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Samsung Shows Off Tri-Fold Smartphone
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I don’t think the crease would bother me at all. If this actually works, it could easily replace my iPad. Even if it ends up costing around $3k, it may still be a practical device to tote along on day trips out of town instead of purchasing more M-series iPads’. Count me interested…🙋♂️
Having a job that you use a laptop is very different from having one in your house meaning that individuals use these in office blocks not at home.
There is a big difference plus that doesn’t get away from the fact that Samsung are producing better technology for their products compared with Apple and this trifold is an example of this
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IP48. Seems to be ok to submerge into freshwater for 1.5 meters, but not into saltwater or some dirty pond, since dust rating is lower. Might be ok for raindrops though, yet unfortunately should be careful with it near sea or ocean.
Maybe that’s a good compromise, after all back in the days we had none of those ratings and used our phones in all scenarios possible
Interesting, no I mean I knew it has IP48 smth but never looked deep into it because “muh not IP68”.
Well… anyway no modern manufacturer allows diving with iPhone to shoot videos, unless it is GoPro which has proper waterproofing and not water resistance. A phone is a phone and must be used carefully
Selling millions of something is not a sign of having the best product or best in class in that field
and that’s the problem because the money is rolling in then apple as a company doesn’t see the need to bring out items like the flip phone or fold or trifold phones so they can get away with doing the bare minimum innovation wise because certain individuals will purchase the product from them anyway
That is why the high end Samsung phones have got better technology inside them
From the WiFi chip to cellular spec and camera output then screens and there new high end phones
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That’s not what you said previously and now moving goalposts.
Better is subjective. Folding phones are incremental improvements.
I hereby pass on this. My advisors have informed me they would suggest I stay with legacy (present) solid screen tech until such time as mobile holographic projection matures.
Samsung has been working on a smartphone with not just one fold, but two, and the first photos of the upcoming device surfaced today (via The Chosun Daily).
Image via The Chosun Daily
Samsung displayed the tri-fold smartphone at APEC 2025 Korea. The device is designed to transform from a ~6.5-inch smartphone into a ~10-inch tablet-style display. It will fold twice, rather than just once like the standard Galaxy Fold smartphones.
There was no opportunity for APEC attendees to try the smartphone because it was displayed in a transparent case, but The Korea Economic Daily was still able to share some details. The smartphone appears to be about 4.2mm thick when it's unfolded, and 1.2 to 1.5cm thick when folded up. Crease lines are said to be "barely noticeable."
Samsung could begin production on its tri-fold smartphone as soon as next month, and it is apparently going to be launching before the end of 2026. Samsung has yet to announce pricing, but analysts estimate that it could sell for around $2,800.
Article Link: Samsung Shows Off Tri-Fold Smartphone
It's literally the definition of a successful product maybe they could sell more by changing it. Maybe they can't but I bet they've done the market research.
Yup IP48 not too impressive, but Honor (kind of part of Huawei but not) has higher ratings - so this is not tecnically impossible in future apple or samsung products.
even 3k is highly unlikely to sell much. aside from techies of course.
vision pro for one is 3500 where you can use your mac and be a powerful multiasking productivity device and watch films and shows like you are at the cinema and this hasn't sold and to me vision pro is better value than a tri fold but i'm glad tri folds do exist but i wouldnt say an extra 2 inches of screen is worth the extra cost.
vision pro for one is 3500 where you can use your mac and be a powerful multiasking productivity device and watch films and shows like you are at the cinema and this hasn't sold and to me vision pro is better value than a tri fold but i'm glad tri folds do exist but i wouldnt say an extra 2 inches of screen is worth the extra cost.
Again the majority of individuals don’t purchase laptops anymore as sales are actually declining in that business it’s not the early 2000’s anymore that’s why foldable’s and trifold’s are getting released.
