Author Topic: Samsung releasing $2000 early access phone next- oh, NM (Read 5185 times)

Do not remove this crappy layer which is already sort of poorly glued onto your phone plz.
https://twitter.com/askdes/status/1118596295185141760

https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1118575264026333185

YIKES.

VomKriege · « **Reply #11 on:** April 22, 2019, 06:51:47 AM »

You'd think Samsung would be doubly careful to quality test every phone they release. I guess it could have been worse, it only affects a very niche product & early technology, but still... Was it worth it to be able to claim to be the first to bring that innovation to release ?

Potato · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2019, 04:42:21 PM »

Pretty poor from Samsung. Obviously rushed out to market to compete with the Chinese contraptions.

However, all these tech journalists who don't read basic instructions...

shosta · « **Reply #13 on:** April 22, 2019, 05:08:16 PM »

I mean, every smart phone for over a decade has come with that plastic screen packaging that you're supposed to remove. I don't blame people for taking it off.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #14 on:** April 22, 2019, 05:08:44 PM »

Quote

We recently unveiled a completely new mobile category: a smartphone using multiple new technologies and materials to create a display that is flexible enough to fold. We are encouraged by the excitement around the Galaxy Fold.

While many reviewers shared with us the vast potential they see, some also showed us how the device needs further improvements that could ensure the best possible user experience.

To fully evaluate this feedback and run further internal tests, we have decided to delay the release of the Galaxy Fold. We plan to announce the release date in the coming weeks.

Initial findings from the inspection of reported issues on the display showed that they could be associated with impact on the top and bottom exposed areas of the hinge. There was also an instance where substances found inside the device affected the display performance.

We will take measures to strengthen the display protection. We will also enhance the guidance on care and use of the display including the protective layer so that our customers get the most out of their Galaxy Fold.

We value the trust our customers place in us and they are always our top priority. Samsung is committed to working closely with customers and partners to move the industry forward. We want to thank them for their patience and understanding.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #15 on:** April 24, 2019, 11:31:55 AM »

Galaxy Pass

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #16 on:** April 24, 2019, 11:37:01 AM »

More like Samsung Galaxy Fault.

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #17 on:** April 24, 2019, 12:05:50 PM »

Tasty · « **Reply #18 on:** May 07, 2019, 10:43:05 AM »

Samsung is Still Trying to Fix the Galaxy Fold, Asks if People Want to Keep Pre-Orders

Meanwhile the entire world kinda forgot about the phone in general

Occam · « **Reply #19 on:** May 07, 2019, 11:02:42 AM »

So what happens when a grain of sand gets in between the screens when you fold the phone? Is the material really really scratch resistant?
My current phone has a gorilla glass screen, and in addition I am using a tempered glass screen protector - mainly to protect the screen in case of a drop*, but it's also nearly impossible to scratch. I am not aware of any plastic that's as resilient.

*Accidentally tested when I handed a previous phone to someone and they dropped it (on a stone floor): The tempered glass protector cracked, but the phone's screen survived undamaged.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #20 on:** May 07, 2019, 01:47:52 PM »

Well eventually with Gen 2 or 3, they'll notice that the bendy hinge part is always getting fucked up because there's no tempered/gorilla glass on it so they might protect it mechanically using a divider of some sort or even black it out at all times.

It's not a bezel though, still one screen. Because it's just better that way.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2019, 01:53:17 PM »

Im not donm for this. Not really foldable if you can only fold it once and one way. Cant fold it the other way, cant double fold

screw this early access crap

nachobro · « **Reply #22 on:** May 07, 2019, 02:21:45 PM »

i'm still not seeing a useful purpose for a folding phone. i guess neither is samsung

shosta · « **Reply #23 on:** May 07, 2019, 02:48:49 PM »

It doubles the upper limit of how wide your device can be without sacrificing pocket placement.

Occam · « **Reply #24 on:** May 07, 2019, 04:09:22 PM »

But it also means you can't hold it with one hand and it's awkward to use as a camera.

Maybe they should add a third screen in the front so you can use it like a regular phone while it's closed.
(I am half joking. But it's probably going to happen sooner or later when they need a reason for you to buy yet another super expensive phone despite your old one still being perfectly fine.)

shosta · « **Reply #25 on:** May 07, 2019, 04:10:12 PM »

Quote from: Occam on May 07, 2019, 04:09:22 PM

Maybe they should add a third screen in the front so you can use it like a regular phone while it's closed.

...it has one...

Occam · « **Reply #26 on:** May 07, 2019, 04:12:00 PM »

Quote from: shosta on May 07, 2019, 04:10:12 PM

Quote from: Occam on May 07, 2019, 04:09:22 PM
Maybe they should add a third screen in the front so you can use it like a regular phone while it's closed.
...it has one...

