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This is a classic case of the technology taking precedence over the functionality. Samsung's TV division has invested billions in developing flexible displays,

This is a classic case of the technology taking precedence over the functionality. Samsung's TV division has invested billions in developing flexible displays, thinking that this would be the future. Once the technology got to the point where it was actually feasible, THEN they started thinking about how they could market it. Good product design starts by asking what the problem is and then building the solution. Samsung started with a technology and then tried to figure out how to sell it. The result is the gimmick you see here which, like all of the tablet-phone combos that came before it, does nothing particularly well and costs more than two solutions designed specifically for each use case (iPhone: 1000. iPad Mini: 400). When will people learn to stop jamming toasters and vacuums together?

dragonwriter 8y ago
> The result is the gimmick you see here which, like all of the tablet-phone combos that came before it, does nothing particularly well and costs more than solutions designed specifically for each use case. Aren't Samsung's long line of successful phablets (and the influence they've had on other flagship phones) a stark disproof of your claims about “all previous tablet-phone combos”. Clearly, the utility the market finds in them differs from the utility you find in them.
closetohome 8y ago
> costs more than two solutions designed specifically for each use case We call that "integration," and it's been a feature of the tech industry for as long as there's been a tech industry.
Mikeb85 8y ago
This isn't being priced not marketed at the masses. This is for technophiles; people who like to be on the bleeding edge. Not everything needs to be perfected and 100% utilitarian. Sometimes people just want something because it's interesting and for now I think this falls into that category. Also, it's basically a phablet taken to the next level. Some people will find the use in that.

dragonwriter 8y ago

> The result is the gimmick you see here which, like all of the tablet-phone combos that came before it, does nothing particularly well and costs more than solutions designed specifically for each use case. Aren't Samsung's long line of successful phablets (and the influence they've had on other flagship phones) a stark disproof of your claims about “all previous tablet-phone combos”. Clearly, the utility the market finds in them differs from the utility you find in them.

closetohome 8y ago

> costs more than two solutions designed specifically for each use case We call that "integration," and it's been a feature of the tech industry for as long as there's been a tech industry.

Mikeb85 8y ago

This isn't being priced not marketed at the masses. This is for technophiles; people who like to be on the bleeding edge. Not everything needs to be perfected and 100% utilitarian. Sometimes people just want something because it's interesting and for now I think this falls into that category. Also, it's basically a phablet taken to the next level. Some people will find the use in that.