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Samsung Galaxy Fold Released
https://www.cnet.com/news/galaxy-fol...ries-for-1980/
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02-20-2019, 06:27 PM | #2 |
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Rock! Also the S10's are out, and I'll be an early adopter to upgrade my old phone.
I don't quite have the guts to be a first-gen adopter on a foldable tablet. Kind of agree with the stance PCworld takes in this article, where the gist is basically very cool, but be wary of Gen 1 foldable phones. |
02-20-2019, 06:42 PM | #3 |
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My Samsung phone already folds
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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. |
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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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It's certainly closer to the aspect ratio of a sheet of printer paper (Letter/A4), but paperback books do in fact have an aspect ratio that's close to 16:10/9.
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02-21-2019, 06:15 AM | #7 |
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US mass market is locked at 4.25x7. (Works out to 14.89x9)
That size is being de-emphasized by the big publishers in favor of the more expensive 5.5x8.5 and 6x9. 6x9 is emerging as the new baseline as a lot of hardcovers come in tbat size. eInk readers tend to be 4x3. (shrug) |
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If we are talking about actual paper book size, looking at my book shelves, books are the same size they have been for the last 40+ years which is as long as I've been buying books. The first hard back that I every purchased in 1977 is the same size as the most recent hard back that I purchased last year. Basic paperback books seem to be mostly the same size as well, at least looking at my book shelves. Trade paperback is a bit more of a mixed bag with regards to size. |
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I could never understand when anyone would want an expensive, gigantic phone like the ones they're selling these days. Now we have an even more expensive and more gigantic phone. Will wonders never cease.
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Samsung’s promotional video:
https://youtu.be/7r_UgNcJtzQ Note that it is not yet available for pre-order. Anyone want to predict a ship date? Fall, perhaps? It’s an impressive technology demonstration, for sure. In tablet mode, it will support 3 apps running side by side, and when switching from ‘phone’ to ‘tablet’ mode, the app that was running on the phone display will go full screen on the larger display (or at least Google Maps will). |
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No, seriously. April 26th, just in time for Mother's day... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019...e-galaxy-fold/ Quote:
There's other folding designs coming. Samsung pre-announced because Huawei is working on a folding phone, presumably with the stolen Samsung folding screen tech: https://ktla.com/2018/12/01/samsungs...sold-to-china/ TCL is showing a phone that bends into a wrist band: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...orn-wrist.html Lenovo showed a similar concept three years ago: https://www.cnet.com/news/lenovo-sho...-like-a-watch/ Stranger things are coming. Last edited by fjtorres; 02-22-2019 at 09:11 AM. |
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It's a small phone combined with a small tablet. The front screen is 4.6" (21:9) and indeed some people are already complaining that it should be bigger. There has not been an Android flagship phone with a 4.6" screen in over 5 years (except perhaps the Xperia Compact series). I love small phones. I have an iPhone SE because I prefer the ability to use my phone one-handed. This Galaxy Fold might be the successor I've been waiting for. I'm eagerly awaiting hands-on impressions... but yes, it's crazy expensive. Quote:
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That is definitely gigantic IMHO. Just because they make some even bigger - supergigantic and megagigantic - does not mean that 4.6" now gets to be redefined as "small". That size fits right in where I'd call it "too big for a phone, too small for a tablet". That qualifies it as "a jack of all trades, master of none" for me. This is of course all just personal opinion. Some people have no problems hauling around a phone this large on a day to day basis. More power to 'em. But I don't want one. And the price they're planning on charging for it? Totally ludicrous. But I have computers to do computer stuff, laptops to do laptop stuff, tablets to do tablet stuff, eReaders to do eReader stuff, and phones to do phone stuff. If you can only have one thing that tries to do everything, then there will be compromises in size, cost, functionality, etc. These compromises are worth it for some people, distasteful for others. It depends on your personal situation.
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