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Samsung delays Galaxy Fold release
- Thread starter Infinity Times Two
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That's what I'm waiting for. I haven't been on or cared about flagship/bleeding edge phones since the Note 2, so this at a quarter of the price in a few years would've been up my alley.
Can't hate on a product that was never released. Even if they pulled the release because 'they were caught' way sooner than anticipated, I'd rather they take the L on this one instead of selling people a faulty product.
There would not be anything for supposed fanboys to harp on if Samsung didn't make a phone that had a glaring flaw, so I'd say it's ALL on Samsung, and they deserve whatever dunking they get
From which they bounced back without long term damage and still made billions after. Sure as shit didn't affect the critical and commercial acclaim of the note 9.
People will care for a little while,but then the ooooh shiny shiny effect will come into play and they will buy the fold, or a sequel of it. Sammy is almost too big to fail. Plus they have like, the ENTIRE galaxy S10 series to pick up the slack.
This is even less of an issue compared to the note 7. The extremely high price if the fold won't hurt the bottom line much, Samsung hasn't made many of these. They aren't making millions of folds unlike the note series. It's a very niche, ultra luxury device which caters to a select market.
Smartphone industry in a nutshell; aside from Apple, who usually plays it safe, looking at current trends and responding with their product entry
I can't imagine any huge changes for a month+ delay. Most likely some more warning labels.
Hopefully this does make it on the market and isn't canned. Might be painful for Samsung now, but the feedback good and bad from the public is vital for this form factor to succeed.
I'd totally buy one of these, warts and all if it had stylus support, so I'm waiting.
Hopefully this does make it on the market and isn't canned. Might be painful for Samsung now, but the feedback good and bad from the public is vital for this form factor to succeed.
I'd totally buy one of these, warts and all if it had stylus support, so I'm waiting.
No longer delayed a month. Now it's delayed indefinitely while they research ways to strengthen the screen.
They're gonna have to thoroughly inspect the phones they've taken back, figure out the causes of the damage, consider scenarios they hadn't considered before, do some R&D to counter those scenarios, prototype the hell out of it to avoid further embarrassment, retool their manufacturing if it's more than a new sticker, and roll it out again.
Don't be surprised if this slips to 2020, kids.
I mean they took only a day to break. Such a mistake to even release it at this point. It's clearly has a major defect.
Any basic due diligence would have revealed this flaw. Hyper aggressive timelines are dumb. Take your time. Do it as close to right as possible.
Can't just shit out a $2,000 device with no quality control. Well, maybe if you're Dell but phones and tablets are a different market.
Can't just shit out a $2,000 device with no quality control. Well, maybe if you're Dell but phones and tablets are a different market.
If you read the thread I've already answered this but it's a worse mistake in that it's completely obvious vs the batteries was a latent flaw that's much harder to actually see through basic QC
so is all the manufactured inventory that rare already being pushed through channels just going into a scrap heap? that's wild.
It's possible they could salvage this run with some clever engineering and refitting. That's what they have to decide.
How much inventory of their 2000 dollar phone do you think they made tho
IIRC there were reports of the film (untouched by tech reviewers) starting to acquire bubbles and corner peeling after a few days of normal use.
What a waste. Like the AirPower before it, there are now warehouses full of unusable tech that can't ever be sold to the public. I hope they have a proper recycling protocol as good as Apple's at least.
Good! Reviews are gonna be weird now considering most media outlets already reviewed it. Samsung Galaxy Fold Review: A Realm Reborn. Hopefully it's on that level of a comeback.
Did Apple ever manufacture any AirPower mats? Seemed like it never got past the prototyping stage.
OK, I was trying to give them a bit of a break on this one as rolling out brand new tech is never easy but how in the hell did they think a film that flimsy was an acceptable solution to protect the screens on a $2000 product?
Yeah, you would have thought that Samsung in company user testing would have found out this issue and delayed it. Someone messed up somewhere.
You don't understand why someone would want a phone and tablet in one device? That's a real thinker.
Looks like Samsung folded. Badonk badonk.
I mean just looking at it, it doesn't look sturdy at all. Prototypes should go through extensive R&D before it should be released but this is obvious a shareholders let's get this crap to the market first so we can write history deal.
I mean just looking at it, it doesn't look sturdy at all. Prototypes should go through extensive R&D before it should be released but this is obvious a shareholders let's get this crap to the market first so we can write history deal.
It would be so interesting to read about how AirPower turned into such a disaster. Some users on Reddit noticed that their 2nd gen AirPods were manufactured in September. Also, the AirPods wireless charging case still shows AirPower on the back of the box so, at one point, it looks they were very certain it would be ready for the iPhone XS and XR event in September and when that didn't happen the new AirPods were delayed. This would also explain why the 2nd gen AirPods were shown in a video at that event but not mentioned at all.
Wow.
Unless they can figure out a way to make glass fold in a month, I don't see how this helps.
EDIT: it's an indefinite delay now.
EDIT: it's an indefinite delay now.
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This statement from Samsung made me a bit curious, especially given all the reports about the Fold's screen damaging easily, so I went and looked up some of the internal Nokia durability tests I was half remembering for screens on electric devices and holy shit they're kinda silly. My favourite being one where they put a phone in a draw full of sharp plastic cones and vibrate the whole thing for like 6 hours straight to simulate a lifetime of the device jingling around in your pocket along side keys and junk.
While the article is specifically about Nokia, every major phone manufacturer reportedly conducts similar tests for months on all of their devices. I can't fathom how something Samsung is investing as much money in as the Fold got through development without a test like this highlighting how prone to damage the screen is.
It's a new design and concept phone manufacturers arent used too just yet. Quality control might be rough right now.
Lol true. It boggles my mind how many times I enter a thread to see the "I can't wait to see what the xxx defense force says about this" line. It's like these people enjoy seeing threads devolve into chaos. Bizarre.
What an absolute lol-fest.
Sure in five years this tech could be cool, but I have no idea why Samsung were so hellbent on rushing this to the market.
As they say in the tech biz, you gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em.
Also, has anyone checked on Grizzle Boy? Hope he's doing ok after this news.
Sure in five years this tech could be cool, but I have no idea why Samsung were so hellbent on rushing this to the market.
As they say in the tech biz, you gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em.
Also, has anyone checked on Grizzle Boy? Hope he's doing ok after this news.
Because it's the future of phones. It's just a gen 1 product that features very new tech. You never go in on gen 1 products that feature very new tech.
While I agree with you in principle this debacle goes way past it just being gen 1 tech. This gen 0 tech. It's not even ready for production at any level.