Oops. I only ever looked at the photos posted in the links in the opening post.
Well, they should have saved that for gen 2

Tasty · « **Reply #27 on:** May 07, 2019, 04:38:27 PM »

Quote from: shosta on May 07, 2019, 04:10:12 PM

Quote from: Occam on May 07, 2019, 04:09:22 PM
Maybe they should add a third screen in the front so you can use it like a regular phone while it's closed.
...it has one...

VomKriege · « **Reply #28 on:** May 08, 2019, 06:17:03 AM »

Quote from: shosta on May 07, 2019, 02:48:49 PM

It doubles the upper limit of how wide your device can be without sacrificing pocket placement.

Yeah I think it's happening. I don't have a tablet and doesn't want one but I'd certainly consider a phone giving me the option of more screen estate when needed. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Occam · « **Reply #29 on:** May 08, 2019, 06:50:21 AM »

By the way, simple way to prevent scratching the folded screen: give it a slightly elevated outer rim so the two halves don't touch (or maybe just a rim on one side). Of course it wouldn't look quite as cool then.

Rufus · « **Reply #30 on:** May 08, 2019, 07:26:44 AM »

The Huawei has its screen on the outside. They probably just said fuck it, who cares, but I'd be curious to know if they have a solution.

Uncle · « **Reply #31 on:** May 08, 2019, 07:39:04 AM »

The solution is a clamshell phone with two screens, and then you have a tiny strip of a screen that pops out like a stylus which the user manually places across the gap and it gets its display data from local wireless with the phone

bam, one contiguous image

nudemacusers · « **Reply #32 on:** May 08, 2019, 08:12:31 AM »

Everything about folding screens sounds annoying and lame. Like a tech nerds idea of what’s cool.

shosta · « **Reply #33 on:** May 08, 2019, 11:26:29 AM »

Quote from: Occam on May 08, 2019, 06:50:21 AM

By the way, simple way to prevent scratching the folded screen: give it a slightly elevated outer rim so the two halves don't touch (or maybe just a rim on one side). Of course it wouldn't look quite as cool then.

Lol. Ok, this has to be a gag.

agrajag · « **Reply #34 on:** May 08, 2019, 11:30:59 AM »

So this is the Switch of smartphones (portable with expanded functionaliyy, self harm)?

Occam · « **Reply #35 on:** May 08, 2019, 11:54:19 AM »

Quote from: shosta on May 08, 2019, 11:26:29 AM

Quote from: Occam on May 08, 2019, 06:50:21 AM
By the way, simple way to prevent scratching the folded screen: give it a slightly elevated outer rim so the two halves don't touch (or maybe just a rim on one side). Of course it wouldn't look quite as cool then.
Lol. Ok, this has to be a gag.

Yeah, I was trying to be funny after the embarrassment that was my previous post.

Tasty · « **Reply #36 on:** May 24, 2019, 10:11:18 AM »

https://9to5google.com/2019/05/24/galaxy-fold-best-buy-orders-canceled/

timu-flop.gif

thisismyusername · « **Reply #37 on:** May 24, 2019, 12:14:26 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on May 24, 2019, 10:11:18 AM

https://9to5google.com/2019/05/24/galaxy-fold-best-buy-orders-canceled/

timu-flop.gif

Samsung: Not even once.

Tasty · « **Reply #38 on:** June 15, 2019, 02:18:15 PM »

Galaxy Fold reportedly not arriving in July, ‘nothing has progressed’ since April

Was this the plan all along

Just so they could claim to be first

Tasty · « **Reply #39 on:** September 03, 2019, 02:53:16 PM »

https://9to5google.com/2019/09/03/samsung-foldable-flip-phone-report/

Their next foldable is flip-phone form factor.

The original Fold is supposedly finally launching sometime this month.

Transhuman · « **Reply #40 on:** September 03, 2019, 03:13:31 PM »

Why take a good phone and make it all, like, shitty?

Rufus · « **Reply #41 on:** September 03, 2019, 03:22:59 PM »

Better batteries are too far out. Processing power is sufficient as is. Screens and cameras presumably are as well (not sure).

They still want to sell phones at the same pace though, so in come the gimmicks. Any distinguishing feature will do.

Tasty · « **Reply #42 on:** September 03, 2019, 03:33:04 PM »

Yup.

Camera tech is improving but the only consumer-facing changes, really, will be in software like Google is doing.

Processing power is fine even in $200-300 phones now, it's RAM and type of flash storage that's more the bottleneck these days.

Battery tech isn't as dire as I believed, and power mitigation in chipsets is insane these days, but yeah, no big jumps there for a while (if ever.) Just steady progress.

Gimmicks have always been Samsung's bread and butter, they always like being first or close to it on things, but their track record on innovations is hit and miss. I'm glad the kinks are getting ironed out before the tech potentially makes its way to, say, the Pixel line.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #43 on:** September 03, 2019, 08:02:59 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on September 03, 2019, 02:53:16 PM

https://9to5google.com/2019/09/03/samsung-foldable-flip-phone-report/

Their next foldable is flip-phone form factor.

