This is going to be like shaving razors, isn’t it? How soon before quad-fold phones?
I’m waiting for one that unrolls like a bamboo placemat.
Apple does have this patent:
Well phones already vibrate so they’re ahead of the curve in that regard.
I’m waiting for the twelvefold myself.
Not sure if we’re talking about phone, razor blade, origami, or sword-making.
anything is a dildo if you’re brave enough
A phone you can crumple up like a receipt before you put it in your pocket
That would finally be a convention to replace slamming the phone down in rage.
“Fuck you!”
crumples the phone
Nice, it has twice as many failure points as previous folding phones.
Why have a single point of failure when you can have multiple?
Redundancy!
Whose brilliant idea was it to demo this with a wallpaper that looks like a shitty diagonal screen fold?
It’s to make a subtle “Z”
Commitment: 10/10
Execution: 0/10
Impressive from an engineering standpoint and it’s only going to get more refined. Give it 5-10 years and maybe they will be durable enough for regular use.
Why did they make the screens fold in? The Huawei Mate XT folds up in a z-shape, which imo makes more sense as you don’t need a ‘fourth’ outer display anymore. Seems more efficient that way.
After reading through the comments and seeing the majority of people are commenting negatively but have never had a folding phone. i feel like i should chime in.
I have owns a fold 3 a fold 6 and now a fold 7, my wife has a fold 5 and we have never had one fail on us. No broken screens, no scratches or bugs. There are also several people where i work who have had at least 2 generations of these phones and also have never had issues.
I know these things break, but so does any phone. Phones breaking tend to be a user problem and not a hardware one. If you dont handle with care then you are the problem.
In fact i have only ever broken 1 phone in my 20+ years of using them and it was entirely my fault. I put it on a book on a table, then without thinking i lifted the book and it slid off and landed in a bucket of water. Pixel 1 not waterproof. My bad.
I guess i just think people are quick to judge these phones without ever having used one and i think thats so short sighted.
I had a fold three for almost 4 years and it was fantastic. And then upgraded to the fold six and had it for about a month open the screen on it and literally didn’t even close it and break it and drop it literally just picked it up opened it and it cracked in half I was so pissed. Going through the warranty process they could not get me a six or a seven so they sent me a check which unfortunately would raise my bill by over $100 because I no longer had a phone to trade in at this point so I finally just downgraded to a Samsung 24 plus and in about 6 months I’m going to trade this one back in to get the fold seven because I definitely don’t want to pay over $2,000 just out of pocket.
Good to know. Almost bought a Fold 6 but decided to fork over the dough for a Fold 7 instead (mainly cause I love how it’s as thin and light as any other phone when folded).
Thanks for making me feel a lot better about dropping $2K on this fucking thing. Best phone I’ve ever owned but I paid out the ass for the privilege.
Everyone I’ve know IRL with a foldable smartphone has a super obvious crease in the screen where it folds. It’s not broken, but it’s definitely fucked up.
Yes. There’s a crease in the middle of the screen.
But its invisible to the user when looking at the screen.
It doesnt impact using the screen.
Its barely there on the latest fold 7. Definitely more prominent as you go back through the versions. Regardless i have owned 3 generations of the phone and used my wife’s one so 4 generations total and the crease doesn’t matter. Hasnt mattered on any of them.
What do you think the problem is with there being a crease? What practical issue does it raise? Or is it purely an aesthetic issue? Becaus3 if it is, like i said, you cant see it when you are the one using it.
Fold 7 owner here and I can confirm that the crease is invisible during normal use. You have to purposely angle your phone in unnatural directions under a light to see it. My last phone was a Fold 4 and it was definitely visible then. Not anymore.
This would be the coolest shit ever if these phones didn’t have a reputation for breaking so easily. I had the Z Fold 4 and after I left it partially folded for about 30 mins in my car while I was driving, something went wrong with the hinge and it could no longer open fully flat. Unacceptable for a device at that price range.
I want us to go back when it comes to smartphones, not forward. Bring back the holy trinity of removable battery, headphone jack, and SD card slot.
This means that there is a wrong way to fold the phone, but the phone has automatic vibrating and visual alerts to keep you from doing that
sorry I still only hear Hermione
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idk who that guy is, but as a millenial, my head canon on the voice acting of that line belongs to Hermione from Harry Potter
Eh I’ve watched the HP movies quite a lot, can’t remember Hermione having a line like that.
But I do remember seeing a ton of “Love and Marriage” reruns in the late 90’s early 00’s.
I’m a millenial as well.
Also, Modern Family has been on for a long time now.
And those aren’t the only shows Al Bundy has done
I’d love to see a Japanese fan style phone 🪭 Maybe it folds up into a reusable straw?
cant wait for the TeleVoneTM. a phone that flips to the size of a full 4k television
Huawei: Fuck everything, we’re doing five folds.
Imagine the possibilities!
- Heated camping mattress
- Sausage roll warmer
- Car windscreen defroster
why?
Because when you break it, the repair costs will keep funneling money back to them. I guess.
1K per screen according to Sammy.
Not that I’d ever buy it, but I’m looking forward to the price tag so I can have a good laugh.
Bring back netbooks you cowards.
