Samsung Galaxy Fold - First foldable screen smartphone from Samsung

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It actually looks better than I expected.

A bit pricey at $2k though

What do y'all think?

 

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Exclusive review from JacksFilms

 

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The Huawai one has been leaked now

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbre...huawei-foldable-mate-x-5g-phone-leak-mwc-2019

 

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You could get a cheap Razr from Ebay and at least get the same snap close satisfaction. That’s the best part anyway

 

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Is it more narrow than an iPhone SE when closed? That's a compact phone that lots of small phone users still rave about and seem to desire.

 

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Surely the fact that the screen can fold means they’ll be more of a flexy plasticcy top material, so less brittle and more impact resistant than current hard glass displays?

Just speculating. Anyone touched a bendable display IRL yet?

 

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Mate X definitely looks better but it's also more expensive than the Fold at $2,600.

I agree it looks better, but how are we getting close and closer to $3k per phone??

Are people actually going to pay that much??

 

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Preview vid of the Huawei Mate X.

The crease doesn't look too smooth when the light hits it at an angle at 1min 28 secs. Might not be and issue when infront of you though.

 

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Yeah I noticed that too. Looks pretty crap tbh.

The Samsung design might mitigate that issues as it looks to be more in tension at the crease when unfolded, as opposed to slight compression on the Mate X

 

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So what are the odds Apple will have anything foldable to compete in this years release in 6 months? 10%?

Seems like they'll be quite far behind the rest of they wait until the next cycle, another 18 months down the line.

 

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Zero. I don't think Apple are going to even try making a foldable phone, instead banking on customer lock-in winning over gimmickry. Which is not the least wise thing to bet on, honestly.

Well, they have been granted some folding phone patents already, some dating back to July 2018. So they're definitely working on something.

There's a few articles linked from this page covering their progress on flexible displays

https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/displays-flexible/

 

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That fact that two bendy phones have just been unveiled by competitors are enough indication to me, combined with the patents, that they’re certainly researching it. It’s within the realm of possibility and I’d say there’s a chance greater than zero they may decide to release one of their own at some point.

 

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I'm excited for the bigger screens as portable porn on your phone is going to get so much more immersive!

 

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Some nice concept mockups of a iPhone version in this vid

 

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Good hands on with the Mate X

 

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Lots of issues with the review units so far

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/17/...roken-screen-debris-dust-hinge-flexible-bulge

 

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Huwai is next up to the plate in June to see if they can pull it off.

It looks like there's at least 5 or 6 other manufactuers working on something to release this year though

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/foldable-phones-release-date,news-28705.html

 

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At least none have exploded yet

 

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I wonder how many they've already produced that will have to either be scrapped or rebuilt.

 

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I think they would have been better off working on making two screens join neatly.
It needs to be done for those microled tv panels anyway.
And we had this technology in the 80s, if not earlier, example:

I agree. There’s a super sexy Moto Razr mock-up floating about that looks like it could work like this.

Two completely sealed hard glass edge to edge screens that looks practically seamless when opened out and butted up against each other.