Agreed, phrasing is important. I'd hope it'd last the length of a contract but wouldn't expect a day more. The testing machines shown are also giving gentle and perfectly uniform open and closes. With your thumbs pulling the phone apart at the bottom of the screen or diagonally for example it's going to put extra strain on the screen/hinge and that time it get shut on a pound coin or your mate tries to open it the wrong way when he's a bit fucked is going to be far more important to it's lifespan.
Foldable phones are coming
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cybershot
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BristolEcho
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He's no Flossy for sure.
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hiraethified
You'll have one in a few years when they become ubiquitous.
UnderOpenSky
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I'll certainly consider it when I've seen all the real world testing of the durability of the things and they are a few models in.
TopCat
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I would certainly consider it. I do question the robustness though.
Throbbing Angel
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This, at present anyway
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hiraethified
Well it's clearly early days but the concept is fantastic, even if the execution isn't quite 100% yet.
Samsung have already sold out the pre-orders. It makes iPhones look positively ancient.
UnderOpenSky
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Yup. Let others pay the eye watering prices whilst they iron out the bugs...
TopCat
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Surely iron out the creases?
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hiraethified
The crease is pretty much a non issue.
Throbbing Angel
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Doesn't it, though. Be interesting to see how this form factor develops and how artificially high the prices remain.
I'd also be interested in how much lint and shit accrues in that gap at the top of the fold on the Samsung.
As you say, though, exciting times.
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Throbbing Angel
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Aye. Two large is a daft price. Early adopter pricing innit.
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hiraethified
I just wish this would go mainstream ASAP!
Samsung Galaxy Fold review (early verdict): we're sold on the fold
Throbbing Angel
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hiraethified
People are peeling off what they think is a screen protector but it holds the thing together!
Here's why Galaxy Fold displays are already failing
Throbbing Angel
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Blimey, imagine how daft you'd feel after realising you'd done that 
elbows
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I often love to be on the bleeding edge of tech but there is no way I will be taking that view with foldable screen devices. I remain pretty skeptical about the whole thing at this stage, I suspect its all still rather half-baked and asking for trouble.
Reviewers erroneously removing the top layer is not the only issue, some of the broken screens had not had this done to them before failure.
Reviewers erroneously removing the top layer is not the only issue, some of the broken screens had not had this done to them before failure.
Indeed, the article is worth a read. I note:
“At this point at least four different devices have failed, which may not seem like a lot until you realize that there are perhaps only a few dozen Galaxy Folds in the hands of people outside of Samsung employees.”
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“At least two of the reports of failed displays came while the Galaxy Fold's top layer was kept in place and undamaged, which points to the larger discussion of just how fragile the display technology is no matter what you do.”
“At this point at least four different devices have failed, which may not seem like a lot until you realize that there are perhaps only a few dozen Galaxy Folds in the hands of people outside of Samsung employees.”
And
“At least two of the reports of failed displays came while the Galaxy Fold's top layer was kept in place and undamaged, which points to the larger discussion of just how fragile the display technology is no matter what you do.”
Throbbing Angel
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They'll improve and be free with a contract soonish, what, 2 years time?
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