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Fuck Samsung, I’m glad these companies are spanking them. That said, my boss bought me a Fold5 cause you don’t say no to a free brand new phone. Its not worth the price tag buy a different foldable if you are enthusiast.
Foldable phones look like the best of both worlds, but that screen looks like one fold the wrong way and it’s problems.
Sorry but folding glass phones are stupid.
Glass is glass and glassbbreaks - Jerry Rig Everything
People aren’t buying as many phones as they used to, and the Chinese are making cheaper foldables now.
I would be an ideal customer for the Samsung fold but I never pulled the trigger because
the dimensions make the closed device too tall. Make it the same as the Ultra non foldable.
screen fold mechanism/hinge not as good as their competition
must have the S pen (I know views on this are divided)
I remain a happy Note Ultra customer instead. Hey, they still get my money so it’s not all bad for Samsung.
I thought the new Fold has the S pen?
I also remain on my note 20 ultra, though I may trade it in when I lose updates later this year. I’m currently leaning towards S22 ultra. Considering foldables but hear so much bad user feedback on reliability, and I also love telephoto pics so I think the S22 is the clear superior choice
Just upgraded through Samsung Direct to the s24 Ultra from note 20 ultra. They have really good deals right now. Its probably the last opportunity to get $550 trade in on the n20u.
Good tip! I just pulled the trigger as it is indeed a very good deal, seemed better than anything they’d have for holiday sales! Was able to stack employee rewards and some other offers to get the 1 tb model for 887 plus tax!
Nice, it’s a good upgrade. I’ve been enjoying it so far. Still miss the microSD, but it’s got so much internal that I don’t think I’ll care much. Did you use the $100 off accessories? The Galaxy Buds 2 pro were discounted by $130.
I actually already own those! From a previous Samsung sale when they let me trade in some random wired cheap headphones for a huge discount haha
Let’s see why that might be…
Well, first you should really check the facts before you throw out some nonsense.
The Z Folds are IPX8 water resistant. But it’s not resistant to dust.
Having a big dynamic island taking away content on screen is actually 10000 times worse than an invincible crease when you look at the screen in front of the screen.
Actually, the outer screen on any smartphones are likely to get cracked a long time before the inner screen on the Z Folds gets damaged.
The hinge on the Z Fold5 is rock solid. The Z Fold4 had a bad hinge. I know because I was unlucky to get a bad hinge on my Z Fold4.
If you look at the price on an iPhone 15 Pro Max, specifically here in Norway, you will see that the Z Fold5 with 512 GB internal storage is about 100 dollar cheaper than the iPhone 15 Pro Max with 512 GB internal storage.
That’s true. But that doesn’t means the cameras on the Z Fold5 are bad in any ways though.
I mean, saying a model is cheaper than the latest iPhone is like saying Teslas are cheaper than Mercedes-Benz.
My last Google Pixel barely touched water and that was the end of that. Meanwhile, I remember a friend literally dropping his flip phone into a glass of beer (intentionally to show off its waterproofness) nearly two decades ago and it being perfectly fine after he took it out.
I don’t have a point, I’m just still bitter about the Pixel. I wish more companies would make smaller phones.
My Pixel Fold got dropped in sub zero ethenol (don’t ask), and it was fine. So I think you just got unlucky.
Weird that your Pixel didn’t handle water
I’ve dropped my 8 pro into the tub like 8 times in the 8 months ive owned it and it just disabled the port and is fine
Same with my pixel 6, 4, and 2 XL
Come to think of it I haven’t lost a phone to liquid since my LG G7, which I dropped into a bucket of diesel
All I can imagine from your description is you looking for opportunities to dunk your phones.
I used to keep my phone in my breast pocket because I wasn’t allowed to wear headphones at work but WAS allowed to put it there and play audio aloud
Thus my phone would flip out far more often than a normal person
That sucks.
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That’s because since introducing the market, they haven’t really innovated at all. Others came up with better hinge designs, orientations, and built better interfacing software.
Samsung phones are full of adware and shit. No accident they are “chosen” as top phones by reviewing websites.
Consumers don’t get the best phones in those reviews. They are paid for.
Moto flip is a thing. If I were to get one it’d probably be the moto razr
And it comes in pink!
(Magenta, but still)
Samsungs are for aces now?
Oh so that’s why South Korea’s birth rate is plummeting. It all makes sense now.
Laughs in Galaxy S10
Phones are expensive and fragile. No need to add movable parts and more fragility to the mix. Especially not at those price points.
Everyone here is taking a dump on foldables, but I bought a Motorola razr 2023 for myself as a kind of Christmas present and after having a phone that comfortably fits in my pocket for the first time in like 10 years there is no way I’m going back to phablets. Thanks, I love it.
Fuck the foldable market. I bought the zFold 3 and the fucking screen cracked simply because I unfolded it to write a note. Had it for 2 weeks; I take care of my things (I bought the s22 ultra to replace the fold, and I’m still using it to this day and it still runs/looks like new), so it wasn’t a fucking “me issue”. Screw foldable phones like the zFold.
Did it covered by warranty though? I’m probably ok with the foldable screen cracking every once in a while as long as the warranty fully covers it every time it happens.
Yeah, but there is no way I’m keeping a phone that constantly breaks whenever you simply use it. Warranty doesn’t last. I doubt you’ll still be OK after it breaks for the x time, this time not under warranty.
I have the galaxy fold 4 and it is still going strong. Love that phone.
Same, have an upvote