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Samsung Shows Off Prototype Smartphone With Foldable Display
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interesting idea, curious in real world conditions, environments that are constantly changing etc. One thing I liked was the "up to 3" apps visible at a time. I like my iPad, but just like the desktop we are so restricted in splitting the screen. I Have a windows 10 machine as well now, and it seems incredibly smooth in carving up screen real estate with multiple apps running.
Anyhow interesting concept. 5 years from now, maybe the mobile phone and tablet become one... category killer?
Anyhow interesting concept. 5 years from now, maybe the mobile phone and tablet become one... category killer?
You are not addressing my point and you are the 5 of 10mio. And what does it offer. Your scenario is an inconvenience to most rather than a valid use case. I’ll do my work on a purpose built device. I would feel crippled even having to switch from Mac to windows. What is dex doing exactly? Write a word document? Launch adobe photoshop? What exactly?
The sub 10inch tablet category is evidently dead
I wouldn’t buy this particular device for 3 main reasons:
1. Way too thick as a phone
2. Screen will be way too flimsy with the ultra thin glass/plastic
3. Odd aspect ratio on the tablet so content consumption will be horrible and no better than in a phablet
1. Way too thick as a phone
2. Screen will be way too flimsy with the ultra thin glass/plastic
3. Odd aspect ratio on the tablet so content consumption will be horrible and no better than in a phablet
Bingo. Nice tech demo but foldable displays have existed for ages. Putting together a tech demo of one is not 'delivering' anything.
To be fair i've always hated the idea of creating one device to do everything, there are always compromises. That's why I don't like the iPad replacing laptop - i prefer alternatives not replacements and dedicated devices that excel at what they want them to do. I'm happy to carry a bag with 2kg around in it thanks. I'll take the extra "exercise".
Why is it so difficult to understand?
I can open up the (bigger) screen to watch YT or video or show photos to others. Or I can work with cloud-based services/application via the browser in a bigger window. Or I can even draw with S-Pen. Almost anything you can do with your Ipad (without carrying and paying for another expensive tablet)
Same goes for DEX. Sometimes you just want a bigger screen to consume your apps in your phone without the trouble of maintain multiple -hardware
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What Samsung presented is obviously a pre-production rough concept. It's not polished, it's thick, etc.
That being said, I LOVE the idea and, once ready for prime time, I will be a day-one customer. It will make watching videos, browsing the web, writing emails/docs, etc on the go much more pleasant in tablet-mode.
More screen real estate is always welcome, and that's precisely why smartphones morphed from their original 3.5" size to their current 6.5" (and growing!). The future Samsung foldable phone is the next breakthrough in that evolution.
Kudos to Samsung for exploring new territories!
That being said, I LOVE the idea and, once ready for prime time, I will be a day-one customer. It will make watching videos, browsing the web, writing emails/docs, etc on the go much more pleasant in tablet-mode.
More screen real estate is always welcome, and that's precisely why smartphones morphed from their original 3.5" size to their current 6.5" (and growing!). The future Samsung foldable phone is the next breakthrough in that evolution.
Kudos to Samsung for exploring new territories!
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Well to be fair, I don’t know one friend, associate or family member, who owns a samsung phone that thinks Dex is worth anything. YMMV. I’d like t know the adoption rate other than the gushing on tech forums.
I’ll take a way and see attitude with this foldable display but unless Jony Ive designed it, it won’t be thin enough.
Disregarding phones, if Samsung can get this technology out to market cheap och on a large scale, it could without a doubt skyrocket the company. The implementations for a foldable/flexible, very thin screen is practically endless in our modern world. Just think about your home or car.
It’s a prototype / first gen device that has a case on it to hide part of the design. Great concept, no line on the screen where the fold is.
I hope Apple embrace this tech. I doubt they will initially as it will impact on iPad sales.
I guess the display is the big thing because the outside design couldn't have been much to show since the stage is totally dark and the siluett of the thing looked like it was from the 90's.
AirPower was shown in full, not teased in some partial reveal. They just haven’t yet been able to make it work.
HomePod was shown in full without some live action partial reveal, and was given a release date when it was introduced.
AirPod case with wireless charging is a nonexample. We all know what AirPods are, what they look like, and how they work because we already own them. There’s no “Ooooh what will this be??” by offering wireless charging of the case. Not yet delivering a product they (fully) show us isn’t the same thing as some coy live-action peek-a-boo intro.
Apple doesn’t do that. They do put out teaser print ads and promos, like every other company. But when they take the stage to show a new product, they, y’know, show it.
I am very confident that Joni will cut it a full 0.0005” and add a butterfly keyboard before Apple claims victory
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Actually, that's exactly what we want Apple to do, as they're always done - wait until the technology is ready, don't sell beta hardware, let Samsung et al do that.
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I'll be impressed when I see it's still working two years later.
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Actually I think it's a joke you smell.
As a Samsung Galaxy S9+ owner and a Galaxy S8+ owner before that, I would much rather see Samsung focus on bringing their software update process on par with Apple instead of focusing on a folding smartphone.
I know several have commented that Apple will adopt this in several years and be considered “innovative”, but the truth is the future belongs to eliminating the need for a display, not folding it in half.
I know several have commented that Apple will adopt this in several years and be considered “innovative”, but the truth is the future belongs to eliminating the need for a display, not folding it in half.
I’m still not seeing it. I don’t see myself being interested in such a product until years down the line when the tech is perfected. It doesn’t make sense to sacrifice power, battery life, apps, and software stability to have what is a essentially a gimmick right now. I think the tech is cool and it has to start somewhere, but I’m okay sitting this one out for a few years.
This is innovation that far exceeds the notch. Apple will adopt this in 2022-24 when Samsung minimized all the risks and people embrace the phone/tablet feature/function.
MR forum members will hate on this until Apple introduces something similar 4-6 years from now, and claim innovation
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Phone/Tablet combination is rather appealing, couple that with USB-C and this can dock to accessories. One device to rule the business persons carry-on technology. Apple users will be carrying around their iPhone, iPad and/or MB/A/P with them.
Just to your information “innovation” means take something that already exists and make it better. Otherwise it would be to invent something as in creating something new.
Exactly. I can’t wait for Apple to release a functional, easy-to-use phone with this technology and a decent OS. That is what you meant, right?