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Samsung Rumored to Launch Fully Bendable Smartphones in 2017

zubikov said:
Have to give credit where it's due. Great concept, hope it's implemented well. I would love to carry a normal sized phone in my pocket, then flip it open to watch a movie or read a book.
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But that's the hard part... making it normal sized.

Foldable displays could work well if they can get it to actually fold flat and/or make phones much thinner.

The devil is in the details. A lot of companies are working on foldable displays, including Apple. Samsung, with its display manufacturing skills has as good of a chance as any, but let's face it... They don't exactly have a good track record of introducing something new that was well thought out and well-executed.

They like to rush things to market to say they were first.
 
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Samsung makes awesome HW - i am talking about the high end - on the same level as Apple.

That Android doesn't seem to do justice to the HW though. I wasn't able to get used to it. To me it feels cheap.

I am a big Apple fan boy - but I honestly hope that Samsung can raise the bar and challenge Apple. I am sure Apple is also on top of things but I cannot wait for the exciting times coming ahead in terms of technology.
I have to change my MBP (early 2011), my iPad 2, my iPhone 4s and my iMac (mid 2011) but I am really holding to the last moment until there is a valid change worthy of upgrading.

Common Samsung - push the limits!
 
Now this makes the smartphone interesting again. Times where the iPhone was the clear leader of the pack may be behind us, and unless they innovate , they could be following
 
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Too bad Kyocera and Sprint already beat them to it years ago:

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Karma*Police said:
But that's the hard part... making it normal sized.

Foldable displays could work well if they can get it to actually fold flat and/or make phones much thinner.

The devil is in the details. A lot of companies are working on foldable displays, including Apple. Samsung, with its display manufacturing skills has as good of a chance as any, but let's face it... They don't exactly have a good track record of introducing something new that was well thought out and well-executed.

They like to rush things to market to say they were first.
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The edge series of galaxy phones hit the ground running. They used to roll out crap, but thier new stuff has matured.
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oneMadRssn said:
Too bad Kyocera and Sprint already beat them to it years ago:

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Is that a dual display or a bendable display? Big difference
 
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Shrugs. Knowing me and my delicate 'kung fu' grip, I'd break it anyway. :rolleyes:

As I am not a power user, probably not one of the folks who would benefit from this.

At any rate, besides making things water and drop proof, I am not sure what else Apple can do with their existing tech besides make it run great with no bugs. So I'll just bend into a ball and roll back into my corner here.

Nice that Samsung is trying new things though.
 
There have been flexible displays for awhile, but a display that fold completely in half and then unfold completely flat? No hinge in the middle? I'm not aware of any material, display or otherwise, that can do that. I could see this possibly working with a very large hinge so the display never has to quite crease, but the device is going to be pretty thick.
 
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magicschoolbus said:
Always. Steve Jobs would always introduce the competitors product, then say what the problems were, how Apple fixed them, why their version is better, and introduces the latest and greatest. Apple didn't invent the smartphone or the tablet or the MP3 player.. They simply made the best versions and redefined the space.
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True, but the problem is:
1) Have they refined cloud services? (iCloud is pathetic)
2) Have they refined smartphones? (see iPhone 7 rumors; iPhone is still great but pretty soon Samsung will dance around it)
3) Have they refined desktops? (see pathetic MacMini, and Mac Pro. I give you that iMac is still pretty great)
4) Have they refined laptops? (see the pathetic MBP line. MB is nice but for $1,700 is not that great as a refinement)
5) Have they refined smart watches? (I think they are on track for something, but they're focusing too much on the bands, and it's hardly a revolutionary product)
6) Have they refined music streaming service? (Apple Music... please...)
7) Have they refined the television? (I love my ATV4, but it's far from being a revolutionary product. Granted, the TV industry IS the bottom line problem).
8) Have they refined Operating Systems? (Up to a little bit ago, yes. I think iOS and OS X are still the best around, but we're seeing an increasing number of issues).
 
