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rogifan_new said:

I have to laugh at people saying at least a Samsung is trying. I’m sorry but you try in the labs not in public. By the time a device gets released to the public it should not have a glaring flaws like this.

That's not the android way.   Google released the Pixel 2XL with a bad (substandard) screen and a bunch of other problems.    It's just that the Android fanbois (like Bohn from theVerge) minimize the problems.

sflocal said:

My first thought when I read the headline was "Are people really buying this POS?!"..

Then I realized it was just reviewers, who didn't have to pay for them... thank god!  Seriously... who is the sheep if anyone buys this crap, especially at $2K?

Samsung already is a cesspool occupant as far as I'm concerned, yet even I am surprised that they put out such garbage - and expensive garbage - expecting it to be anywhere near ready for the masses.

I cracked up when Marques Brownlee mistaken part of the screen as a screen protector and ruined the display after attempting to peel it off!  LOL!

Pure shit.  Watch Samsung quietly remove it from market in a few weeks.  But hey, they were first!!! /s

Samsung is evidently good enough that Apple uses their OLED displays in the X series which they spent years developing.   I hope they become a supplier of folding displays to Apple but it will take at least 5 years.   

lkrupp said:

Samsung is first to market with a foldable phone. It’s a work in progress so expect some bumps in the road. Samsung gets a pass on this. You know it’s true. But if this were Apple it would be “DON’T THEY TEST THIS STUFF BEFORE THEY RELEASE IT?"

If anything I bought at $2,000 broke within a week I would be royally pissed.-That said I like the form factor from the video's I've seen and am glad that Samsung is developing these. I'll just wait for 5-7 years for Samsung to work out the problems and then source the display's to Apple to create a better version in the iPhone XV. Then in a few years after that I may be able to afford it. The future is only 10 years away. Of course the Huawei folding phone is even more expensive. Maybe their phones don't break but I will surprised if any of these last 1 full year.

flydog said:

macky the macky said:

Qualcomm Blinked...

In case you missed it, Qualcomm received cash, a six-year license agreement, and if that wasn't enough its market cap increased by about $17 billion after the settlement.

More like Qualcomm won the powerball 100 times over. 

Yep it’s obvious Cook didn’t want to take the stand.

Apple surrenderred to QC like Lee to Grant.

Apple realized that Intel’s modems wouldn’t cut it and it would take Apple years to develop their own.   Ultimately it’s future Apple customers who win because they don’t get stuck with Intel’s second rate modems.   I’m looking forward to the XIS in 2020.

gatorguy said:

That certainly came as a surprise to a number of us. Despite denials it seems there may have negotiations going on behind the scenes for some time at least. Not likely the terms of the agreement were hammered out over a few days. 

It’s simple.   Cook lied about the negotiations.