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Fold 5. It was cracked in the crease. Multiple small cracks. It was replaced under warranty since the phone was less than a year old. I'm definitely getting another foldable so this doesn't discourage me but I doubt I keep one more than two years.
That's really worrying. I've heard an awful lot about how the Fold 5 and 6 are way more durable than previous models but my phone (Fold 5) gives me so much anxiety lol. I do like the form factor a lot though but if the S-pen is also being jettisoned in future I'm wondering whether to stick with the format at all. Seems a crazy backward step.
 
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That's really worrying. I've heard an awful lot about how the Fold 5 and 6 are way more durable than previous models but my phone (Fold 5) gives me so much anxiety lol. I do like the form factor a lot though but if the S-pen is also being jettisoned in future I'm wondering whether to stick with the format at all. Seems a crazy backward step.
Other than the crease mine has been pretty durable. I've dropped this phone a lot more than previous phones and it's held up fine. This is with a case of course.
I'm pretty sold on a foldable for now but I won't rule out going back.
 
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Seen this post on reddit and I think it's great looking...


Created a Samsung Members post... would be lovely if the foldable community upvote this? I know some of you don't care for the two-column layout, nevertheless would be nice as an option.

Certainly makes sense for foldable settings on new one UI
 
This is what he posted…
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It's quite possible that Samsung is still working on a new digitizer altogether, just like they worked on the glass and made it stronger and more resistant to creasing.

Ross Young stated 'in our latest report'. Ross I'm sure as myself and others are VERY KEEN to the specific meanings of words when used. Unfortunately I have a BAD habit of rambling on my thoughts :( Something that I'm happy for writing assistant in AI to help me with, lol. Samsung does have some time before finalizing production of the Z Fold 7 so we shall see if changes occur.
 
To me, if it loses functionality with the S-Pen it would seem like a very big mistake on Samsung's part. In the end for me the Fold is a productivity device and the S-Pen is good for when you need to take a specific note or underline a document...
 
Had went on a family trip to Florida… returned home to receive the December update

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To me, if it loses functionality with the S-Pen it would seem like a very big mistake on Samsung's part. In the end for me the Fold is a productivity device and the S-Pen is good for when you need to take a specific note or underline a document...
According to SamMobile, Samsung might pack the technology behind the stylus similar to how Apple does with the Apple Pencil. That way Samsung can keep the device thin… helps with the bulky criticism when folded.

But I’m definitely passing on the next Fold if it doesn’t have stylus support and I normally don’t upgrade every year, I’ve been upgrading on the evens (2, 4, and 6). Perhaps, I’ll make an exception if this Fold 7 is a huge update.
 
According to SamMobile, Samsung might pack the technology behind the stylus similar to how Apple does with the Apple Pencil. That way Samsung can keep the device thin… helps with the bulky criticism when folded.

But I’m definitely passing on the next Fold if it doesn’t have stylus support and I normally don’t upgrade every year, I’ve been upgrading on the evens (2, 4, and 6). Perhaps, I’ll make an exception if this Fold 7 is a huge update.

I don't know what I'm going to do. In the end I also do not need to update it every year, it is my working device and topics such as the battery (which with my use exclusively of work, lasts me 2/3 days) or the camera do not worry me as much as if it does on my personal equipment, in which I value above all, the camera.

If you put that technology in theory the S-Pen would have to have battery (from what I read in that article the other day). It would be a very nice detail to have it integrated, but I understand that the physical limitations of the device make it difficult, especially because of the battery.
I think the Galaxy Fold 7 will be a Galaxy Fold SE but with better zoom (the new one they presented a few weeks ago by Samsung) and a better ultra-wide angle, smaller screen fold, thinner and lighter... but in the end the changes will be minor, as in all phones.

The external screen is true that sometimes something narrow is done to me (especially to write for a long time), and I find it more comfortable to write with it unfolded. So a bigger, wider screen would be nice to have.
I wouldn't want the camera removed under the screen, but I would like the resolution to improve somewhat (not that I've ever used it, but I prefer it to be hidden, because it looks cleaner, without interruptions, which bothers me a lot about the notch of the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, which when you have the split screen removes the top status bar and eats elements of the interface).

However, despite its flaws, the Galaxy Fold 6 for me is the most interesting phone I've ever tested (I switched in May from an iPhone 13 Pro max to a 15 Pro Max, the Pixel 8 Pro for the 9 Pro XL and added this one as a team). I like the concept, I like the idea, I like to have a mini tablet in my pocket. I would love Apple to do something like that with iOS/iPadOS... but I don't think we'll ever see it, as it looks like their bet is going to be on the shell format...
 
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I don't know what I'm going to do. In the end I also do not need to update it every year, it is my working device and topics such as the battery (which with my use exclusively of work, lasts me 2/3 days) or the camera do not worry me as much as if it does on my personal equipment, in which I value above all, the camera.
If Samsung pivots away from S-Pen support on the Fold… I’d move on to the Ultra series.

