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Samsung Developing Additional Folding Smartphones, May Offer Free Display Replacements for Alleged Crease Defect in Current Model
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Well people are perfectly happy to claim any number of Apple products have changed their life without being questioned about it. What is wrong with the idea of a phone which was far more flexible (no pun intended) making life easier?
Because it doesn’t. You just convinced yourself that it does and there is a difference for example between an Apple Watch with HR and fall detection which actually saved lives and a stupid looking phone that unfolds into stupid looking thing with stupid aspect ratio.
The honeymoon phase for the early adopters will be very short.
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This phone is like all of Samsung’s devices. They get wind of what Apple is developing and the go all out to being someone out that is similar to what they heard Apple is doing.
Then it comes out and is mediocre, not though out, inelegant and fragile. I’ll wait till Apple bring out their folding masterpiece.
Then it comes out and is mediocre, not though out, inelegant and fragile. I’ll wait till Apple bring out their folding masterpiece.
Tablet market is dead for years, they just refuse to turn off its life support.
With the only exception being the iPad.
This “add” is to me one of the most beautiful videos Apple has ever created. The message, animation, music - everything is perfect, telling you exactly what makes Apple special. It is such an amazing piece!
Apple can’t/won’t focus on being first; and they don’t have to. They would never release something like this, that is so untested and unfinished.
Apple is clearing pivoting into wearables.
I don't understand why so many people are making the case that Apple somehow has to release a folding phone or it isn't innovating.
No Apple is putting their logos on crapbooks and crapminis which are faulty by design
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I’m wondering the same since 2012
I'm getting the impression this is generally your problem.
No, it's his problem that someone states a folding phone might in a small way make their life easier (generally the idea of tech), and immediately jumps in to stamp on this statement.
There is blind defence of anything Apple and being an attack dog to anything that isn't and then there is being plain dumb. Somehow he's got both down to a fine art.
Meanwhile at Apple,iPhone team are busy deciding which new shade of gold should they use for the next iPhone and how much more they can sell it.
very innovative.
very innovative.
Aren't you all equally guilty of the same? Someone feels that what Samsung has done actually isn't all that useful or meaningful, and you are all jumping at him for being contrary to what you all believe.
Generally, it feels that the general tone here is that any response bashing Apple gets celebrated (no matter how wrong or ludicrous), while any post which dares speak out in defence of Apple gets heavily booed, even when the latter subsequently turns out to be correct or justified.
I also find it comically ironic when people say Apple "needs to" do something like this or it’s "not innovating anymore" but then it turns out the result isn’t something most people end wanting, like Netbooks, or 3D, or phone keyboards.
I am willing to go out on a limb and bet that folding phones will end up falling in this last category. It's not a phone which can be unfolded into a larger tablet. It's a tablet which can be folded into a smaller form factor. The problem then comes when you pretty much have to unfold it every time you want to use it (because the Samsung Galaxy Fold demo makes it look utterly worthless as a smartphone). Not to mention that android tablets are pretty much dead, yet Samsung is hoping to con people into shelling out $2000 for one?
I don't see how this can possibly translate into a great user experience however you spin it.
Ok, scenario.. Folding phones come in.. Nobody here has touched one, seen one etc..
Several people are enthusiastic that tech is being pushed forward, look at the pro's and cons and say this is good for the industry as a whole.
Apple defender +, "this is naff, never work, no application, wont help people, crease, android, data piracy, China, useless tech etc"...
That's ALL they bring to the table. that's it. Over and over, shouting down anyone else's slight admiration for the technology even in it's early beta stages.
Had this been an Apple release, they'd be sticking two fingers up at Samsung and hailing it as the greatest innovative tech ever released.
You get the picture?
I think it could be an exciting development, only time will tell. I have a fairly big smartphone but still prefer to read books on my kindle because of the extra size. If I had a foldable phone I would certainly get rid of my kindle. Games would be more enjoyable too with a bigger screen. I use my phone as a phone very rarely so it's the other possibilities that could come with a foldable phone that appeal to me.
Regarding a crease, IF there is a crease I am sure future advancements in technology will improve the situation. For me it would depend on how soon the crease would appear. If it was guaranteed to survive three years before any creasing signs showing up then it wouldn't be a deal breaker at all as it would be acceptable wear and tear to me and after 2 years I usually upgrade my phone anyway.
Regarding a crease, IF there is a crease I am sure future advancements in technology will improve the situation. For me it would depend on how soon the crease would appear. If it was guaranteed to survive three years before any creasing signs showing up then it wouldn't be a deal breaker at all as it would be acceptable wear and tear to me and after 2 years I usually upgrade my phone anyway.
Actually more probable is that they're working on FaceID 2.0 with a smaller notch, triple rear cameras, a SOC two years ahead of the competition and possible pencil support.
Also all indications point to a lower price point, but I'll believe that when I see it.
Nope, and for so many reasons.
What the OP meant was a semantic correction: if the hinge is vertical, the device folds horizontally.
Fold it so it easier to put it where the sun doesn’t shine.
Can’t really see a use for this in many years. But I guess a device could be made to look like the book Penny had from Inspector Gadget. If it’s thick like a small book we can get performance and good battery at the same time.
Can’t really see a use for this in many years. But I guess a device could be made to look like the book Penny had from Inspector Gadget. If it’s thick like a small book we can get performance and good battery at the same time.