No you’re incorrect because Samsung flagship devices actually use the latest specs plus screen tech compared with apple and the latest technology meaning better available for their fold & flip & now trifold devices
I suppose folding & flip devices must be incremental because Apple are such a market leader that they are starting the trend to be a high end device maker that are choosing not to release these type of devices
I suppose based on that logic then the ford
Car is a far superior model to a Ferrari?
I know it’s difficult some companies rest on their laurels by releasing incremental improvements from 2020 to 2025
And others are bursting with innovation in the technology in their high end phones and by releasing flip & foldable phones now trifold’s
And apple can’t even release a foldable device after 7 years
Apple has sold over a billion phones in the last five years, the best I can find on folding phones is 45.7 million units maybe sold by 2028 these are not as big of deal as you think they are ...
Again that’s not what you meant in regards to Apple’s iPhones sold meaning successful because they have sold millions doesn’t mean it’s the best in that category
Hey it’s ok if Samsung are pushing forward with innovation in their flagship phones and by having the excellent fold 7 and flip 7 and now a trifold phone but hey as along as apple keep selling millions of iPhones that’s definitely pushing innovation
No you’re incorrect. Many people purchase laptops, more than you believe. Of course we’re talking opinated generalities. But millions of laptops are in use. If one has serious work to do can’t do it on a phone. Foldable see another form factor a different length by width. I agree consumption is great in phones but foldables don’t solve the serious work problem.
again there is a reason why they won’t put
iPadOS on a touchscreen mac because it would kill the sales of the mac because the technology is there but they won’t do it as a business
I think you’re brilliant in that because apple as a company have not released a flip or a foldable and now a trifold phone
Then you’re suddenly making it about laptops rather than accept the fact that apple are behind Samsung in terms of pushing and perfecting new technology and making it better rather than making incremental updates from the iPhone 12 Pro Max to the
17 pro max
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Apple will do this when they are ready. A form factor differentiator.
What Samsung is doing is releasing phone with a different length x width. A different form factor.
I guess you’re saying most tech updates are incremental improvements.
Apple doesn’t have a flip or a foldable device
On sale and a trifold so apple are behind the
Times
Apple as a company doesn’t use the current
Things like WiFi & cellular spec in their flagship devices
As well as an older generation Sony camera
Tech in their flagship iPhones
And not the best screen either as Samsung use that in their flagship smartphones like the ultra so in theory it’s money for old rope in iPhones where as Samsung are putting latest technology in their flagship smartphones
I could just as easily say Samsung doesn’t have a decent Vision Pro product so they are behind the times.
Correct they make their phones great to use as evidenced by the hundreds of millions of repeat buyers.
Apple has nailed it as far as the hundreds of millions of repeat buyers and their revenue. They offer a cohesive package that yield great results. If at some time Apple decides to offer a foldable we will see at that time.
Again having to bring something else into the equation like a headset that is tanking anyway
Same as the quest 3 sales fallen off a cliff
Ah I see not dismissing that Apple doesn’t use
The newest parts in their flagship iPhones
Compared with Samsung
Money for old rope use last years parts
But sell at premium prices the Apple way
They don’t offer the latest innovation in flip & foldable & now trifold’s behind the competition
The apple way under Tim Cook wait for the competitors to perfect it & then sell it and say look we did
I have to agree.
I remember speaking to an engineer about a tech issue.
I walked to his desk where he had all his equipment out, running and already logged in. He had the data contained in a spreadsheet that someone had sent over a messaging app and that was exactly 428 columns wide and 2000 rows deep. We were there, painfully scrolling back and forth on his phone and I said to him, "Why don't you just use your laptop?".
The answer; "I dunno".
Never occured to him to open the app on his real screen. He was under 30 years of age. I find it a lot with that generation.
Because companies like apple & google have made the operating system on a smartphone simple to use that it’s very simple to do basic functionality on it however if you gave most individuals a laptop then it’s clunky in comparison that’s why foldable smartphones are getting pushed & now trifold’s because individuals would use that instead of a laptop