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Samsung Shows Off Prototype Smartphone With Foldable Display
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They got beat to market, so they had to rush production/development. This phone is going to have a ton of problems. G
Would you say, "It's success hinges on it's price?" Huh, huh?
I would say that thing would have to be child proof. My sister gives her phone to her child all the time. It’s in the mouth. Thrown across the floor. How would a foldable phone hold up to that kind of abuse? What stresses must it endure if you bend it too far back?
I’m all for new experiences, and wish Samsung well, just please test it with tiny children, they will destroy anything.
I’m all for new experiences, and wish Samsung well, just please test it with tiny children, they will destroy anything.
To be fair the Note’s pen is not as precise a the iPad one. Still a great accessory though.
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If it was only wireless charging...Hopefully apple won't have it at all. And you left out wireless charging.
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Unless it had an Apple logo on the back, right?
Cool idea, but not sure how useful it would be. I anticipate issues with both hardware and software. I alao can’t imagine how thin they can make this while still having good performance and battery life. I don’t think the tech is ready to be utilized. We’ll see where its at in a few years.
It is chunky and ugly prototype. No wonder Samsung turned the lights all the way down. It looked like a Nokia Communicator 9000 with big screen instead of keyboard.
As innovative a foldable display experience can be, I am going to avoid it for now. Let others beta test it. I’ll wait for Samsung to have a product experience that lasts well over a year after purchase. Until you get Apple or Pixel level support, no point paying that much for this beta product.
Not necessarily. Take a look at large format displays today - they are stitched together panels with zero visible seam. This might eventually be doable with something hand-held.
Where I draw a blank is on the utility for a folding phone as demonstrated because for me the larger screen still does not add anything of value from a use-case perspective, in the same way I don't see value in the large phones dominating the market today - they simply are too small to add any additional functionality for me over a 4" screen.
Now when we reach the point where something the size of a watch can produce a 4" screen image (via unrolling a screen or projection), then maybe the tech will be getting to a point where there is real utility in it, from my perspective.
It's worth noting that a few years ago, Google was actively looking to differentiate Android from what Samsung was doing, ie aiming to amplify pure Android. Now it looks like they are acknowledging that Samsung is ahead of the curve here.
This doesn’t solve a problem. Different is not innovative.
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There is nothing great about the Note vs any other premium smartphone.
A few things...
#1 - Samsung finally didn't just rip this off. I know it's been around, but they're actually working towards innovating a new form factor. That's a big step for the world's largest IP thief.
#2 - I personally don't think this is going to be the right way to go for a design. If you are going to make a foldable, no problem. Having the half-screen doesn't make much sense though. Every time I've seen multi-screen devices, they've gone nowhere.
#3 - I also think cost will be prohibitive if you offer a device with three halves. If it's a premium, then do the folded screen well.
#1 - Samsung finally didn't just rip this off. I know it's been around, but they're actually working towards innovating a new form factor. That's a big step for the world's largest IP thief.
#2 - I personally don't think this is going to be the right way to go for a design. If you are going to make a foldable, no problem. Having the half-screen doesn't make much sense though. Every time I've seen multi-screen devices, they've gone nowhere.
#3 - I also think cost will be prohibitive if you offer a device with three halves. If it's a premium, then do the folded screen well.
Except everything from the Note being “borrowed” by others including Apple? Like the big OLED screen, Spen, depth control?
Doesn't the iPhone use a folded screen (a small part of it, at least) in order to make the corners of the screen "edge-less"? So technically that and the "fold in half" concept are both equally feasible.
The screen part is out of the way, now I think it's a matter of designing a good hinge. That, and durability along the folded part of the screen. The iPhone doesn't need to worry about that because the fold is permanent, but I'd wonder how long a dedicated folding screen would hold up.
What was your point in this comment that I automatically didn't like it because it's not made by Apple? I think the iPhone X/XS and XR look like trash with that hideous notch. I'd much prefer having a Galaxy 9 running iOS. I think it looks a lot nicer.
But the device he held up in this video looked big, bulky, boxy, the display looked washed out and very far into the device not sitting on the surface like current Galaxy phones. But the video that played in the linked tweet (made by Samsung as like a showcase of the device) made it look nice and sleek just like the current Galaxy devices.
So to me the held up device that actually worked feels quite a distance away from a viable purchasable consumer device and more a showcase of the technology. It's of course much easier to make a slick video than an actual device.
Touch screens didn’t make a lot of sense when the phones were equipped with a keyboard, look how tables have turned. Future thinking is incredible isn’t it?
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My comment wasn’t to you specifically but if it fitted... anyway a company who used a showcase teaser to grab media attention to their product, you think that’s crazy? The purpose of this showcase was simply to show the technology they are working on and not the phone design, that’s for next years event, hopefully.
No, it doesn't. The demo case which is not part of the device is thick. The screen is not.
Please, do post proof of a smartphone with a foldable screen with no hinge in the screen, actually no post proof of one device brought to market with this tech as according to you it's existed for years...
I mean you claim this isn't innovation, although I'm sure if this was Apple launching this you'd be screaming it's innovation at its best and throwing your money at the screen, right?
I'll be waiting for your proof...
Alright folks, that’s it. Apple invented foldable screens.