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Samsung Galaxy Fold
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One silly anti-Samsung user posts something stupid & then gets piled on, derailing thread...
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The way it quickly expands Apps to the larger screen (& remembers where you are on web pages etc.) is how it should be - a device like this needs to make tasks easier & faster to do & it looks like Samsung have done a decent job with v1.
Let's get those reviews happening.
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Very slick for a first release. If that smaller screen was wider (keyboarding on it is no good), it'd be a winner. No headphone jack/notch don't bother me at all.
The way it quickly expands Apps to the larger screen (& remembers where you are on web pages etc.) is how it should be - a device like this needs to make tasks easier & faster to do & it looks like Samsung have done a decent job with v1.
Let's get those reviews happening.
Inner foldable display is actually not bad after watching several videos but Samsung do need to rethink on some part of their design.
First of all get rid of the notch, you really don't need 6 camera's on a foldable device. The front has enough space to accommodate 2 or 3 camera's.
Remove the inner screen notch make the bezels symmetrical on all 4 sides is the way to go for. They also need to increase the size of the screen on the front on width and height.
The gold version is in my eyes the best to get, I like it.
Honestly if they can make this tech for under €1000,- which they sure can after several implementations I'm going to replace my normall smartphone for it. This is what I always wanted to have, something that goes easily in your pockets but great for media consumption. It should have at least a 8 inch screen, to replace the tablet devices I normally use. It could actually hurt the tablet market significantly if they implement it well.
First of all get rid of the notch, you really don't need 6 camera's on a foldable device. The front has enough space to accommodate 2 or 3 camera's.
Remove the inner screen notch make the bezels symmetrical on all 4 sides is the way to go for. They also need to increase the size of the screen on the front on width and height.
The gold version is in my eyes the best to get, I like it.
Honestly if they can make this tech for under €1000,- which they sure can after several implementations I'm going to replace my normall smartphone for it. This is what I always wanted to have, something that goes easily in your pockets but great for media consumption. It should have at least a 8 inch screen, to replace the tablet devices I normally use. It could actually hurt the tablet market significantly if they implement it well.
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You can't actually order one in the US now though; they ran out. I wonder if there will be any left for the UK to pre-order.
For a first iteration, it's pretty impressive. Next year's should have the s pen.
Well, in the fall, I'm getting the Note 10. So, this isn't in the budget. However, I will get a future version, some day. Maybe, once it's been out awhile, I'll get one for a lot cheaper?
Kudos to Samsung!
Well, in the fall, I'm getting the Note 10. So, this isn't in the budget. However, I will get a future version, some day. Maybe, once it's been out awhile, I'll get one for a lot cheaper?
Kudos to Samsung!
You can almost see a pen stored within the hinge somehow in V2 or 3...
I really like this device the more I’m seeing it. I could see it being my only computer in a few years.
Very tempted, but I'm going to wait to see how it feels in the hand and maybe even for the 2.0 version hopefully next year. I still can't get over how atrocious the phone portion of it looks, I just don't get how Samsung execs looked at that and thought it was ready for prime time. But unfolded it looks incredible, and that's its main draw. I would almost be tempted to carry a phone and the Fold, but of course that would defeat the purpose. One reviewer said something that I thought was spot on, don't think of this as an unfolding phone but rather as a folding tablet. That puts it more into perspective as a tablet first, phone second kind of device. It's still superior to a traditional tablet because it folds and is more portable, so I definitely would not blame anyone who used this only as a tablet, although a really expensive one.
Right there with you. I have to admit I've been far more tempted the past few days after seeing all of the hands on videos and first impressions--and I generally really don't like Samsung devices. It's a good thing Samsung didn't send me an invite to pre-order yesterday as I may very well have pulled the trigger. The build quality looks terrific. It really is the tablet layout that's most intriguing to me. But like most I have some reservations that have me holding off.