If you put that technology in theory the S-Pen would have to have battery (from what I read in that article the other day). It would be a very nice detail to have it integrated, but I understand that the physical limitations of the device make it difficult, especially because of the battery.
Have you owned the S-Pen Pro? I think it would be as similar… come to think of it, that’s probably what Samsung is planning on doing. Those S-Pen Pros are difficult to come by as of late… perhaps they are making it changes to it and bringing that back.

I think the Galaxy Fold 7 will be a Galaxy Fold SE but with better zoom (the new one they presented a few weeks ago by Samsung) and a better ultra-wide angle, smaller screen fold, thinner and lighter... but in the end the changes will be minor, as in all phones.
Yeah, I’m okay with my current Fold 6. Don’t really see a need to upgrade for the bigger frame… it would have to be something Samsung locked behind software. And I’m not much of an upgrade for the camera kind of guy.

I wouldn't want the camera removed under the screen, but I would like the resolution to improve somewhat (not that I've ever used it, but I prefer it to be hidden, because it looks cleaner, without interruptions, which bothers me a lot about the notch of the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, which when you have the split screen removes the top status bar and eats elements of the interface).
I’m still baffled by the lack of improvement by the UDC… its been 3 generations and no resolution improvements have been made.

But I agree with you… I like the UDC, hardly any reviewer points that out when comparing other foldables.

However, despite its flaws, the Galaxy Fold 6 for me is the most interesting phone I've ever tested (I switched in May from an iPhone 13 Pro max to a 15 Pro Max, the Pixel 8 Pro for the 9 Pro XL and added this one as a team). I like the concept, I like the idea, I like to have a mini tablet in my pocket. I would love Apple to do something like that with iOS/iPadOS... but I don't think we'll ever see it, as it looks like their bet is going to be on the shell format...
Yeah, it’s my favorite device. I enjoy the entire package… I know people harp on the narrow outer display, but there’s so much software features packed into it.

When I went to Disney Land… the one handed-use made such a difference, taking photos (holding it up high then taping the volume key) and sending messages were a breeze. And I don’t think Apple will make a book-style foldable phone… they relish in the idea consumers buying into their ecosystem.

Producing a 2-1 will eliminate the need for consumers to buy an iPad (particularly an iPad Mini). Oh yeah, I see from your sig… you own a Tab S10 Ultra and M4 iPad Pro… I’m curious how do utilize both?
 
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Producing a 2-1 will eliminate the need for consumers to buy an iPad (particularly an iPad Mini). Oh yeah, I see from your sig… you own a Tab S10 Ultra and M4 iPad Pro… I’m curious how do utilize both?

Yes, I switched to the S10 Ultra this year. I really have differentiated the devices in a relatively marked way:

Apple products: personal use. In "personal" use even day to day and photo editing. In the day to day I would include RRSS, Web browsing, FaceTime, photos, and strictly personal communication with my friends, partner and family.

Windows/Android products: professional use. Within professional use I include the Microsoft "suite", calls with customers, document scanning, use of the Google "suite" (personally I trust Google Drive more than One Drive, which has eliminated some written demand a couple of times and which have made me lose 3/4 hours).

So, I use the Samsung Galaxy Tab as a complement to the Galaxy Fold. It helps me take longer notes in One Drive than the Fold (evidently for quick notes it is enough, but for me, when a case arrives at the office, I like to take the "highlights" by hand and then develop it already in a writing). I use it a lot to use the Google suite, for quick reminders and notes and many times for calls that come to me with the Fold.

The Surface in the end is the computer that I connect to the external screen, so it is the main "professional team". And the mobile is my "ultra portable" phone and tablet that I always carry on me. If I get any document from the client, through the Fold on the street I can save it in Google Drive quickly and easily, quick notes, quick reminders, note meetings with customers, etc.

It is true that sometimes I make a connection between "personal" and "professional" devices, especially for the Pixel, which in the end is my second "personal" phone. If I take photos with the Pixel, I like to use the Pixel's magic eraser and enter Google Photos from the Samsung to transfer the photos to iCloud from the web browser. And then on the iPad I finish retouching and editing them. But Google's magic draft seems to me the best by far. I don't have Apple Intelligence on iPhone/iPad yet, but the eraser is available on the Mac, I don't know very well why and I don't like the little I've tried it at all, I find it worse than Google or Samsung's.

But, in general terms, I have the devices quite "separate". I am currently lucky to be able to enjoy having so many devices, thanks in part to the fact that, together with my father, we enjoyed technology a lot and we like to change the devices between us every now and then.

