I wish they’d boo Tim and co off stage at price increases. I would. Get me a ticket and I’ll boo him off stage.
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Samsung Shows Off Prototype Smartphone With Foldable Display
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Honestly, these Apple diehards truly believe Apple developed the displays in their iPhones. Just look at the comments in this thread. How can anyone possibly have anything negative to say about new tech like folding displays?
I agree; foldable OLED / mLED really is the future. LG did a demo earlier this year that exhibited OLED sheets for home lighting, and was really cool. Looked very futuristic. A decade from now, we'll see all sorts of neat digital signage using bendable and foldable displays. It's only a matter of time before we see it in tech products, clothes, public spaces, etc.
The video linked on Twitter in the main post looked anything but generic to me. It looked very much like a Samsung design with the display falling off the side of the device.
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In 2021?
Apple made software improvements for color management. The display itself is all Samsung.
Under a microscope, it is identical to the one used in the Note 9.
Do you need more than 800p? Can you see individual pixels at normal viewing distance? Silly uneducated comment.
Usual pathetic MR comments..
If this had been a, "One more Thing" after the Sept Keynote you'd all be having a collective cream session even if Cook was standing in front of an animation.
Because it isn't Apple, this is a very meh, useless brick.
Any company advancing tech is a good thing. This is a good thing. Can't wait to see what it's like outside of the cover.
If this had been a, "One more Thing" after the Sept Keynote you'd all be having a collective cream session even if Cook was standing in front of an animation.
Because it isn't Apple, this is a very meh, useless brick.
Any company advancing tech is a good thing. This is a good thing. Can't wait to see what it's like outside of the cover.
That video was an evolution video of Samsung displays. It started with the S6 display and moved up to the foldable version.
When they got to the foldable version, no actual device was shown.
The single panel view was a pretty generic chassis.
It does need to be a little thinner to carry comfortably, but I was fine carrying a Nokia phone for a long time and it was thicker than this.
The obsession with thinness has gone way too far. I would love a phone the size of the iPhone X that folds even if it wound up being twice the thickness of an old iPhone 4.
To be fair, there would be more excitement on these forums most like because a) it’s an Apple forum and would most likely impact more members and b) it would most likely be a more refined product.
Regardless, I’m interested in the technology though I’m assuming that there will be many compromises in this first gen device that Samsung will be announcing. It will likely be quite a few years still before a company releases a perfected foldable device.
I'd like to believe that but no.. It's a fanatical forum where ANYTHING that Apple doesn't produce gets slammed to buggery. Doesn't matter what it is.
Apple innovate an existing iPad in Rose Gold.. HOLY COW!
For me, it's not the thinness that matters as much as weight with all devices -- phones, tablets, laptops.
This device probably weighs like a tablet than a phone. Imagine tablet weight in your pocket.
Given that I find even the iPhone X too heavy (I'm an SE user for those who cannot see my signature), I am not a customer for this folding/convertible class of device, at least not at this time.
(Life has a way throwing events my way that proves me wrong, hence the careful wording with respect to time.)
Don't tell me you don't check the prices?
Lol, no I knew you were wrong!
I was being a bit facetious. I believe the Note series sells at at a roughly $100 premium over other Android flagships... CLEARLY not 5x the price, so obviously the Toyota/Ferrari analogy doesn’t work well.
Getting a 720p or 800p resolution is ok for some. But being charged like you're getting a 2K oled screen is a no no. And then bending over and happily paying for it is a whole different level of ignorance. It would be like someone being a Sony diehard and paying for a 1080P XBR at the price of a 4K TV. All because 1080P suits then just fine. Lol.
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They really want to turn their laptops into iOS or iOS like devices so they can control and profit from every piece of software installed. But they haven't figured out how to do it without selling you 2 products instead of one.
I know this is new tech much like curved screen TV's and what not but seriously? This thing looks like some kind of old Nokia when its folded up and like a Fat PDA when unfolded. And the other thing, when you pull that out of your coat or pants pocket it resembles a TV remote for a Fat Back television. For me personally this product by Samsung is definitely a miss, no interest in it at all.
Cool, didn't know you'd actually seen the release product... Can you creep round the NDA and share some pics?
Yup, typical Apple move, 2-3 years down the line, swoop in when the tech matures (by Samsung/ others) by claiming Apple Innovated. Ofcourse, it will be the thinnest product ever, but, that is also innovation, with the same clunky non-customized UX from 2000.
This is a cool concept, but I think we need to see it in a consumer device before we know if this is the future or just a gimmick.
Personally, my tablet and phone have hugely different uses (and accessory requirements) and I’m not convinced this is a situation where one device should try to serve all needs.
*edit* after thinking a bit more, I would be pretty interested in a very small palm-sized phone that folded out into a normal plus-sized phone, rather than a phone that turned into a tablet.
Personally, my tablet and phone have hugely different uses (and accessory requirements) and I’m not convinced this is a situation where one device should try to serve all needs.
*edit* after thinking a bit more, I would be pretty interested in a very small palm-sized phone that folded out into a normal plus-sized phone, rather than a phone that turned into a tablet.
Thanks for posting that link. It always amazes me how many can't understand the difference between the design and the manufacturing stages. I'm sure there are members in here that believe TSMC designs the architecture in the A Series.
Inbefore my foldable iPhone "F" doesnt have mouse support, required many dongles and doesnt run macOS.
The flip phone is on its way back, I guess it will be Razer sized
I was just in Beijing last month and Samsung already has an incredible flip phone on retail I put my hands on with dual screens inside and outside. Its amazingly impressive to hold, but I keep my iPhone X
Im surprised I dont see it in the USA market. Reminded me of the direction the old Mororola Razr could have gone.