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  • Editorial: Why is Samsung's Galaxy Fold graded on a curve?

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    "creating a thick, heavy, and oddly narrow but extremely tall phone that converts into a relatively small tablet with a screen dominated by a notch".

    I read this line and said, I have to see pictures, I can not imagine a tablet DOMINATED by a notch.

    Alas, while larger than most and a bit weird, dominated is not a word I would have chosen, then again, I do not get paid to write articles, and do not claim to be an author, so perhaps my lexicon of words to describe said notch is no where up to par compared to the writer of this piece.

    BUT according to Merriam-Webster, dominate is defined as:
    1: RULE, CONTROLan empire that dominated the world
    2: to exert the supreme determining or guiding influence onthe ambition that has dominated his life
    3: to overlook from a superior elevation or command because of superior height or positiona hill that dominates the town
    4a: to be predominant insugar maples dominate the forest
    b: to have a commanding or preeminent place or position inname brands dominate the market

    Now let's apply these to the notch and see if they hold up:
    1) no the notch does not rule the tablet
    2) no the notch does is not a guiding influence
    3) no the notch does not occupy a superior elevation
    4a) no the notch is not predominant in size as compared to the overall screen
    4b) no the notch does not have a commanding place on the tablet.

    So this presents a quandry, either the author mis-applied a word to describe the notch (oh, the shame), or more likely, the author is just another Apple zealot, who sees everything and everyone who does not drink the particular kool-aid being produced in Cupertino as being against Apple.

    And the rest of the article proves this out. Samsung gets a pass on everything, and Apple, my poor beloved Apple, gets shamed at every turn, Oh, the indignity!!!!

    Therefore the author is just in his mission to go to great lengths to disparage any non Apple product or service.

    Maybe zealot is not the appropriate word, what did     Shakespeare call Falstaff? Oh yes, now I recall,  "a whoreson impudent embossed rascal".

    Yes, sounds about right.

    Hey, maybe my lexicon of words ain't so bad after all...........



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