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Samsung Galaxy Fold announced -- six cameras and two batteries for $1980
- Thread starter RastaMentality
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i honestly don't think it matters. the nexus 7 was reviewed well precisely because it's small tablet size made most mobile android apps paltable. this is the same size. and 95% of the time, having those optmized apps doesnt matter. apps for media consumption are essentially optimized by default, they just have to be fullscreen. sure it's nice to have a sidebar in your messaging app, but like, whatever if it doesnt.
the big selling point for this thing by far is reading longform text and watching video.
LG's 55" OLED TV model 55EM9600 released in 2012 at around $8000. Today you can get one for $1800 or less.
First gen new tech commands a premium and you'd be dumb to jump in. It's for rich people who want to show off something new. In 3-5 years this will be a lot more affordable for mass market.
First gen new tech commands a premium and you'd be dumb to jump in. It's for rich people who want to show off something new. In 3-5 years this will be a lot more affordable for mass market.
Yo who the hell approved that front screen? That right there proves that this concept isn't ready yet.
That's pretty freaking cool. I hope this technology takes off, because it seems like an awesome solution to double your screen space without sacrificing the overall size of the phone.
Nope, that thing is a paperweight. Your gunna carry that around in your pocket? Have at it. Than you have the com0letely useless functions. Wow....it runs the same app on the outside and inside screen at once! Uhh...I would fucking hope so seriously....than you got this giant screen that is achieving nothing. Just nothing.
You multitask? Nobody does that. Even on my new iPad Pro i barely multitask and I'm settled in a lot more with that than my phone. On top of that let's say you are a multitasking machine this looks like a terrible experience. Switching is cool, but your just gunna use one app at a time, so it's a glorified bigger screen that will probably look terrible and you just don't need a screen that size as a cell phone, most people like the smaller phones just to start.
10 years from now this could be where it needs to be, and I'm sure 5 years from now it's something on a more acceptable level, TIL than this is going to be a shitshow I'm sure for owners. This thing looks Beta. Samsung has balls, Jesus.
I love the push for a new type of tech. Go Samsung,
You multitask? Nobody does that. Even on my new iPad Pro i barely multitask and I'm settled in a lot more with that than my phone. On top of that let's say you are a multitasking machine this looks like a terrible experience. Switching is cool, but your just gunna use one app at a time, so it's a glorified bigger screen that will probably look terrible and you just don't need a screen that size as a cell phone, most people like the smaller phones just to start.
10 years from now this could be where it needs to be, and I'm sure 5 years from now it's something on a more acceptable level, TIL than this is going to be a shitshow I'm sure for owners. This thing looks Beta. Samsung has balls, Jesus.
I love the push for a new type of tech. Go Samsung,
The question remains though — how much more are people willing to pay for a 15-20% bigger screen? Obviously the price on the Galaxy Fold will come down but I am not really sure how much that will matter if the price differentials between it and a normal phone remains so big.
Hahahahahahaha
That 4300mAh battery is also laughably small for a screen that size/resolution. But someone will buy this at that price I suppose
That 4300mAh battery is also laughably small for a screen that size/resolution. But someone will buy this at that price I suppose
It's so close for a great work/travel solution for me, for that I'm attracted to the fold. Ideally I wouldn't have to carry a surface pro around anymore. The keyboard/mouse is the deal breaker for me. Essentially I'll still need to carry around a foldable keyboard and mini mouse to make it useful, plus a charger etc. So you end up with the carry on bag which your surface/laptop already fulfils and gives a full range of software or grunt on. Android ain't running Visual Studio or Photoshop (not express) anytime soon.
So close to what I want but yet so far away.
So close to what I want but yet so far away.
It'll replace the laptop market when they finally get around to fully realizing the hybrid computing model. Samsung was so fucking close with DeX, and honestly the 12GB RAM and 500GB flash storage in this could possibly do it, but there's just no way you can get the same kind of productivity using a tiny capacitive keyboard as you would on a proper laptop/decently sized tablet. Surely smartphone makers can see the appeal of the Switch and translate that into a broader computing space. I'd actually be down to see Microsoft give Windows Phones another try if they could do something like that.
It's a crazy price, the front screen is tiny, and the inside large screen has a giant notch. The fuck?
Front screen is tiny to the point where you'd think it's a bug, the thing looks thick as hell when folded, and the price is *literally* that of a high-end MacBook.
God bless Samsung, someone had to be first out of the gate with this, but what a ludicrously bad set of circumstances all to essentially have a tiny android tablet in your pocket. It's also a bit insulting to have that ugly-ass camera notch on the tablet screen in the same year you unveil the gorgeous S10 screens with minuscule camera cut outs.
God bless Samsung, someone had to be first out of the gate with this, but what a ludicrously bad set of circumstances all to essentially have a tiny android tablet in your pocket. It's also a bit insulting to have that ugly-ass camera notch on the tablet screen in the same year you unveil the gorgeous S10 screens with minuscule camera cut outs.
Is Samsung the first out the gate? I know the Flexpai and Xiaomi's phones have been shown; I'd always thought the Flexpai was already on sale?
Either way this Samsung is the first one that actually looks practical and polished construction and software-wise.
Fool, if you take it out in public, a cute girl will ask to see it and give you her number! (according to Samsung's ad, anyway).
I use mulitask all the time, last time I watch Nintendo Direct while posting here on Resetera.
Actually thing they did in the trailer involving multitask, that's my normal activities
Flexpai is on sale but it's even more compromised than this device, and Xiaomi at most has just teased their entry, although that device has a different and more interesting fold style.
a phone that folds out into a 7 inch tablet
eeehhh that's too small for media consumption, reading comics and productivity
I'll stick with traditional tablets
eeehhh that's too small for media consumption, reading comics and productivity
I'll stick with traditional tablets
The tech is fantastic, the issue is when you unfold the device you're left with a...7" Android tablet, which is something that shouldn't cost more than $200. You're paying a LOT to be able to fold that screen.
Sure. $1400 more? That's up to the consumer. Obviously tech will settle and prices will decrease, but the value proposition of what you're getting for what you're paying seems ludicrous. Especially since the folded phone experience seems so awful. A 4.8" display in that chunky ass form factor? It's like having an iPhone 3G again. I know the unfolded experience is what you're paying for, but it's still a phone first and foremost, I don't want the small form factor to be so hideous
1400 more? it comes with a high end phone, 12gb of ram, 6 cameras...
Its also the first of its kind that actually works as a real phone and not a concept
If you think it's a fair price, fair enough! I'm not gonna argue about it haha
You are just calling it a 7" tablet, I think you are missing a lot here.
I am not sure how much you thought it was going to cost but if apple can charge like 300 less for a big iphone then I am not sure how this is expensive, the gen 2 will be cheaper but with those specs?
This is kinda my sticking point with it. The screen on the front seems too small and surrounded by massive bezels to be good and then the inside isn't actually big enough to be a high quality tablet.
It's a cool piece of tech but like most 1st gen products it feels like they've made a thing but don't know what it's for yet.
They need something to incrementally improve every year for the next decade
I think/hope that future iterations will include a stylus. Using this kind of device for notetaking seems like a no-brainer.