Foldable phones are coming
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8ball
Testicle Menace
Oh, I'm sure they'll work out the initial teething troubles in a few years or so.
joustmaster
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cheesethief
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One could be forgiven for assuming that a bit of sticky cellophane was not structurally crucial...
Especially if it can be so easily peeled off. Stronger glue next time maybe?
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
“Next time”?One could be forgiven for assuming that a bit of sticky cellophane was not structurally crucial...
Especially if it can be so easily peeled off. Stronger glue next time maybe?
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
This is more worrying than what could be considered user error in the other cases of peeling the screen off.
Still - very early days isn't it? Perhaps they've just let these phones out into the wild before they were ready for real world use.
Whaddwe think?
Still - very early days isn't it? Perhaps they've just let these phones out into the wild before they were ready for real world use.
Whaddwe think?
cheesethief
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I think there's a certain inevitability to the early days of such devices - bleeding edge tech, way too early to market, loads of problems, all the naysayers gleefully squealing "see! see! I knew it wouldn't work! If only the world had listened to me......".
It's amusing how naive & ignorant of the past many people can be - forgivable for youngsters, less so if you've been around the block a few times. Early "portable" computers were back breaking behemoths with all the practicality of a breeze block - I wonder how many people who derided them at the time now spend their keyboard warrior dotage tapping away on a MacBook Air...?
The promise of a practical, robust foldable phone is too compelling to be ignored. The first generation was always going to be pants. Personally I'm looking down the line to 3rd gen and beyond.
I will happily wager £100 that within 5 years at least 1 of the top 10 selling phones globally will be a foldable.
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
The tech survives and evolves. The manufacturers are not always so lucky. In particular, it is common for manufacturers to move too soon on a form factor or concept in the attempt to gain first mover advantage. In the end, the idea is the right one... but not yet. Tech is absolutely littered with such examples and the corpses of firms that pursued them.I think there's a certain inevitability to the early days of such devices - bleeding edge tech, way too early to market, loads of problems, all the naysayers gleefully squealing "see! see! I knew it wouldn't work! If only the world had listened to me......".
It's amusing how naive & ignorant of the past many people can be - forgivable for youngsters, less so if you've been around the block a few times. Early "portable" computers were back breaking behemoths with all the practicality of a breeze block - I wonder how many people who derided them at the time now spend their keyboard warrior dotage tapping away on a MacBook Air...?
The promise of a practical, robust foldable phone is too compelling to be ignored. The first generation was always going to be pants. Personally I'm looking down the line to 3rd gen and beyond.
I will happily wager £100 that within 5 years at least 1 of the top 10 selling phones globally will be a foldable.
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Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
obvs- down the line though, as you say
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hiraethified
Samsung seemed to recover fairly well from that.
8ball
Testicle Menace
I will happily wager £100 that within 5 years at least 1 of the top 10 selling phones globally will be a foldable.
Hmmm... 5 years... top 10...
<is tempted>
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
You might struggle to get the data to prove it one way or the other. The Wikipedia page doesn't have as many as 10 in its top-sellers list for most years.
In 2018, 4 of the top 6 were versions of the Samsung Galaxy! 57 million between those 4 (with the most popular selling 30 million) versus 16 million Huawei P20 and 12 million iPhone XS. The rest between them managed about as many as the 4 Galaxy Notes by themselves.
In 2018, 4 of the top 6 were versions of the Samsung Galaxy! 57 million between those 4 (with the most popular selling 30 million) versus 16 million Huawei P20 and 12 million iPhone XS. The rest between them managed about as many as the 4 Galaxy Notes by themselves.
8ball
Testicle Menace
Yeah, I'd figured it might be tricky from a quick scout around myself.
8ball
Testicle Menace
I was seconded to a testing job once where all the features I had pointed out as failing tests were changed to passes because "this is a very high-profile project and we can't be failing these basic tests at this stage".
Maybe that wasn't such a one-off case.
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hiraethified
Nah. It's just a hiccup. The reaction to the form factor says that the concept is very sound indeed.
cybershot
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[begin wind up of samsung fan boys] This is why when Apple release something it actually works, and works well or in the case of airpower or whatever it was going to be called, they just binned it when it didn't meet internal testing rather than releasing a substandard product[/end wind up of samsung fan boys]
8ball
Testicle Menace
cybershot
Well-Known Member
Concept is fine, don't expect the public to be your guinea pigs, at £2k a pop!
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hiraethified
Who are these Samsung fanboys here? I've just bought a Huawei so I'm out of the running!
8ball
Testicle Menace
Yeah, but if you'd had the cash for a Samsung...
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hiraethified
Wrong again, I'm afraid. My phone before the Samsung was a Sony and now I've got a Huawei. Pretty bad form for a 'fanboy.'
8ball
Testicle Menace
Wrong again, I'm afraid. My phone before the Samsung was a Sony and now I've got a Huawei. Pretty bad form for a 'fanboy.'
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
As a pretty loyal Android user I do tend to agree.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
He's replicating what they will have had a machine do. It's the weird vagueness of how people use devices and keep them in their pockets that is hard to test in a lab.
Yossarian
Get thee behind me, Santa
Launch delayed - I don't know how a company like Samsung can be smart enough to build something like this but not smart enough to test it properly.
Galaxy Fold reportedly postponed, following Asia delay
Galaxy Fold reportedly postponed, following Asia delay
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Pretty fucking funny really
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