...So they just made... an elongated phone...

Quote from: Rufus on September 03, 2019, 03:22:59 PM

Better batteries are too far out.

I just want batteries that don't "die"/flat-out after a certain amount of charge cycles. That's the final fucking frontier for me. 2-hour battery life? But I don't need to buy another fucking battery ever? Sure, sign me up. At least then I know that shit isn't going to die at 30 mins a year later.

Occam · « **Reply #44 on:** September 04, 2019, 04:15:05 AM »

There is a way better kind of battery that has 20x as many charge cycles, is solid state, can be charged in minutes, and has higher capacity, doesn't require any rare metal such as lithium: the Glass Battery. Invented by the same man whose inventions led to the development of the Li-Ion battery.
Unfortunately it's not ready yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_battery

Occam · « **Reply #45 on:** September 25, 2019, 04:57:19 AM »

The phone has been released.
Hilarious:

Rufus · « **Reply #46 on:** September 25, 2019, 07:29:26 AM »

"Use in a class 1 cleanroom."

thisismyusername · « **Reply #47 on:** September 25, 2019, 07:41:22 AM »

>Keep away from dust.
>Dust already on screen.

What did Flopsung mean by this?

NekoFever · « **Reply #48 on:** September 25, 2019, 10:29:29 AM »

The JerryRigEverything durability test is really something:

That sand sound

nudemacusers · « **Reply #49 on:** September 25, 2019, 11:05:08 AM »

That vid goes into BDSM ASMR with a quickness

Akala · « **Reply #50 on:** September 25, 2019, 11:20:41 AM »

Initial impression is this is the future. I love the look of it but obviously it's not worth getting unless one has fuck you money. Would be way more impressive than some blingy BS.

Occam · « **Reply #51 on:** September 25, 2019, 03:16:31 PM »

Wow, this phone is trash.

5 years ago, Samsung released the Galaxy S5:
Waterproof
MicroSD slot
Headphone jack
Gorilla glass screen
User replaceable battery

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #52 on:** September 25, 2019, 03:58:58 PM »

Quote from: Akala on September 25, 2019, 11:20:41 AM

Initial impression is this is the future. I love the look of it but obviously it's not worth getting unless one has fuck you money. Would be way more impressive than some blingy BS.

No, this is the future.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/9/24/20881378/xiaomi-mi-mix-alpha-announced-wrap-around-screen

Akala · « **Reply #53 on:** September 25, 2019, 05:59:23 PM »

That ones pretty cool but kind of gimmicky? I was hoping it was a wraparound screen that would unwrap or something but seems like its aesthetic only, whereas the fold would actually be functional. Fold seems like it could be awesome for web browsing, productivity, (some) video, possibly dedicated games, etc.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #54 on:** September 25, 2019, 06:37:37 PM »

Wrap-around makes sense: You can have the notification bar on the side like the image shows and then "pull-down"/swipe it to get full notifications.

This is an answer looking for a problem. Anyone wanting a tablet will get a tablet. Anyone wanting a phone will get a phone. Anyone wanting the two (phone with a tablet-size kinda) will get a Phablet. Anyone wanting more power but convertable will get a convertable like the MS Surface.

Nobody wants a "phone that turns into a tablet" especially one with a bunch of drawbacks like this.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #55 on:** September 25, 2019, 06:56:14 PM »

Folding just seems annoying from a quick hit usability standpoint.

Tripon · « **Reply #56 on:** September 25, 2019, 10:24:15 PM »

Did this phone actually come out?

Akala · « **Reply #57 on:** September 25, 2019, 11:30:24 PM »

Quote from: thisismyusername on September 25, 2019, 06:37:37 PM

Nobody wants a "phone that turns into a tablet" especially one with a bunch of drawbacks like this.

I do! I don't want to carry around a phablet AT ALL, not even for the weight, just for the width (not saying I'd even be ok with this one's thickness, who knows). Obviously not this exact model one as it's a frail POS, but this is like a rev 1.0. Assuming the line continues, by the fold 4 or 4 maybe it'll be something worth it. That or apple or some other ~~likely chinese~~ telecom will wade in and take their lunch. It's whatever.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #58 on:** September 26, 2019, 12:22:06 AM »

Then you should accept you're a very small minority. Because I have never heard someone going "you know what this device needs? MORE SCREEN-SPACE VIA A BENDING HINGE!"

Most folks choose their devices by the screen-size they feel fits their needs. This... really doesn't do anything for that.

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #59 on:** December 03, 2019, 03:23:07 PM »

Drug lord brother do what Samsung don’t.

https://www.neowin.net/news/brother-of-drug-lord-pablo-escobar-launches-a-349-foldable-smartphone

News:

Author Topic: Samsung releasing $2000 early access phone next- oh, NM (Read 5185 times)