However, personally, today it would have the following devices:

Apple: iPhone as a personal phone (I like my 15 PM, I wouldn't change it for the 16 PM), iPad as a personal laptop (maybe I would change the 13" for the 11" because now I don't need such a big iPad because I don't travel so much, although I feel comfortable with the big one because of how little it weighs when I use it as a tablet, but the size makes it sometimes complex to use it as a tablet itself), Mac mini M4 Pro as a personal computer (I would replace the Mac Studio M1 with the Mac Pro because really, I don't need so much power and I love the New design of the Mac mini, which would occupy much less in the office), the AirPods 4 (the truth is that I liked them very much and they are more comfortable than the Pro for me) and the Apple Watch Ultra.

Android/Windows. Galaxy Fold 6 and Surface Pro. I love the Pixel as a gadget to "mess around", and its camera seems superb to me, but I would remove it from the list since I find the Samsung more useful as a device. I really like the Galaxy Tab, but I don't find some apps as well optimized as on the iPad and in the end I see it as a "secondary" team, because the Fold and the Surface complement each other well enough, although in certain things the Galaxy ecosystem is superior.
 
Anyone with a Fold 6 could post a screenshot of how the Capcut app looks? I was thinking how cool this phone would be for people like me who occasionally do video editing on the go, but don't know if the app really takes benefit of the extra screen real estate, mainly with the video timeline.

Capcut is the main app I use for video editing on Mac and phone.
 
Anyone with a Fold 6 could post a screenshot of how the Capcut app looks? I was thinking how cool this phone would be for people like me who occasionally do video editing on the go, but don't know if the app really takes benefit of the extra screen real estate, mainly with the video timeline.

Capcut is the main app I use for video editing on Mac and phone.
I use my Mac and iPad for video editing... Final Cut Pro on the Mac and LumaFusion on the iPad, never really cared to do any video editing on the Galaxy Fold. But having Capcut on the Galaxy Fold seems like a good idea. Is the subscription for Capcut worth it?

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Anyone with a Fold 6 could post a screenshot of how the Capcut app looks? I was thinking how cool this phone would be for people like me who occasionally do video editing on the go, but don't know if the app really takes benefit of the extra screen real estate, mainly with the video timeline.

Capcut is the main app I use for video editing on Mac and phone.
Does this help ? No idea on this app lol

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I use my Mac and iPad for video editing... Final Cut Pro on the Mac and LumaFusion on the iPad, never really cared to do any video editing on the Galaxy Fold. But having Capcut on the Galaxy Fold seems like a good idea. Is the subscription for Capcut worth it?

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Thanks!

My employer pays for Capcut Pro, so we can have all the tools available, like subtitles. On the Mac it's really handy and intuitive. Haven't tried more professional programs like Da Vinci Resolve and such. It looks like Capcut on the Fold does take benefit of the wider screen. Awesome.
 
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Regarding the so-called “iPhone Air”, I really think this time Apple and its leakers intend to fool us by letting us know about thinness and other secondary “features”. If you have payed attention on the leaks and rumors, you may have realized that they haven’t addressed anything about the form factor, but dubious renders.

Think twice, it seems to me that the “iPhone Air” name is just an euphemism to make us know that a completely and different iPhone is coming. So what if the surprising and secret feature of the so-called “iPhone Air” is it’s foldability?

A thinner iPhone with less features, doesn’t has by itself too much sense, unless there is something else really different that have not been revealed yet.

Just connect the dots….

And BTW, may be Apple has taken its time perfectioning the folding screens to not have an ugly, notorious and fragile crease.
 
Regarding the so-called “iPhone Air”, I really think this time Apple and its leakers intend to fool us by letting us know about thinness and other secondary “features”. If you have payed attention on the leaks and rumors, you may have realized that they haven’t addressed anything about the form factor, but dubious renders.

Think twice, it seems to me that the “iPhone Air” name is just an euphemism to make us know that a completely and different iPhone is coming. So what if the surprising and secret feature of the so-called “iPhone Air” is it’s foldability?

A thinner iPhone with less features, doesn’t has by itself too much sense, unless there is something else really different that have not been revealed yet.

Just connect the dots….

And BTW, may be Apple has taken its time perfectioning the folding screens to not have an ugly, notorious and fragile crease.
Oneplus and others have already figured this out. There is barely a noticeable crease on my OnePlus Open. The crease on my 9 Pro Fold is noticeably improved from the first version but still not great and Samsung still has the same old crease for the most part but I wouldn't call it fragile by any means. I've used just about every foldable available in the US except the flip style phones that don't really interest me. Other than the first Z Fold and perhaps the first Pixel, I wouldn't call any of them fragile. Sure you are susceptible to issues with any device with moving parts like that compared to a slab phone, but I have not had a single issue on any of mine and I don't exactly baby them.
 
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And BTW, may be Apple has taken its time perfectioning the folding screens to not have an ugly, notorious and fragile crease.
I do not see Apple making an folding phone any time soon. Apple doesn't make folding screens....other companies like Samsung or LG and others make the displays in folding phones. They will not let Apple have any great leap in folding displays before putting it their own products.
 
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