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The new Samsung fold 7s while folded are less than a mm thicker than an iPhone 17.
by jayd16 4mo ago
The new Samsung fold 7s while folded are less than a mm thicker than an iPhone 17.
- elxr 4mo agoAnd it feels like a regular phone when folded. Not noticeably thick at all. Some folks just have to complain for the sake of complaining, must give them a little dopamine hit or something.
- dpark 4mo agoOr maybe they haven’t held the very latest. The 6 was notably thicker.
- elxr 4mo agoEven if you haven't, searching up dimensions on the current foldables takes all of 15 seconds. It should be obvious to anyone who cares about phone hardware even a little that older foldables won't be the end-all of how thin the packaging is ever going to get. The assumption that even future foldables will feel like holding two typical 7-8mm phones together is just an obivous case of no research and stereotypical hn complaining.
- dpark 4mo agoI don’t know why you’re so uncharitable toward someone who holds a different opinion than you. The idea that someone needs to research device dimensions in order to share their personal experience with foldables is a bit much. Instead of accusing them of complaining for the “dopamine hit”, you could have said “hey, your experience is out of date”. That’s what jayd16 did, and then you rolled in with a complaint about people who complain, which is pretty rich.
- elxr 4mo agoMaybe because on hacker news, you expect slightly higher quality comments. Or at least a more forward-thinking opinion on consumer hardware. Holding a different opinion is great, but dismissing on a modern cutting edge form-factor, one that has lots of love (as you can see even just in this thread), one that has painfully obvious benefits for reading, all because of "thickness" is daft considering the current crop of foldable. Price would make 100% sense. But thickness? C'mon. Some people genuinely go online just to complain. If he'd made a reasonable argument, I'd happily respond charitably.
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- dpark 4mo ago> Some people genuinely go online just to complain. This is literally you in this thread.
- elxr 4mo agoNice mate. Everything I said has been in support of apple, or anyone else, pursuing and developing a foldable. I'm 100% a fan of foldables, and my point was that they're just going to get thinner. Thus making the "thickness" complaint even more of a non-issue than it already is with the currently available foldables. Almost entirely <11mm across the industry btw. If you think that's just complaining, I don't know what else to tell you.
- Dylan16807 4mo agoSince someone else had already covered the size info, what you've added to the thread is fundamentally an unhelpful complaint. Being a supporter doesn't make your post a non-complaint.
- game_the0ry 4mo agoBut its a samsung. Deal breaker.