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Some stills: https://imgur.com/a/z7sgEdS https://imgur.com/a/z7sgEdS Looks pretty bad, hence not letting the journalists hold it. I think they traded thinness
by timdorr 8y ago
Some stills: https://imgur.com/a/z7sgEdS https://imgur.com/a/z7sgEdS
Looks pretty bad, hence not letting the journalists hold it. I think they traded thinness for display surface uniformity. The Galaxy Fold is thicker, but uses the additional size to incorporate a stronger folding mechanism, which appears to put less strain on the screen itself.
Hopefully they figure this out before launch. It definitely doesn't look worthy of the $2600 sticker price in its current form.
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- chvid 8y agoMaybe I am stupid but I think it looks pretty good? Much better than I would expect.
- goatherders 8y agoI agree. I think it looks great. If it had an apple logo the tune around here would be different
- rootusrootus 8y agoIf that was from Apple I'd be selling all my shares today as soon as the market opens.
- rchaud 8y agoIf it had an Apple logo, there would have been a weeks' worth of pricing speculation putting this at $3000, only for jaws to drop when Cook announces the price to be $2500. And we'd all be thinking "Apple's done it again!"
- rchaud 8y agoIt does look good, especially since it looks like it folds flat. Samsung's version (which might be more durable, who knows), when folded, looks like a wallet that's been stuffed to the gills with cards. The front-facing screen when folded looks pathetically small compared to the bulk of the device.
- thefounder 8y agoI could argue that the original iPhone didn't look worthy of $500 either. My fist iPhone was iPhone 5. Early adopters are a niche anyway and this device has a bright future. I bet all the phones will be more or less foldable.
- Bud 8y agoIf you could argue that, perhaps you should try it. I rather doubt you can. The first iPhone was a polished, finished product. These foldables...aren't.
- rkangel 8y agoThe first iPhone was not a finished product. It launched with only EDGE for mobile data, and with no app store. Combined, these limited its utility. It was the next version - with 3G and the first incarnation of the AppStore, that helped the iPhone gain mainstream popularity.
- kristianc 8y agoIt still represented a huge leap over everything else that was on the market at the time, such that Mobile Safari quickly came to account for around 80% or so of mobile data use.
- rkangel 8y agoAbsolutely. It showed that browsing the proper Web on a phone was something feasible to do. It was a great step forward, as these folding phones are.
- 2muchcoffeeman 8y agoAssuming the screen tech holds up. It’ll be a few iterations and several years before we can even determine if this is here to last. Even more before the price comes down to something kinda affordable. Also worth noting that flagship phones have only gotten more expensive since the first iPhone. Remember when we all thought the first iPhone was too expensive? This is 2k for what is essentially a prototype.
- treis 8y agoI think it's the angle/intensity of the light that exaggerates how noticeable the fold is. This article has some pictures and I don't see any image issue where the fold is: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13990/huawei-launches-the-mate-x https://www.anandtech.com/show/13990/huawei-launches-the-mat...
- xster 8y agoI do wonder why conceptually, the bezel can't be just tensioned along one axis instead of being fixed. Sure more movements will be a nightmare for dust/waterproofing etc but there's no indication that this device is anyway.