It’s a business product for people who use two phones but don’t carry a bag where a more functional tablet or convertible can be carried.
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Samsung Shows Off Tri-Fold Smartphone
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Fringe use.
…and I don’t think anyone’s pointed out that it’s a bi-fold yet, so I will.
Haters have no real experience with current foldables. And I don't mean a 3 minute visit to BestBuy. The Fold 7 was enough to get me to switch from iOS. It's a marvel and I'm never going back to a plain vanilla slab phone. Not when I can have a slab + tablet that's the same size and weight as a regular phone.
That was my first thought, too, but the definition of "bi-fold" is the number of sections, not hinges.
Same as basically back to 2007, minus the forehead and chin.
Don't mess with a proven design.
This is a bizarre sentiment to me.
I completely understand why someone would think a foldable phone is not worth the tradeoffs—I don't have one because the tradeoffs aren't worth it to me. But to not be able to understand why some people want them?
A larger screen space is usually a positive on a computing device. A smaller device is usually a positive, if it's something you carry on your person. A folding phone allows you to have a screen that has a bigger area than that of the minimum size of the device.
There are tradeoffs: the device is thicker/heavier than a phone that has a screen the same size as the outer screen. The device is significantly less durable. The inside screen is softer, and maybe not perfectly flat due to the crease.
I have a smaller car, and no desire for a big truck, but I understand why some people want or need trucks.
Huawei were and are the best. It's unfortunate that other companies couldn't stand being walked all over when it comes to tech. I believe they had started getting better market share
Tri-fold actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it. These phones already have front and inside displays. Just wrap the front around to the inside and there you go. Main issue is idk how that outer screen fold with no protective glass doesn’t get beaten to absolute hell. Or how the front doesn’t either, assuming there is no protective glass since idk how you transition from glass to no glass around the edge.
Tri folds might have more utility than bi folds imo. If you look at the Huawei trifold you’re basically getting an iPad mini size tablet rather than the more squareish bi folds.
Nice to see a different form of foldable from Samsung. Expecting the second gen to be available globally. Will be many years before Apple even thinks of having a trifold, if ever. The price is very high. Will be good if in the future, the normal Z Fold reduces in price and this new trifold is priced closer to $1999.
Ehhhh no. They’re charging an arm and a leg for this all so i can run my battery down faster in one device. At least if i come home from work, i can pick up a fully charged iPad (that’s made for tablet use) and have another 10 hours on it