Samsung Mocks Apple for Lack of Foldable iPhone in New World Cup Themed Ad

[chaospet]

Is anyone *really* waiting for foldable phones? I’m certainly not. Maybe when the tech improves to the point the screens are more durable and don’t have a garish crease in the middle.. but given what exists now, no thanks.

 

[hovscorpion12]

As a Z Fold 4 owner. I can say there are still improvements that need to be made to the general experience.

I love using the main display for Excel files and notes at the same time. Being able to have 3 apps open at the same time is next level productivity. I rarely ever use my iPhone it's for eco-system continuity with iPad and MacBook Pro

1. Durability needs to be at the same level as "candy Bar" phones [Ie: iPhones, S22s, OnePlus...etc.]
2. The main screen needs to replace the plastic and adopt glass without fear of breaking with light pressure.
3. IP68 Water and Dust resistance. This is a requirement for Foldables to be mainstream.

 

[Motorola68000]

I had a Motorola phone years ago that folded. Awful device. I thought it was cool at the time, but it was a proverbial pain in the posterior. Samsung should really be asking why anyone would really want a foldable phone! Something I can certainly live without.

 

[purplerainpurplerain]

In a couple years we'll know how flexiphones hold up in the real world.

It’s already more than a couple of years. Prototypes were much much older. This is not new tech and still suffers from cracking and creasing and pealing.

Foldable smartphone - Wikipedia

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[LD517]

Pro tip: All Samsung phones can fold with enough force. Give it a go.

Pro tip : Any phone can bend with enough force

 

[blazerunner]

I see no reason why I would desire a foldable phone... A 12 or 13 mini sized device, on the other hand...

So sounds like you're an advocate for choice? You want small mini sized devices, which there's clearly a market for but you should NOT suggest that folding phones shouldnt be an option either if there are OTHER people that want them.

Like you, I too prefer smaller sized ACTUALLY POCKETABLE phones.

 

[thomasav]

Sad. Very sad. When someone makes a compelling argument for a foldable phone, then I will look at it. I'm not opposed to one, I just don't see the point.

The only reason to own a foldable phone is so that you can slam it shut in dramatic fashion.

 

[Vasilioskn]

Those foldable phones are awful

 

[Regbial]

Even 3D TVs have more merit than foldable phones... (I will never let it go... I love 3D! 😭)

 

[genovelle]

Cue the people attacking Samsung while they cheered on Apple attacking Windows.

Considering Windows was a stolen product based on MacOS technology from the beginning in which they manipulated Apple into a bad license to use for Word development etc. Apple had every right to poke fun at them.

 

[jib2]

Foldable phones are the 3D TVs of the phone industry.

I don't want/need a foldable phone, but bad analogy -- 3D TVs were actually a useful item -- I still have one and wish newer TVs included 3D capability (even if most people wouldn't use it).

 

[blazerunner]

Considering Windows was a stolen product based on MacOS technology from the beginning in which they manipulated Apple into a bad license to use for Word development etc. Apple had every right to poke fun at them.

And Apple took credit from Xerox. IDC if they paid for it, Apple certainly didn't revolutionize anything. Just like how Apple tried to take credit for smartphones and touchscreens with multitouch when that tech was available a long time before the iPhone.

Cheerleading is the worst part of any fanbase... and especially cringe at MacRumors.

 

[bigjnyc]

Foldables are a tacky gimic

Until Apple makes one.. Then they are the best thing ever I'm sure.

 

[spinedoc77]

It's a cute ad, I think people take this way more seriously than they should. As a Fold 4 owner I do feel that Samsung shouldn't necessarily advertise this way, they are much better off simply advertising why it's a better phone and let consumers decide. But still, the ad is cute and I think is mainly meant to draw attention to the brand and technology.

 

[miric]

Come with special features like cracks in very cold weather cracks in very hot weather. It’s like a phone on crack.

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Oh, somsonye really wants everybody uses this pthtc BS?

 

[finbred]

The image doesn't quite correlate with the actual market share of Samsung flippers vs. iPhones.

 

[TalkieToaster]

I hear that scientists are getting close to finding the problem that a folding screen solves.

 

[Bobbuilds69]

A co worker has the newest flip and he already had to get it replaced because the screen started failing right where the screen bends.I’m not exactly sure what Samsung is so proud of.

 

[J InTech82]

In a new World Cup themed ad, Samsung has poked fun at Apple's lack of a flippable iPhone while promoting its own Galaxy Z Flip4.

Article Link: Samsung Mocks Apple for Lack of Foldable iPhone in New World Cup Themed Ad

If this were based on actual numbers, there would be three times as many iPhones there and really like one or two Samsung phones.

 

[NachoGrande]

I’d never want a foldable phone. 🤮🤮

 

[brucewayne]

Tim declined to comment, instead preferring to spend his time swimming in Apple's FY2022 170B in profit Scrooge McDuck style.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

That was funny. 😅

Some of y'all take these ads too seriously.

 

[tubular]

It’s already more than a couple of years. Prototypes were much much older. This is not new tech and still suffers from cracking and creasing and pealing.

You're probably right. But they think it's now ready for prime time. Let's see what the we're-ready-for-prime-time phones look like after a year in the wild.

 

[tubular]

I hear that scientists are getting close to finding the problem that a folding screen solves.

But it takes 192 lasers hitting it at the same time.

 

[nfl46]

I enjoy my non-creased phone screen.

Honestly, after a while you don't even notice it. It was the same with the iPhone notch.