Thread: Samsung Galaxy Fold Released
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Old 02-20-2019, 11:08 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by pata View Post
The aspect ratio is the killer feature imo. It's extremely hard to find an Android tablet/phone that isn't 16:10/16:9. And Apple who started with 3:2 for the iPhone and 4:3 for the iPad has switched to 16:9 for their newest phone and 16:10 for the 10.5" iPad Pro. Even Apple has never offered a 4:3 device this portable.

I use an iPhone SE as my main phone and a Hisense A6 as my portable reader and Galaxy Fold could easily supplant both. If it weren't so expensive I would be first in line. Even at this price I'm very tempted.
Yet there are many for whom the iPad-ish ratio will be a plus.
The old Nook HD and the current Surface line all run 3:2 to acclaim.

16:9/10 flies for video consumption but for text and productivity apps, the more paper-like aspects are preferred. And at a US$2000 the galaxy fold needs to be more productive than entertaining. Corporate road warriors will be the primary targets.
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