that this is an unacceptable flaw, but I am happy that they're trying and pushing forward and trying things.
This smells of a cancelled product. Or at least back to the drawing board. Even in best case scenario, a fold will have durability issues.
Some of us bitch about everyone (when deserved).
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Get ready for a long sleep.
The battery life is great on the Xr but I'm also never far away from being able to charge. I'm really interested in the double camera for the optical zoom (and the OLED screen with higher resolution would be a bonus). The Max would be great for its screen size because I recently sold my iPad Pro (used money to partially cover laptop purchase) so I'm left using my phone when giving speeches and lectures (most lectures I can use my laptop). The Xr is a great phone but the extra size of the Max would help in my case.
Yeah, and now the future buzz is 8K (when the majority of people don’t even have 4K).
I really don't see Apple going forward with a device like this.
A piece of dust crippled my MacBook Pro keyboard. Apple can relate to this.
Samsung this week provided reviewers with Galaxy Fold devices for some hands-on time, and it appears the folding smartphone may be suffering from some serious flaws. Three of the reviewers who received a Galaxy Fold have already experienced failures, all of which focus on the display.
The Verge's Dieter Bohn says that his Galaxy Fold device broke after a random bulge appeared on the display, perhaps from a piece of debris that had gotten into the hinge. The debris, or whatever the bulge was, pressed into the display hard enough to break it.
Bohn says that he did not mistreat the phone, doing "normal phone stuff" like putting it in a pocket and opening and closing the hinge.Similarly, CNBC's Steve Kovach shared a video of his review unit displaying a flickering, failing screen after just a single day of use.
Broken Galaxy Fold OLED display via The Verge
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman also ran into a catastrophic display failure. His Galaxy Fold is broken and unusable, appearing to feature some of the same screen failures as Kovach's unit.
In Gurman's case, he says that there was a protective layer on the screen that is not supposed to be removed, but this was not communicated to him. He took it off, which may have contributed to the problem. Well-known YouTuber Marques Brownlee says that he did the same thing because there was no warning in the box.
Not all of the reviewers with broken units removed the plastic film, however, so there are clearly multiple issues impacting the Galaxy Fold. Three broken review units that failed within a day or two does not bode well for the device at all. It's not known if reviewers received a bad batch of the device or if units going out to customers will experience the same issues, but anyone considering a purchase should be aware of these failures.
Samsung's Galaxy Fold costs a whopping $1,980, which is a sensationally high price even for a device that works. Right now, Samsung is accepting pre-orders for the Galaxy Fold on carrier sites, and the first retail units are expected to be available to customers on April 26.
Article Link: Multiple Reviewers Facing Broken Galaxy Fold Devices After Just Days of Use
Really glad to see actual innovation, even if it’s disappointingly not ready. Keep aiming for the stars!
lol its not ready its a failure no innvoation. if apple did the same thing people will go mad it will be everywheere, on the news, youtube, twiter, facebook, all most every social platform.
Kenny Rogers said it best:
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run