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Do people want the Fold? (No snark - genuinely asking)

gumby 5y ago
I saw one in the flesh (a friend had one) and it was surprisingly good, I expected the screen to be crap but it was not. You could legitimately get a big screen on a device that fit in your pocket. It also has a screen on the “outside” so you can use it without opening it — as a convenience or to reduce the number of flexes of the screen? The thing is, android tablets suck (I know, and it appears the market does too) so the experience of the larger screen is meh. I’m happy with a small phone when walking around and an iPad (or hell just a laptop) when I’m at home.
fomine3 5y ago
Folding tech/gimmick itself isn't what people want (I believe). It makes possible tablet can be folded so fit on my pocket. There's no switching cost from smartphone to tablet. It changes my digital life. I no longer use narrower smartphone to read web/books in everywhere. Personally I don't know how Flip3 useful, but it seems to sold well, maybe cool for some people.
- skinnymuch 5y ago
  You’re saying a foldable tablet fitting in your pocket would be good for you? Then why call folding a gimmick at the beginning? The iPhone was called a gimmick when it was new. Same with the iPad, less so but still with the Apple Watch.
  - fomine3 5y ago
    I'm not a native so maybe used wrong word. Flexible OLED was also used for smartphone like LG G Flex, Galaxy Note Edge/S6 edge and its successor, but those aren't welcomed well. Samsung widely used the edge "gimmick" but it's not welcomed by majority from what I see because it shows curved content, makes accidental touch, and makes (a bit) hard to put screen protector. Finally they advanced to foldable OLED and developed game changing Galaxy Fold. Fold3 is really good but I think final product is important than the tech itself. But maybe, without Galaxy Edge phones, Fold won't be developed.
    - skinnymuch 5y ago
      Ah yes. That is actually what I was thinking — Edge. When it comes to Samsung and gimmicks the Edge was definitely one of them. Though on the other hand. It was a cool thing to try. It just didn’t end up working so well. I’m not sure how long they kept the Edge series up for. Good point. Maybe if they didn’t try different things like the Edge, the Fold wouldn’t happen. > Fold3 is really good but I think final product is important than the tech itself You said you’re not a native speaker. I’m looking for clarification here, respectfully. Your writing is really good. Do you think the Fold3 specifically is important or folding in general/overall?
      - fomine3 5y ago
        I like the idea of foldable tablets because currently it's the only way to bring and use bigger screen everywhere. In my experience, reading text on small screen is significantly bad to understand things. Fold3 looks really well made for both software (but we miss tablet support by some 3rd party apps) and hardware, but maybe other manufacturers catch up before long. I love my Fold3 but I don't know much the point of Flip/Razr foldable series. It looks cool, a bit compact, and maybe great for selfies because it don't need any stands to use outer cameras but seems to not good tradeoff to weak points. Still, it's good thing that Samsung can sell such products other than just boring smartphones.

I saw one in the flesh (a friend had one) and it was surprisingly good, I expected the screen to be crap but it was not. You could legitimately get a big screen on a device that fit in your pocket. It also has a screen on the “outside” so you can use it without opening it — as a convenience or to reduce the number of flexes of the screen? The thing is, android tablets suck (I know, and it appears the market does too) so the experience of the larger screen is meh. I’m happy with a small phone when walking around and an iPad (or hell just a laptop) when I’m at home.

fomine3 5y ago

Folding tech/gimmick itself isn't what people want (I believe). It makes possible tablet can be folded so fit on my pocket. There's no switching cost from smartphone to tablet. It changes my digital life. I no longer use narrower smartphone to read web/books in everywhere. Personally I don't know how Flip3 useful, but it seems to sold well, maybe cool for some people.

skinnymuch 5y ago
You’re saying a foldable tablet fitting in your pocket would be good for you? Then why call folding a gimmick at the beginning? The iPhone was called a gimmick when it was new. Same with the iPad, less so but still with the Apple Watch.
- fomine3 5y ago
  I'm not a native so maybe used wrong word. Flexible OLED was also used for smartphone like LG G Flex, Galaxy Note Edge/S6 edge and its successor, but those aren't welcomed well. Samsung widely used the edge "gimmick" but it's not welcomed by majority from what I see because it shows curved content, makes accidental touch, and makes (a bit) hard to put screen protector. Finally they advanced to foldable OLED and developed game changing Galaxy Fold. Fold3 is really good but I think final product is important than the tech itself. But maybe, without Galaxy Edge phones, Fold won't be developed.
  - skinnymuch 5y ago
    Ah yes. That is actually what I was thinking — Edge. When it comes to Samsung and gimmicks the Edge was definitely one of them. Though on the other hand. It was a cool thing to try. It just didn’t end up working so well. I’m not sure how long they kept the Edge series up for. Good point. Maybe if they didn’t try different things like the Edge, the Fold wouldn’t happen. > Fold3 is really good but I think final product is important than the tech itself You said you’re not a native speaker. I’m looking for clarification here, respectfully. Your writing is really good. Do you think the Fold3 specifically is important or folding in general/overall?
    - fomine3 5y ago
      I like the idea of foldable tablets because currently it's the only way to bring and use bigger screen everywhere. In my experience, reading text on small screen is significantly bad to understand things. Fold3 looks really well made for both software (but we miss tablet support by some 3rd party apps) and hardware, but maybe other manufacturers catch up before long. I love my Fold3 but I don't know much the point of Flip/Razr foldable series. It looks cool, a bit compact, and maybe great for selfies because it don't need any stands to use outer cameras but seems to not good tradeoff to weak points. Still, it's good thing that Samsung can sell such products other than just boring smartphones.