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yaxomoxay said:
True, but the problem is:
1) Have they refined cloud services? (iCloud is pathetic)
2) Have they refined smartphones? (see iPhone 7 rumors; iPhone is still great but pretty soon Samsung will dance around it)
3) Have they refined desktops? (see pathetic MacMini, and Mac Pro. I give you that iMac is still pretty great)
4) Have they refined laptops? (see the pathetic MBP line. MB is nice but for $1,700 is not that great as a refinement)
5) Have they refined smart watches? (I think they are on track for something, but they're focusing too much on the bands, and it's hardly a revolutionary product)
6) Have they refined music streaming service? (Apple Music... please...)
7) Have they refined the television? (I love my ATV4, but it's far from being a revolutionary product. Granted, the TV industry IS the bottom line problem).
8) Have they refined Operating Systems? (Up to a little bit ago, yes. I think iOS and OS X are still the best around, but we're seeing an increasing number of issues).
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Pretty much spot on with my assessment - nicely done. The trajectory Apple is currently on is dismal - the large revenue & margins will be soon ending unless that magical pipeline that Timmy keeps popping off about materializes. The inflection point is now IMO.
 
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MH01 said:
The edge series of galaxy phones hit the ground running. They used to roll out crap, but thier new stuff has matured.
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Is that a dual display or a bendable display? Big difference
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I'm not a big fan of Edge... I feel like that's another gimmick to be first. Apple had patents on that years ago but never pursued it... at least not yet... and I think Edge is a good example of why... there's little utility and the UX is poor.

The warped looking content and glare along the edges drives me nuts and the notifications along the side is straight out of Apple patents but is pretty useless.
 
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I'm really considering switching to the non-Apple universe. They're so far ahead it's sickening. Especially Samsung. (No need to tell my why I'm wrong, please.)
 
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I would like to know how many times can they open-and-close the screen?

Actually, why don't they sell a roll-up TV screen? I can use it as window shade and TV - dual purposes. However, that would probably kill the entire projector industry.
 
magicschoolbus said:
Always. Steve Jobs would always introduce the competitors product, then say what the problems were, how Apple fixed them, why their version is better, and introduces the latest and greatest. Apple didn't invent the smartphone or the tablet or the MP3 player.. They simply made the best versions and redefined the space.
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That is true but the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad were also radical departures from what Apple was improving upon. It wasn't that Apple refined the MP3 player, the iPhone, or the tablet, it's that it reinvented them. Apple's version then became the industry template.

Flash forward to these Samsung concepts. If Samsung is first to market here the design becomes the industry template. Unless Apple takes the idea in a different direction Apple becomes the follower, as Samsung was with the original iPhone, even if Apple later makes a better design. That is substantially different the re-imagining Steve Jobs did. Frankly, I think Ives may have the imagination to come up with better design than seen in the video, but I don't have confidence that TC has the human factors skills Jobs had to implement a better concept. The AW is a great example. It's more refined than Samsung Gear but not necessarily better functionally or operationally.
 
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The inflection point is now IMO.
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I completely agree with you.
Of course even with the worst scenarios I don't expect Apple to disappear or even to go back to the 90s, but it might become a chaser rather than an innovator and it might be increasingly difficult justifying the high cost of Apple's devices.
They should just FOCUS.
 
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magicschoolbus said:
Always. Steve Jobs would always introduce the competitors product, then say what the problems were, how Apple fixed them, why their version is better, and introduces the latest and greatest. Apple didn't invent the smartphone or the tablet or the MP3 player.. They simply made the best versions and redefined the space.
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Fair enough. But competitors are more experienced now. And sometimes raise the bar.
Anyway, more choices, the better for us consumers.
If this products help keeping Apple awake, than they are welcome
 
Haven't we been hearing about Samsung folding displays for years now? Wake me when this is more than just a concept.
 
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