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Samsung to launch redesigned Galaxy Fold in September
slurpy said:Sanctum1972 said:slurpy said:radarthekat said:I’m so looking forward to this launch and the months following. It will break again in the hands of consumers. And again and again. And for those who don’t have mechanical issues with the beast, they will have in their hands a too small phone display when folded and a too square tablet when unfolded. A compromised product design in a market where a product’s physical design has for years been touted as essential to success. Good luck, Sammy. You’re gonna need plenty.
AT LEAST SAMSUNG HAS BALLS, NOT LIKE APPLE WHO CANT INNOVATE ANYMORE /s
And also foldable phones are not a new concept. LG, if I recall, did something similar with a side flip phone called the enV that opens up like a book with a physical keyboard and held horizontally way back in 2003-2004. In that sense, Samsung is going back to that idea but with a smartphone this time around using a foldable screen. Even T-Mobile's Sidekick was designed in similar fashion which was quite popular with deaf people that I know ( Blackberry ultimately became the favorite when Sidekick got phased out until the era of smartphones with touch screens became standard ).
I have no doubt Apple has folding shit in their labs. I also have no doubt that they won't release anything until they have an extremely convincing argument to consumers about why that product deserves to exist, and why it is meaningful. That's the way it should be. It seems you're happy for them to panic and release trash as a reactionary measure to others. This is what makes people lose consumer confidence in a company and its products. Apple's software, services, ecosystem, and hardware updates in the last couple of years have proven that they're not "slow as molasses" and that they're firing on all cylinders. No doubt they have some mind-blowing stuff in the pipeline, but I'll trust their release schedule compared to trolls like you without an ounce of patience or perspective, nor any understanding of what has always made Apple great. Your post could have been written anytime in the last 20 years (Apple has always been disciplined and intentional in releasing products) and it would always have been dead-wrong, as it is today. People said the same thing when the market was being flooded with shitty tablet, then shitty smart watches, demanding why Apple didn't have anything to offer. It's because what they were working on, and what they eventually released, was a leap ahead of anything else.
Well done for never having understood a thing about Apple or how it operates.
The problem with Apple is with their current narrative on products and if you think Apple is going to be this eternally perfect, think again. It's made up of flesh and bone that can wither away, quit, or retire. About 10 years from now, most of the 'old guard' will be long gone and the company's direction might lose sight of its vision once again. I'm not one of those Apple ass kissers and am realistic enough to see that it won't stay on top forever. Have they been slow as molasses? I think it has been. Take a look at how long it took them to get rid of the butterfly keyboard, as an example, out of consumer complaints and backtrack to what made the keys work well.
There are some Apple products that don't impress me that could've been done much better the FIRST time around. They did screw things up design wise in the last several years with form over function for the most part. 1st gen iPad Pro, for instance, had the Pencil charge by the port when the Surface Pro has a magnetic strip on the side for it. The iPad Pro came out after Tim Cook publicly poo poohed the Surface Pro, green lights that particular 1st gen design, and then about 3 years later, Apple comes out with a new model that has a magnetic Pencil to hold on the side, EXACTLY the way the Surface Pro had the first time around. That's a 180 degree reactive turn by Apple. Why would Cook pooh pooh the Surface Pro and then 3 years later, go the magnetic charge on the side for the Pencil and go with a flat edge hardware design that harkens back to the iPhone 4/5? And look at iPad OS. Why didn't they do this in the first place for the iPad Pro? This tells me that something was wrong under the hood at the company. I watch how it behaves, not how much it made or how its stock is doing.
And now with Jony leaving, the question remains whether Apple will return back to function over form or stay the course, so we'll know by next year or so, give or take, if what Jony said about his disappointment with Cook not caring about the product design process is true. I don't care how much money Apple has in its coffers or how its stocks are doing. All I care about is what's going on underneath the hood in the company.
So in that sense, will they come out with a foldable device? Probably. But by then, they'll likely be late to the game which may or may not work out. Just because it's Apple doesn't mean each of their products will turn out to be gold and instant hits. That halo effect has been worn out. How Apple behaves publicly is all optics and PR. Look at how Apple is on its knees begging the White House to be exempt from the trade war over their Mac Pro situation recently. Or look at how Apple just apparently disbanded the AR team, some time after Tim Cook proclaimed AR as having great potential in one interview.
In the end, Apple is going to have challenges ahead. -
Samsung to launch redesigned Galaxy Fold in September
dysamoria said:This is still an entirely pointless concept. No one needs a foldable screen and no one will make one that isn’t compromised in one (or multiple) way or other.
I'm sure Apple has the same idea but if Samsung manages to pull it off this Fall, some folks at Apple Park may start crapping in their pants and realize it's a new era. In my opinion, it's going to take about 5-8 years before Apple comes out with a foldable device after Samsung fixes the problem. But by then, Apple will have already had a new CEO in place.
I think the foldable smartphone with a screen that bends will appeal to those who prefer NOT to have two separate devices, be able to use a Pen on it, and have some financing to buy it. I don't have the money to buy it but the concept behind it is solid. Popping a phone open into a tablet form factor to use as a map is a great idea as one case scenario or to multi-task between apps on a larger screen form is very practical.
I suspect phones like this will become the norm in the next 10 years and then on. Candy bar phones like iPhone will be around but might not be considered flagship or standard by then, even basic flip phones are still around and still are good alternatives for those who want something simpler. -
Samsung to launch redesigned Galaxy Fold in September
beowulfschmidt said:dysamoria said:This is still an entirely pointless concept. No one needs a foldable screen and no one will make one that isn’t compromised in one (or multiple) way or other. -
Microsoft's Stranger Things campaign creates a fake legacy for Windows 1.0
StrangeDays said:crowley said:Easily triggered, much?
You can keep on pooh-poohing M$ all you like but it doesn't change the fact that the company is still here. I don't own a Windows machine at least so I'm not bothered by them. This is no longer a Bill Gates/Ballmer era. -
Microsoft's Stranger Things campaign creates a fake legacy for Windows 1.0
But none of that occurred in the 80s, and Microsoft is simply falsifying the past with its retro-styled nostalgia to suggest that anyone cared about Windows in 1985.
And watch out for the Demogorgon.