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I can't help but see folding screens as a limited-life product. Sure, laptops only last, usefully, about 6 years anyway, but it's such an obvious wear spot whic

I can't help but see folding screens as a limited-life product. Sure, laptops only last, usefully, about 6 years anyway, but it's such an obvious wear spot which would cripple the entire device. Thanks, but no thanks.

scrollaway 4y ago
Isn’t the fold on current laptops a weak spot now? I’ve had laptops die to that. I get it’s tempting to say this will be worse but, will it? I don’t think it’s fair to say this immediately…
- iasay 4y ago
  Only if you buy bottom end crap and beat it around. Lenovo / Apple hinges are pretty good. Foldable displays have several million times more parts being folded...
  - Kaibeezy 4y ago
    I just spent a pleasant hour fixing a friend's Lenovo hinge. Disassemble, cyanoacrylate adhesive, reduce hinge tension, wait/beer, reassemble. Unimaginably poor design detail and QA on the tension setting. Many of this and other Yoga models junked on account of it. Easy enough repair though.
    - iasay 4y ago
      The Yogas are ass end landfill built to a price point. You get what you pay for.
      - Kaibeezy 4y ago
        Looked like it. PEM studs into plastic and an over-tensioned hinge. What did they think was going to happen? It sure was no X220.
      - Foobar8568 4y ago
        I have a Lenovo x1c6 with one of the shittier fan design you can make and Lenovo support did shit. My next laptop will be an Apple one, no doubt.
Tepix 4y ago
It's advertised as being stress tested with 30,000 folds. That should last quite a bit longer than 6 years for most people.
- iasay 4y ago
  That figure doesn't make sense other than from a marketing perspective. It is missing all the important engineering questions... How many did they test? What's the standard deviation? What does the bell curve look like? What are the test conditions? What happens when you put this in the hands of an average user who does not conform to the test conditions?
  - ddalex 4y ago
    Please show me this data from any other manufacturer... take Apple, do they put out how many drops they test their latest iPhone, the one that they advertise doesn't need a cover? The standard deviation, Bell curve? Nobody cares about this - what people care about is: What happens when this breaks ? If Asus offers good warranty on it, why does it matter when it breaks??
    - iasay 4y ago
      If it breaks every month and takes them two months to repair it each time then it's a problem.
      - ddalex 4y ago
        But there is no indication that it breaks every month, and there is a strong indication that it breaks less ten once every 6 years. Also there is literally no indication that it takes 2 months to repair. What I am seeing from you is just negative comments about this technology, literally based on assumption and made-up standards that are not common in the industry.
        iasay 4y ago
        Have you dealt with an Asus RMA before? I have. I was being kind with the 2 months...
sz4kerto 4y ago
Early adopters (both on the user and the production side) are very much required to get to something usable eventually.

scrollaway 4y ago

Isn’t the fold on current laptops a weak spot now? I’ve had laptops die to that. I get it’s tempting to say this will be worse but, will it? I don’t think it’s fair to say this immediately…

iasay 4y ago
Only if you buy bottom end crap and beat it around. Lenovo / Apple hinges are pretty good. Foldable displays have several million times more parts being folded...
- Kaibeezy 4y ago
  I just spent a pleasant hour fixing a friend's Lenovo hinge. Disassemble, cyanoacrylate adhesive, reduce hinge tension, wait/beer, reassemble. Unimaginably poor design detail and QA on the tension setting. Many of this and other Yoga models junked on account of it. Easy enough repair though.
  - iasay 4y ago
    The Yogas are ass end landfill built to a price point. You get what you pay for.
    - Kaibeezy 4y ago
      Looked like it. PEM studs into plastic and an over-tensioned hinge. What did they think was going to happen? It sure was no X220.
    - Foobar8568 4y ago
      I have a Lenovo x1c6 with one of the shittier fan design you can make and Lenovo support did shit. My next laptop will be an Apple one, no doubt.

Tepix 4y ago

It's advertised as being stress tested with 30,000 folds. That should last quite a bit longer than 6 years for most people.

iasay 4y ago
That figure doesn't make sense other than from a marketing perspective. It is missing all the important engineering questions... How many did they test? What's the standard deviation? What does the bell curve look like? What are the test conditions? What happens when you put this in the hands of an average user who does not conform to the test conditions?
- ddalex 4y ago
  Please show me this data from any other manufacturer... take Apple, do they put out how many drops they test their latest iPhone, the one that they advertise doesn't need a cover? The standard deviation, Bell curve? Nobody cares about this - what people care about is: What happens when this breaks ? If Asus offers good warranty on it, why does it matter when it breaks??
  - iasay 4y ago
    If it breaks every month and takes them two months to repair it each time then it's a problem.
    - ddalex 4y ago
      But there is no indication that it breaks every month, and there is a strong indication that it breaks less ten once every 6 years. Also there is literally no indication that it takes 2 months to repair. What I am seeing from you is just negative comments about this technology, literally based on assumption and made-up standards that are not common in the industry.
      - iasay 4y ago
        Have you dealt with an Asus RMA before? I have. I was being kind with the 2 months...

sz4kerto 4y ago

Early adopters (both on the user and the production side) are very much required to get to something usable eventually.