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Samsung reveals its tri-fold phone – and its desktop mode
- qnleigh 11mo ago$2400 is... surprisingly inexpensive? The Z-fold 7 retails for 1600-2000, and an iPhone now retails for up to $2000. This tri-fold is a phone and a full-size tablet. You could easily pay more than $2400 for a phone and a 10" tablet. Probably the price climbs about 2500 once you get a protection plan, better storage, case etc., but still. Also 3.9 mm thick is just nuts. The iPhone Air is 5.6 mm thick. I wonder how much thinner phones and tablets will get.
- ekjhgkejhgk 11mo agoInexpensive for what purpose? From my point of view, $2400 for something that I can do for $100 (phone calls, whatsapp) is very expensive.
- rkomorn 11mo agoThey're comparing it to the price of other Samsung devices, and saying it's surprisingly not that much more expensive.
- ekjhgkejhgk 11mo agoYes, I'm also comparing to the price of other Samsung devices. $100 is how much I paid for a Samsung device.
- rkomorn 11mo agoThat's still not their point, but good for you.
- lofaszvanitt 11mo agoSigh, these totally useless "innovations". Where is the holo screen everyone wants?
- qnleigh 11mo agoIs a 10" screen that fits in your pocket really useless? There's so much more you can do comfortably on a screen that size than on a regular phone.
- HighGoldstein 11mo ago> Is a 10" screen that fits in your pocket really useless? Yes, at that point you're better off carrying a small laptop.
- RandomBacon 11mo agoYou can carry a small laptop in your pocket?
- throwaway270925 11mo agoThis IS basically a small laptop.
- lofaszvanitt 11mo agoIt is. Gimmick for the masses.
- drooopy 11mo agoIs the number of folds going to be the new "add more cameras"?
- fragmede 11mo agohttps://xkcd.com/605/ https://xkcd.com/605/
- smcleod 11mo agoA few people I know that have bought Samsung folding phones have all had their screens break, I get the desire to have a larger display on a mobile device but they don't seem very reliable.
- rjh29 11mo agoNever using a Samsung foldable again. I bought the 4th gen of ZFold thinking it would be out of the prototype stage, and it fell apart in less than a year. The Chinese makers seem like a better bet and invest in things like silicon carbide batteries, flagship-tier cameras and dual-screen stylus support. Samsung barely innovates while the price has continued to rise with each generation.
- maxglute 11mo agoI get the flexible screen technology isn't there but having entire extra front screen is profoundly inelegant.