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Samsung screws the pooch again with updated Galaxy Fold...
Posted on 9/27/19 at 3:15 am
Posted on 9/27/19 at 3:15 am
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Samsung’s new rebooted Galaxy arrives this week with one job: it just needs to not break. I’d already spent thousands of words breaking down the ins and outs of the product the first time around. This round, on the other hand, was more about making sure everything worked.
Back in April, I was among the reviewers whose device worked perfectly well. I toted the original Fold around the Bay Area without a problem, much to the amusement of curious co-workers. Samsung collected the devices soon after, as it went back to the drawing board due to issues with other units, but mine remained fully in tact.
This time out, however, I wasn’t so lucky. I pulled the Fold from my pocket while standing in line at CVS after work the other day. I opened it up and spotted something new nestled between the lock screen’s flapping butterfly wings. There was a brightly colored, amorphous blob. You can see it there in the photo at the top of the story (as well as a zoomed-in version below). It’s not huge. It’s maybe just under a centimeter across — and it’s a bit tricky to photograph.
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Posted on 9/27/19 at 4:46 am to TigerGman
Still a part of me that wants one really bad.
Not paying that much for what is still basically a prototype for public testing though, even if it is super cool.
Not paying that much for what is still basically a prototype for public testing though, even if it is super cool.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 9:48 am to TigerGman
And if it was apple you would say "Apple is just breaking new ground with this and hiccups are expected". 
Posted on 9/27/19 at 10:11 am to CarRamrod
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And if it was apple you would say "Apple is just breaking new ground with this and hiccups are expected".
Bahhh...
Probably
Posted on 9/27/19 at 11:19 am to TigerGman
It's not for me at this price point, but I also won't knock a company for taking such a huge risk on a product, admitting their mistake, then doing a complete revamp to fix it. Apple would have simply blamed user error.
This is the first ever iteration of a foldable smartphone. It's going to have issues. Hopefully it will show proof of concept for the tech to advance more in the market.
This is the first ever iteration of a foldable smartphone. It's going to have issues. Hopefully it will show proof of concept for the tech to advance more in the market.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 11:41 am to frankthetank
I watched a video review of the new Fold last week and the guy scratched the inner screen with his fingernail.
Posted on 9/28/19 at 12:33 pm to TigerGman
I've been running around with a ZTE Axon M for about a year now, which is a folding dual screen phone...with some different design choices and a much, much cheaper price point.
The real niche that such devices will fill is for people who travel around a lot so that they won't have to carry multiple devices.
...and it works, kind of. Folded out, the device works like a very small tablet. But even if you combine the real estate of both screens you don't end up with, say, an 8 inch tablet (the smallest size I think is useful for serious productivity or media consumption).
The big handicap that you end up with is that no folding phone, by virtue of its design, can ever be put into a serious (dual layer, incipio, otterbox) case.
It's cool, and gets a lot of comments, but having owned one phone of this sort, I probably wouldn't get another.
At some point, regardless of how good/small tech gets...the human factors that interact with it (eyes, fingers, hands) aren't eligible for an upgrade.
The real niche that such devices will fill is for people who travel around a lot so that they won't have to carry multiple devices.
...and it works, kind of. Folded out, the device works like a very small tablet. But even if you combine the real estate of both screens you don't end up with, say, an 8 inch tablet (the smallest size I think is useful for serious productivity or media consumption).
The big handicap that you end up with is that no folding phone, by virtue of its design, can ever be put into a serious (dual layer, incipio, otterbox) case.
It's cool, and gets a lot of comments, but having owned one phone of this sort, I probably wouldn't get another.
At some point, regardless of how good/small tech gets...the human factors that interact with it (eyes, fingers, hands) aren't eligible for an upgrade.
This post was edited on 9/28/19 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 9/30/19 at 1:25 pm to frankthetank
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Apple would have simply blamed user error.
That's going to leave a mark.
Posted on 9/30/19 at 1:36 pm to UltimateHog
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Not paying that much for what is still basically a prototype for public testing though, even if it is super cool.
Would have been cool if Samsung did some sort of free upgrade path for the early adopter "beta" testers
Posted on 10/1/19 at 5:42 am to CarRamrod
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And if it was apple you would say "Apple is just breaking new ground with this and hiccups are expected".
Hey ramRod, you gonna run out and buy one?
This post was edited on 10/1/19 at 11:36 am
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