Samsung airs Galaxy Z Flip commercial ahead of announcement
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- Anonymous
- KZK
- 11 Feb 2020
Yeay.. welcome everyone to the year 2000. . 😂
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- Hildr
- pnK
- 11 Feb 2020
AnonD-754814, 10 Feb 2020That way the phone will be durable by making the bezel high... moreBut since vast majority of people already like to put a case with bezel highter by at least 1mm to protect from fall their screen, even with 0.3mm higher bezel on the case (that would add up to 0.6mm, far enough for vast majority of dust) it wouldn't mind enough people to be sold.
Ugly is subjective. And it's very often more about habit than taste. For example, I really find ugly all those "waterfall" and "edge" screen, but hell, manufacturers still continue to produce it.
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- Hildr
- pnK
- 11 Feb 2020
Luxor, 11 Feb 2020As engineer, you should know wear and tear exist. Two glass... moreAs I already said, that's not because the body frame close that the should glasses touch. I never said the glasses should touch and have no gap in between.
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- Anonymous
- IbE
- 11 Feb 2020
Do you remember all the gadgets we need to carry to equal the versatility of today's phone?
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- Luxor
- KZK
- 11 Feb 2020
The Voice of Reason, 10 Feb 2020I still don't understand the point of this phone. Like at a... moreStandard phone? Lol.
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- Luxor
- KZK
- 11 Feb 2020
Hildr, 10 Feb 2020This ^^^ "Okay, let's fold a smartphone so it is smaller... moreAs engineer, you should know wear and tear exist. Two glass on top of each other gapless with dust in between. That's not a good thing.
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- AnonD-908380
- nfy
- 10 Feb 2020
AnonD-754814, 10 Feb 2020Another mistake.,. 2006 wasn't 10 years ago. 14 Anyway I... moreIn my original comment I said 10 but k Sherlock. 2006 says 1044. Still off the mark.
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- AnonD-754814
- uNV
- 10 Feb 2020
AnonD-908380, 10 Feb 2020Inflation calculator says 800 dollars ten years ago equals ... moreAnother mistake.,. 2006 wasn't 10 years ago.
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Anyway It was just an example. not a concrete evidence.
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- AnonD-908380
- nfy
- 10 Feb 2020
AnonD-754814, 10 Feb 2020You also have to admit that that time 800$=today's 1200$ A... moreInflation calculator says 800 dollars ten years ago equals to 951 dollars today.
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- AnonD-754814
- uNV
- 10 Feb 2020
AnonD-908380, 10 Feb 2020I'm from planet earth and a bit high it seems. The N95 didn... moreYou also have to admit that that time 800$=today's 1200$
Anyway enough debate. What my point is A manufacturer can charge as much as the want as long as the profit margin isn't more than 66.666% .
You see smartphones price as a scale type. The top tier shouldn't exceed 1000$.
My opinion is just different.
Manufacturers can offer smartphone as much pricey as possible if there is a market for that. As long as they offer something on my budget, it's okay and It doesn't have to be their best flagship.
What I keep in mind is,
Am I getting for what I am paying ?
Thanks for the debate. Have a nice day.
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- AnonD-908380
- nfy
- 10 Feb 2020
AnonD-754814, 10 Feb 2020Which world are you from ? The Nokia N95 launched in 2006... moreI'm from planet earth and a bit high it seems. The N95 didn't even come to my mind. I remember the N97 we bought for 700 I think. Those had alot more to offer than todays smartphones though. You have to admit that no flagship is even near worth 1k though, especially with regards to lackluster software updates and anti-repair design.
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- AnonD-754814
- uNV
- 10 Feb 2020
AnonD-908380, 10 Feb 2020I get the pricing for prototypes but regular flagships (not... moreWhich world are you from ?
The Nokia N95 launched in 2006 was priced 700$ and the successor N95 8GB was priced at 800$(without tax) and I had this model , it felt generation ahead of other smartphone at that time. That time 8gb felt unlimited storage for me.
The Original galaxy S was launched at 600$. S2 at 700 for base model, higher capacity at 800$
So, where did you get the 300 euro price tag ?
Are you bluffing to prove that the price is too high currently?
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- AnonD-908380
- nfy
- 10 Feb 2020
AnonD-754814, 10 Feb 2020Everything's prices increase with time. If the design and b... moreI get the pricing for prototypes but regular flagships (not only Samsung) are incredibly overpriced. I remember some sick Nokia phones back in the day cost 150 euros max. Then came the touch screen phones for 200 euros. After that, top of the line Samsung S-models cost around 300 euros. They jacked up the price sealed their phones more and more to make repairs impossible. If they had a removable back, actual glass and a minimum of 4 years of software support, I would be all over the folding idea. Samsung depreciates so fast nowadays it doesn't make sense to invest alot either. I bought 150 bucks worth of tools to swap a battery, which is often difficult to source and takes often up to 2 hours aswell...
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- AnonD-908380
- nfy
- 10 Feb 2020
insanity, 10 Feb 2020One of the reason maybe because of the R&DThey make that back regardless. We are talking about Samsung here. They are not a small manufacturer.
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- LKJ
- 10 Feb 2020
vivo, 10 Feb 2020plain ugly design... at least Motorola did their homework a... moreYeah, the Razr is definetly better at being weaker than the Z Flip since it already has many problems, and it is not only happening to reviewers. In fact, is even weaker than the current Galaxy Fold.
- Kingslayer
- IbE
- 10 Feb 2020
Many of us are tired with the same slabs. Are phones supposed to look like slabs forever and ever? That's why seeing the clamshell design is great. I miss the 2000s when flip phones were at its peak before disappearing completely in the 2010s
- Kingslayer
- IbE
- 10 Feb 2020
Cool. Many of us did start out with the flip phone era. Good to see it get return again.
The new Razr looks better than this but the weaker specs and higher price is what kills it.
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- AnonD-754814
- uNV
- 10 Feb 2020
Hildr, 10 Feb 2020I never said the top part of the screen should touch the bo... moreThat way the phone will be durable by making the bezel higher and touching each other.
But the phone will look ugly then. There is no logic to make a phone ugly which has promised to be beautiful and eye-catching.
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- Hildr
- pnK
- 10 Feb 2020
AnonD-754814, 10 Feb 2020As a Engineer you should know, dust is more dangerous if th... moreI never said the top part of the screen should touch the bottom part, plus it would be near to impossible to do that due to the minimal radius for folding the screen.
You can close the gap without having the screen touching. Just extend the frame body.
And I sure hope they didn't make the top screen bezel touch the bottom screen bezel, best way to have scratches in this part. But if it's only the frame body that touch, like a shell, it will be durable.