Samsung Unveils Galaxy Fold Availability, Sort Of

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• FSWKU - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

  It's a neat concept, but it's not $2,000 neat. Not when it'll be obsolete within a year or so.

• Lord of the Bored - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

  Assuming it still WORKS in a year or so. I'm pretty lacking in confidence here.

• Valantar - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

  Given that this phone is the technological equivalent of commenting "First!" I wouldn't think people silly enough to buy it care much about longevity or even usability.

• name99 - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

  But IS it a neat concept? If you have a handbag maybe. But I ask you to put two iPhones XS Max (or your other choice of LARGE phone) together. Notice how thick the bundle is --- seriously thick. Do you want that in your pockets?
  And compare to the size of an XS Max. Height is same. Width is 50% larger. Depth is twice. This thing is HUGE! It's not being used to make a plus sized phone smaller; it's being used to give a plus sized phone a screen the size of an iPad.
  
  I'm not sure that, psychologically and practically, this fulfills the role of a phone. I suspect it more fulfills the role of an iPad mini, meaning that it expects to live in a backpack or briefcase, and to be used for 15min+ sessions, not quite interactions.
  
  And you could justify the existence of a product like that -- but that doesn't seem to be how it is being sold...
  I suspect most users who this AS A PHONE, rather than AS AN IPAD MINI, will ultimately be unhappy with the purchase.

• Santoval - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

  Practical concerns are largely irrelevant for Samsung. They are targeting this phone to people who like to brag to their friends and everyone they know that they are "the first with a bending phone", or at least the first in the neighborhood. That is a domain beyond far reason and common sense, residing deep in the rabbit hole of narcissism, insecurity and inferiority complexes.

• GreenReaper - Sunday, September 8, 2019 - link

  The Nintendo DS was folding, too. I'm sure people who want it will find a way to carry it.

• Quantumz0d - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

  A POS which has a Notch even when it has 2 slabs for folding mechanism which completely removes the notch necessity given how many cameras it has on the front and back, but Samdung wanted to push more towards the camera game and give it a notch.
  
  Further degenerating it has no MicroSD slot (No not because the space, but an SD slot is very useful for any emergency situations, contingency, fast transfer, a dead phone and free from the clutches of the Cloud depedendency)
  
  No 3.5mm jack, given how thicc this ugly device is after numerous mocking against Apple. And less battery, again how 2 slab design allows for a more flexible design for battery at more than 6000Mah, Zenfone 6 has 5000MaH with SD855, ROG II has 6000MaH battery both have fast charging.
  
  So you are buying to be able to fold a social media toy given it's complete lack of productivity and meaningful necessity. Oh the design the back is so ugly, another Chinese vertical camera module inspired by Apple, what's next Samsung Googlve caved in and copied the iPhone cancerous rumor of that ugly bump with Pixel 4 and now it's your turn. Huawei is having a round module, next copy that ? Fucking awful.
  
  Of course the people who have insane money to burn on a planned obsolescence brick will buy and brag about it also ShillTubers as well. Shamesung has fallen from grace.

• damianrobertjones - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

  ...You don't like it then?

• Ironchef3500 - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

  :)

• Death666Angel - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link

  "ShillTubers", "Shamesung". Thank god I didn't spend more time reading your post than glancing at it and seeing those terms.