I've watched almost a dozen hands-on videos today, and seen over a hundred photos, yet not one of these tech sites bothered to open a book on the damn thing even after describing the device as like a book
It was the same with the iPad Pro last year and any tablet really. Reviews will show off video and games playing on the gadget but never describe the reading experience. I had to purchase the iPad Pro and load my own comics before understanding I didn't like the curved edges when displaying content.
But I digress... my initial misgivings with the Galaxy Fold was the notch and I wasn't too concerned with the crease. Well it looks like you can hide the notch with software and if you rotate the device so the notch is at the bottom right, where I usually grip a device with my right hand, then the notch shouldn't be distracting.
The crease however is more worrying now. It's not so much that there is a crease as I'm quite happy to hold the Fold like a book. I now think they put the crease along the wrong axis. If the crease is often visible then it would be best to fold the screen in half in landscape mode. Instead the Fold looks a little awkward.
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Originally Posted by rem736
can someone other than samsung or LG please make a phone in this form factor? and also lower the price so that mere mortals can afford?
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TCL’s foldable prototype:
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My sense from talking to TCL executives is that their goal is to bring foldables below the $1,000 mark, and probably further than that still, though they wouldn’t commit to saying anything other than admitting surprise at Samsung’s epic $1,980 pricing on the Galaxy Fold...
TCL’s timeline for bringing either the 7.2-inch working prototype or anything else from the company’s developing foldable portfolio is focused on the middle of 2020. That’s still aggressive, to my mind...
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