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Samsung Unveils New Foldable Smartphones, Galaxy Buds 2, and Galaxy Watch 4
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I don’t get the desire for 200+ emojis every update but here we are.
Why do bitter?
I just ordered the Flip one. It takes up less space in my pocket, when in my pocket it's closed, so the screen doesn't get damaged, and I don't even have to use a case or 3rd party screen protector with it. I had the Morotrola Razr (the new one,) and fell in love with the form factor...
Good point. I've asked at least a dozen people to find the notch on an iPhone, and not one of them could see the huge black rectangle jutting into the screen. I think you'd have to be a trained screenologist to notice 150,000 missing pixels.
Its not like Samsung was first, Apple's been making flexible devices for years.....
.... too soon?
.... too soon?
Honestly I think Samsung maybe on the right track now with the phones but next year with rollable screens inside the main show of a standard candy bar format see attachment.
Specifically I’d like to see a Compact Four that stretches upward or sideways into a larger screen phone only when needed but the power to do what is necessary is already there think mini but with promax with promax
Specifically I’d like to see a Compact Four that stretches upward or sideways into a larger screen phone only when needed but the power to do what is necessary is already there think mini but with promax with promax
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I face the display on non-flip towards my leg in-pocket and never had an issue with display damage.
I was (a bit) interested in this rumoured tab S8 Ultra but I guess this confirms it’s delayed until 2022.
I still think the Fold is a stupid idea given aspect ratios, but I’ve got to give credit where credit is due, I’m really liking the concept of the VERTICAL flip phone. Maybe it’s nostalgia or pocket space but I very much approve.
I wish someone would make a phone where they highlight how well it makes phone calls (and the quality of the audio), which seems to be an afterthought with today's "smartphones" that remind me of poorly tuned radios.
Sorry to be a downer, but Google scans all photos added to google cloud photos as well.
Same. I just want to pick up the phone and used it . I don’t want to have extra steps flip flip and close
The fact that you can use a tablet wherever you wouldn't normally have one automatically makes the experience better than a tablet; that is the whole point.
This is why smartphones took off, especially after the iPhone - it's like having a computer where you wouldn't normally be able to have one (your pocket).
I was able to check out the fold version just before this one, and it was pretty cool! I can definitely see a market for it. A $1K phone + a $400 tablet in a $1600 all-in-one device isn't too bad, actually. And I only saw the fold if the device was anything other than fully flat.
Overall, if Apple made something like this, I'd be seriously tempted.
Overall, if Apple made something like this, I'd be seriously tempted.
This will be a great form factor for those who carry their phone in a handbag. For the rest of us who carry their phones in pockets of their jeans – less so.
Don't worry, you'll change your mind once the Apple marketing machine kicks in.
I've carried one in my pocket for nearly a year (Fold 2). It's not bad at all. Skinny chick jeans would be a problem but it's been easy pocketing it in shorts, jeans, etc. Not as easy as an iPhone 13 but it's much narrower than the Pro Max models so that helps a lot.
Maybe not by today's standards. At the time an average Smartphone would set you back less than $150-$200 with contract and maybe $300-$350 without. And most people had voice only phones so more in the $25-$50 range or "free" with contract. So Apple coming along and asking $500-$600 ($655-$786 adjusted for inflation) was crazy expensive. Especially for a "smart phone" with no keyboard, no apps or even basic copy & paste functionality. And without the subsidies of a plan it was that much more absurdly expensive compared to the rest of the market at the time since hardly anyone had spent $100 out of pocket for a phone, let alone six times as much.
So yeah, entering the market at four or more times the price of every other smart phone on the market was SUPER expensive. Even more so when you consider a large part of the cell phone owning public had never paid directly out of pocket for a phone before at all thanks to the phone contracts of the time regularly including them for "free".
I have a feeling that foldable phones will have same destiny as 3D TVs.
I do. And I have no desire to fold it up into something thick so I can put it in my pocket for reasons.