1) Plastic screen with the crease. Yes, it looks better than I expected but I still really like sturdy, flat glass and worry the plastic screen will bother me after a while
2) App compatibility. Let's face it, this is primarily a small tablet and Android and most apps just suck on tablets. Apps need to be specifically optimized to work with the multi-window layout and continuity, which looks to be limited primarily to Google and Samsung apps at launch. I use a ton of 3rd party apps and having the equivalent of 'using most Android apps on Chrome' type of experience (re: not very good) defeats the benefits offered by this device.
3) The small, skinny phone layout. I understand why that screen is so small on this iteration of the Fold...filling that front panel would result in a super tall yet skinny aspect ratio what wouldn't be much better, if at all, versus the 4.6" display they're using. To improve this layout would mean making each half wider, which itself would screw with the inside tablet aspect ratio, making it essentially a square. Again, not ideal (re: even more black bars on video and more terrible phone app layouts). I guess I would lean towards having the latter problem, so not sure using the current, skinny phone display would be very enjoyable.
I'm still quite intrigued by the Fold, much more so than I thought I would be (I've been pretty staunchly skeptical of the user experience of a plastic, crease filled display till now). Yes, it's damn expensive but in some context, it's not much more than you'd spend on a comparable phone/tablet combo. A Galaxy S10+ with 512GB storage (same as Fold) and iPad Mini 256GB w/LTE capability (the model you'd need to have similar performance to the Fold) is $1928 here in the US.
I'm looking forward to some hands on time with it.
Agreed.
If I ever got one I would have to use it in its opened position 100% of the time, a 21:9 4.6inch display won't work well for typing even for short messages, TBH, for me.
My thoughts exactly...the more this type of device evolves the more I get exited. I could eventually see it becoming the only device I carry around. It could replace my iPad and maybe even my MBP...imagine having ONE device to replace all other devices. With Samsung Dex, it supports multiple monitors so it would replace desktop/laptop scenarios as well.
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Fair to say all these early hands on vids are by those with close ties to Samsung.
So they're all conflicted in a way, but have done a good job thus far.
Full credit to Samsung. Never really thought much about Samsung devices, but looking back now, it was more because of the FUD you read in tech forums, and my blind loyalty to Apple. Now, I can honestly say, Samsung are the ones that are constantly pushing the boundaries of tech. They are the ones that made large screens palatable, and the industry is better for it. I'm still very surprised at how amazing my used Galaxy S7 Edge has been. The Knox security and secure folder are second to none. I won't do without it, and because of that, I've decided on going for the upcoming Note 10. That being said, the Galaxy Fold has really got me tempted. For a first gen device, it's extremely polished. I think this proves Samsung aren't releasing new tech just to be first anymore. I'll most likely pick up the second gen.
Samsung's prowess is in display since, well, they have been making OLED panels for decades. But pushing boundaries in smartphones? Hardly. In fact, Samsung is playing safe.
The Chinese companies like Huawei, Oppo/Vivo, and even Xiaomi, are the ones pushing the boundaries nowadays. They are the ones who are coming up with total bezel-less phones with concepts like motorized camera, sliding phones, dual displays, etc. Even for camera, Samsung is behind while the likes of Huawei and Xiaomi are inventing night-modes. Heck, the Chinese came up with the drop-notch design many moons ago, which Samsung copied for their latest Galaxy M/A series.
And the Chinese are not charging you an arm and a leg. People are complaining about Apple's prices, Samsung is the same.
I do have to give props to Samsung for having Black Pink on their Galaxy A80 event. So I appreciate all of you who give Samsung your money so we can enjoy Black Pink.
Difference is though they made fun of it on a phone not a folding device. Wetter they could have avoided it I don't know
Its not the phone where they made fun of, but the design. And it's that exact design that they've used on their foldable phone. Anyway it's the first gen, doubt anyone here is going to get it. As long they fix it in their next phones I'm not bothered.
Totally agree...then when Apple makes a folding iPhone without a notch...then the notch on the Galaxy Fold will be an issue.
Well fold may be out in my neck of the woods in May with dual sim
One nano and one esim
One nano and one esim