Neither device are remotely good.
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The front of the phone almost looks unusable. I think people are overlooking how awkward it will be to place your fingers 1-2 inches into the size of the front before hitting a touch point. Very awkward to hold and use. With the tablet, I can see the use cases, but I am wondering how easy it will close if you apply too much pressure to the back of the sides. The person in the video was very careful when holding this way. All in all, awkward, thick, doesn’t solve any problems, and looks kind of cheap.
This is one of the few times I'll agree with you. The 1-2" space got a massive "What were they thinking?" from me. It felt very much like those concept videos from the mid-late 2000s of future phone tech. I think the body and mechanism is better than what the Huawei came out with, but I suspect the Sammy's screen and whatnot will be more durable because why not.
Though mind you Huawei was recently involved in an FBI sting involving substrate materials to strengthen glass, but I suspect they may have figured out a way to do layered micro-diamond into their plastic films to prevent creasing, heat/dry caused rupture and any issues in color clarity.
The stolen and reverse-engineered material is called Miraj by a company called Akhan Semiconductor, a special type of glass meant to curb Corning's efforts because of how it's manufactured. You'll have to read up on it yourself, but the jist is they chipped or broke park of the glass sample they weren't allowed to tamper and shot a high powered laser at it effectively burning it to get an idea of what it was made out of. It was a 100 kilowatt laser and the material had to be handled carefully when it was handed of to Huawei for testing on their prototype devices or so they claimed.
It would not surprise me if they found out a way to attach man made diamond material to thin plastic sheets of film and strengthen the bonds while allowing flexibility and preventing any issues plastics might take on over time.
Though, mind you that Corning and Schott have been working on fully bendable glass for years. I wouldn't be surprised if LG or Samsung have it in the works, but there is a point in bending glass where the forces will cause a shatter at the weakest points.
IIRC there's a video or was of Corning testing out their older glass lines and it would bend between two blocks of metal to a point and then flex back.