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Samsung Announces Galaxy Z Flip 5G Smartphone Starting at $1,449.99
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People are complaining about the price? Lol. I'd rather pay for real r and d than paying to increase profits for the company
I think you’re missing the point of a folding phone.
Apple: iPhone unfolds to make iPad mini. Both serve a purpose.
Samsung: Phone folds up to make plastic square.
Only one serves a purpose.
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For Samsung's sake, I do hope they succeed with this. All the naysayers in this forum are clearly not the target market. Sometimes a sound strategy – if you can afford it and Samsung clearly can – is to throw something out there to see what sticks. Take a chance, fail fast, rinse and repeat until you have something.
Imagine spending 1500$ on this to get two android updates. Lmao setting aside the fisher price UI and baked in ads.
It looks like a fancy clam shell phone from back in the day. Where are the phones you can roll up or fold like a piece of paper and put in your pocket?
I'm surprised by all the hate. This form factor won't be for everyone, and Samsung's first efforts with folding screen technology were a debacle, but this is a really nice idea overall that will be useful to many when perfected. Among other things, this design is probably much better than current phones at protecting the screen in the event of a hard drop, and it will fit in pockets that otherwise couldn't accommodate a screen of this size. I could also see women choosing a device like this because they can drop it in a handbag without a thought.
For various reasons including price, I wouldn't actually choose it, but it strikes me as worthwhile innovation.
For various reasons including price, I wouldn't actually choose it, but it strikes me as worthwhile innovation.
I've got my portable phone already. No need for folding.
Everyone loves tiny folding devices. Partly because they normally come with a tiny price tag. Get it down to $200-500 and I think it'd be a big seller. At $1500? I don't think anyone would buy it.
I think AR probably has a solid chance of being the killer tech instead of folding phones, though. Who wants a phone with 3 screens when you can just have AR project endless screens into the world?
I think AR probably has a solid chance of being the killer tech instead of folding phones, though. Who wants a phone with 3 screens when you can just have AR project endless screens into the world?
When folded the phone is roughly 3.5" x 3". What phone do you know how that's that size in 2020?
Doubtful that it'll be $1500 forever. Tech generally comes down in price as manufacturing processes and components get cheaper.
$1500 and in about 18 months your device will be dead to Samsung in terms of getting priority software updates.
Meanwhile, iPhone 6s owners (a device almost 5 years old now) will be receiving iOS 14 on day one later this year.
Meanwhile, iPhone 6s owners (a device almost 5 years old now) will be receiving iOS 14 on day one later this year.
Really pathetic level of discourse in here.
I don’t think this phone would work for me (i don’t really trust Android or Samsung), but unless this forum is flooded with children, I’m pretty sure most of us went through having flip phones and Gameboy Pockets in our pockets. They fit. The histrionics in this thread are ridiculous. Complaining about the price point on a piece of high end technology is rich from a forum that wastes time defending apple’s $400 wheels.
The phone obviously theoretically could work for anyone who would like the benefits of a full size phone in the form factor of something much smaller and ostensibly protected when not in use.
I don’t think this phone would work for me (i don’t really trust Android or Samsung), but unless this forum is flooded with children, I’m pretty sure most of us went through having flip phones and Gameboy Pockets in our pockets. They fit. The histrionics in this thread are ridiculous. Complaining about the price point on a piece of high end technology is rich from a forum that wastes time defending apple’s $400 wheels.
The phone obviously theoretically could work for anyone who would like the benefits of a full size phone in the form factor of something much smaller and ostensibly protected when not in use.
This is ridiculous. Why on earth would anyone pay that much for something that is going to fall apart.
"You should check with your airline first, but most domestic airlines permit a carry-on piece of luggage that is 45 linear (total) inches. A common sized bag for carry-on luggage is 22"x 14"x 9". Most airlines have a carry-on weight limit of 40 pounds."
This is just one example of why the biggest size out of three dimensions matter. It matters for smartphones too. There are tons of pockets where most phones won't fit but this Samsung phone will.
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Just like it took them many years to come up with a phablet that made sense (because it was an exact form factor copy of the Samsung Galaxy Note)
Folding phones are a solution looking for a problem. The purest expression of a gimmick and bad design.
I love your optimism. Don't change. Please.
Sigh, my pessimism compels me to reply however:
- Why release a product that isn't finished. If this device isn't perfect the market is going to be very wary of this tech and Samsung will lose most of its R&D.
- How might this improve protection? You can't apply a screen protector or likely even a reasonable case, and it's most likely to be dropped when in use.
- OK, I sort of get this one. But, just build a smaller flagship phone - which already has huge demand and would not only be easier to support but would still differentiate them.
- I feel like more and more women don't want to carry a handbag. But, that's probably a regional thing.