Uhh no, look in a target and tell me what you see. A crappy scratched screen
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Samsung Launches New Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 Smartphones
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Okay listen, I get it. You love Samsung products and hate Android slander. But we have to be realistic, folding phones are not ready. They're too much of a risk for how much they cost, and the last thing I need is a $1000 phone with a permanent line in the display after just mild use a couple months after buying.
I don't see why I'd ever like a folding phone. That being said, please quote me in like x years time when you spot me going "damn my folding phone is great af" so you can throw it back in my face.
Honestly don't hate samsung's latest build quality. It might be because they have some similar design language to apple in the more later devices, but either way, i'm impressed. It's too bad those phones run android.
4 years for recent devices? You got to be kidding me. Apple supports tablets from 2015 still. And iPhones from 2017.Yes, they do. This is one of their main recent goals.
Samsung Promises 'At Least Four Years' of Security Software Updates for Recent Galaxy Devices
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Did anybody notice the Galaxy Watch Pro with temperature sensor?
I guess 2022 is the year of Pro watches with temperature sensors. Coincidence?
I guess 2022 is the year of Pro watches with temperature sensors. Coincidence?
The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is what grabs my attention here.
- Titanium body ✅
- Sapphire glass ✅
- 3.3 days battery life ✅
- Improved health sensors inc. temperature ✅
- $450 / $479 (LTE)
Apple won’t because the tech is soooo bad still. If you look at frickin demo units and they have scratches.
I fully believe in the potential of folding phones. The Fold is just not there yet. Outer screen is too narrow. No dust resistance. Device overall is very thick and heavy. I think folding phones will be a viable option for the mainstream consumer in a few more years when they get better and come down in price.
Ok then, send us a pic of your screen and prove it.
So mistreated units in the store has scratches? So does my iPhone that lives in my pocket, the Fold 2 I ran for 6 months had zero scratches on the large screen and the normal amount on the outer screen.
to be fair…even iphone demo units are banged up.
It is price creep also. The iPhone 11 started at $699 .
https://www.macrumors.com/2019/09/13/iphone-11-iphone-11-pro-pre-orders/
[ in up front + hidden financing payment era ( so called 'subsidized' ) $299 to price in the open and rest 'hidden'
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/09/apple-announces-iphone6-iphone6plus/
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Now Apple is reportedly going to try to pitch that $799 is a bargain on the entry model and slap increases on the rest of the line up. ($829 if get it unlocked at full price ).
[ Yes will be able to buy "last years" iPhone at a more reasonable price. But as they inflate the 'first year' prices that one/two year old discount price keeps rising also. ]
Customers sitting on phones for 4 years instead of 2 years isn't a huge problem for Apple after they adjust the pipeline expectations. If the user base of phones spans 8 years then still getting folks coming out for upgrades every year. As long as there is steady churn , it is still steady income. That 'churn every 2 year' rate was artificially low. That largely was not being driven by purely on consumer choices about the very high perceived value of new features. There was lots of "you have to churn because everyone else is churning" action going on ; among other non consumer driven factors.
Right? No one would ever buy a non-silver iPhone or iPad if they looked at the anodizing on demo units in Walmart or Target.
What use do you have for 24-bit audio? Even on my HiFi setup at home with Sennheiser HD 800S headphones and Hegel HD12 DAC and Schiit Magnius amplifier, there is no need for 24-bit audio. I see even less use for it on mobile devices. Humans don't have great hearing and it degrades every year after you are born. 44.1KHz@16-bit is covering about twice as much as the human hearing can perceive at its optimal stage. What possible need do we have for 24-bit? Pretty much every double-blind test in existence has proven that no one is capable of telling 44.1KHz@16-bit and 192KHz@24-bit apart. Most people aren't able to tell a lossy 44.1KHz@16-bit 128kbps AAC lossy encode apart from its original 192KHz@24-bit master regardless of the level of equipment being used for playback.
I love great audio, don't get me wrong. But 192KHz@24-bit is pushing far into placebo territory and pretty much all evidence is proving how useless is it.
More like you have to invent things to support your beliefs, you are not realistic at all.
And excuse me for disturbing your hating spree. Do go on.
This coming for somebody that tries it's best to invent negative stuff about foldable smartphones.
Anyway as Samsung provides from +1 year of warranty for their phones your suggestion that Z Flip 4 in general smartphones will simply break after 2 months makes ZERO sense.
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Hey, atleast they are trying tho. You got to give them a credit for that.
I will take a snapshot of the displayed Z Fold 3 and Z Filp 3 from my local electronics store. They have no scratches or permanent lines on the folding screens. Yeah, every single one all right, LoL.
They come with a screen protector per-applied which can be changed as it wears off.
Why would an iOS user care about a folding phone running Android? Unless you are one that doesn't really care what operating system and ecosystem you are running it wouldn't make much sense for you to care about what folding phones Samsung is releasing.
This notion of Apple users not caring about what else is on the market has more to do with the fact that iOS users tend to prefer iOS for whatever reason, and most are most likely heavily integrated into an Apple ecosystem. These users don't suddenly pick up a phone that doesn't integrate with their existing ecosystem just because there is a foldable phone available.
Of course, these users are much more likely to be interested once Apple releases a foldable phone because then they can consider it as it will integrate with their existing ecosystem. I have so many paid apps on iOS, I use AirPlay on a daily basis, I have an Apple One subscription, Apple TVs, Apple Watches, utilizes Apple Family Sharing, hand-off to macOS, etc. The list is endless.
I find foldable phones interesting, but nothing sold by Samsung interests me as it won't fit into my lifestyle at all. But once Apple releases a foldable phone I'm going to be very eager to see what it brings. This has nothing to do with nobody caring unless Apple is doing something.