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Multiple Reviewers Facing Broken Galaxy Fold Devices After Just Days of Use

Just as smartphones replaced DVD players, internet devices, cameras, etc.. smartphones will eventually replace computers as well.

I believe we will eventually see the day of a folding phone, maybe even one that has multiple folds, running iOS, then you plug into USB C into a monitor or attach a keyboard and bam - there is your full-blown mac osx desktop
 
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I think it’s pretty obvious that the fold needs to be on the outside.
 
Scott6666 said:
Folding a screen is kind of a stupid idea in the first place. Maybe this will make it all go away.
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You really think that there’s no use case for a phone that unfolds into a tablet, even in the future when the folding technology gets better?
 
I don't expect these problems to be widespread otherwise the technology never would have launched. But even with a 2% failure rate, that'll be enough to get people to reconsider their life choices over a $2,000 priced item, and exactly why Apple isn't incentivized to bring a product to market. This doesn't fit a niche that is expressly needed by anyone, if they were truly being honest ... I can carry an iPad Mini and an iPhone and solve both use cases with less cost than this product. Now if the product were perfect, then it's a value-add choice, but it's not.
 
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iObama said:
You really think that there’s no use case for a phone that unfolds into a tablet, even in the future when the folding technology gets better?
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I’m waiting for AR glasses. All the benefit with none of the trade offs (at least for me, as I already wear glasses).
 
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Pppfffftttttt hahahaha this is funny, first gen tech and all that, but they charge 2 grand for the thing? Haha..

At least the tech has come to market now, it’s been in development for long enough! But I think it’s a third or fourth gen tech.... before they get it right?
 
Kyle4 said:
I can see foldable phones becoming a niche product that is later discontinued in the future like 3D televisions. The idea is cool but in practise it’s just not worth it.
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People literally said the same thing about the Dell Streak and the following Galaxy Note. Basically writing off "phablet" sized phones and look were we are today.
 
Is anyone surprised by this? This phone was a proof of concept, that's it, it was never meant to be mass produced.
 
iPhysicist said:
This will make for a huge Galaxy Note 7-like disaster for Samsung
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Not really ... maybe from a marketing standpoint, sure, where consumers will apply this failure to the other Samsung devices. But I don't see that happening. The S and Note devices are fabulous phones, and unlike the Note 7 fiasco, people weren't in physical harm's way.

It's also a $2000 phone. I'm sure Samsung already planned on low sales to start with and it just got even poorer.

Now, how this **** didn't come up during testing phase is beyond me!
 
This is the problem when you have highly trained engineers gently testing these things inside clean rooms.
 
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