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Samsung Claims Foldable Phones Are Going Mainstream

It’s still too many compromises as of now. But, I believe by Fold 5, it will finally be ready.

Just like Samsung normalize the Note series.

We’re getting there. Hopefully Apple is two years away.
 
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Samsung is just asking for another black eye, in pushing the foldable displays. If, and it is a giant IF, they do happen to start selling in more mainstream numbers, can you imagine all the unhappy consumers there will be once the screens start to fail, get scratched, show imprints, the hinge breaks, etc?
 
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Wonder what compelling UI Apple would have for a foldable device. Apple has the utility, productivity, and creativity apps to make this worthy. But maybe this is like when Samsung was desperately claiming people were going crazy for 3D TVs.
 
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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗 said:
I’ve never been a fan of foldable phones. To me, it’s too gimmicky. It really serves no purpose. It’s just here for the looks. Instead of Samsun focusing on the foldable screen. They should focus on bettering their software and moving away from plastic material.
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One purpose is to have a larger screen in a smaller, folded form factor.
 
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I've always liked the idea of the foldables; flip phones were super cool and I have a nostalgic soft spot for them.

But aside from the technical hurdles to make it work, I feel that aside from novelty, there won't be much a market for it. Would be cool to be proven wrong, though.

In the meantime, I'll stick to my iPhone mini, since it's about as close to the perfect size as I can find right now.
 
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jmgregory1 said:
Samsung is just asking for another black eye, in pushing the foldable displays. If, and it is a giant IF, they do happen to start selling in more mainstream numbers, can you imagine all the unhappy consumers there will be once the screens start to fail, get scratched, show imprints, the hinge breaks, etc?
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They're already selling millions of them a year.
 
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The advantage the Motorola RAZR had, was that it was just a phone. Even then, candy bar phones were still more popular. The same is true now. People will always prefer a candy bar style phone and the foldable phones, whilst I’m sure there is a niche market, will be a small part of the equation.

I’m just not sure they are worth all the R&D.
 
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A friend of mine has whatever the latest foldable Samsung phone is. It's a great feature, well executed. There's a hint of seam but you don't notice it. Apps like YouTube are deigned to work with the large form factor and having the option of a big screen when you're on public transport or in bed etc. Is great.

I'd like to see the tech perfected even more and apple adopting it. I don't like giant phones so having something that can fold out to become bigger is the perfect solution.

The main thing putting me off getting one is I quite like iOS.
 
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wanha said:
Foldable phones will only go mainstream when Apple finally makes one and legitimatises the form factor.
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a 300% increase without apple is samsung bringing it mainstream already... if they continue that pace its a staggering number after just 1-2 years.
 
I think back very fondly to my Motorola Razr, which was a great phone at the time. I would prefer a horizontal fold to a vertical fold I think. Also, a proper hinge would be fine because then the phone would be durable.
 
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BrownyQ said:
I've always liked the idea of the foldables; flip phones were super cool and I have a nostalgic soft spot for them.

But aside from the technical hurdles to make it work, I feel that aside from novelty, there won't be much a market for it. Would be cool to be proven wrong, though.

In the meantime, I'll stick to my iPhone mini, since it's about as close to the perfect size as I can find right now.
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Flip phones were great, and will be great again with foldable tech, especially when it gets slimmed down. I don't think it is a novelty, you are getting the option of a bigger phone with half the pocket footprint, it is also super natural to open to answer and close to hang up.

Samsung and other companies at least try things and take risks. Apple sits back and watches, learns from their mistakes and then comes in with something generally really well thought out. They let the other guys do the leg work and then Apple pats themselves on the back for coming out with something more refined. Ultimately I don't care who had what first, only care for a product that is function and works for me. I appreciate Samsung and others taking chances and trying things whereas Apple on the other hand makes great products but seem more concerned with how much money they can make and ignore trying to make something good for the consumer.
 
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