Weekly poll: does the Huawei Mate Xs 2 have a future in your pocket?
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- 23 May 2022
Anonymous, 23 May 2022Doesn't matter , look at the phone design, it looks ... moreAgain, you're opinion and preference which is your right. But, that doesn't mean everyone must agree.
This was the results of a poll I took on the reddit Fold/Flip forum. I wrote edges because sides implies where you hold a phone. The S22 is a square edged phone with curved sides.
"Would you prefer the frame edges to be Round or Square on the Fold/Flip?"
Fold. 143 voted
59 Curve/Round Edges
44 Square/Sharp Edges
40 Don't Care/Will not affect my decision to buy
Flip. 182 voted.
87 Curve/Round Edges
45 Square/Sharp Edges
50 Don't Care/Will not affect my decision to buy
You're entitled to do a poll yourself. I would welcome it.
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- mXr
- 23 May 2022
yalim, 23 May 2022huawei has no luxury to be greedy because it is "made ... moreDoesn't matter , look at the phone design, it looks old stool retrospective, very hard too get these design
Boxy rectangular edges
Similar too s22ultra
Look at ugly Z fold3
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- TqA
- 23 May 2022
Joke
Single screen, no periscope, not even talking about GSM leave that alone.
Price should be not mote then 700
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- nw7
- 23 May 2022
Anonymous, 23 May 2022Try fitting a tablet in your pocket, lol. That's why f... moreI'd never fit a tablet in my pocket of course because a tablet is something that i'd use at home or on vacation at the hotel for example. So, something to use while i'm not on the move. On the street, job, shopping etc a phone is what i use, something practical to make calls, take some shots, messages and social network. I'd never use a tablet in the shopping while buying things. Imagine the mess, dropping it etc A compact powerful phone is more than enough for that.
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- 23 May 2022
huawei has no luxury to be greedy because it is "made in china". besides,it's software is crippled. how on earth they expect selling phones with such high prices? outward folding is suicide for any foldable phone.
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- Anonymous
- Tui
- 23 May 2022
huawei in west feels like a dead horse no matter price.
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- tech casual
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- 23 May 2022
If Huawei sell the 8+256 model available from China, at similar price around £1200 then it would have a place in my pocket, because it also supports stylus, which is not mentioned in the global launch.
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- TRP
- 23 May 2022
Anonymous, 23 May 2022To understand the idea of concept phones, we need to unders... moreThis is an update of the Huawei Mate Xs (That's why it's designated Mate Xs 2). Huawei outerfolds have left the design concept stage a long time ago. You must have not paying attention.
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- Anonymous
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- 23 May 2022
Bodygard, 22 May 2022As the majority voted, no, foldables are not for me. If i w... moreTry fitting a tablet in your pocket, lol. That's why foldables exist. They are pocketable smartphones that fold out into a tablet.
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- mXr
- 23 May 2022
Z fold3 is the ugliest being more curved and thick , x2 is the sexist, stylish like boxy rectangular s22ultra looks
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- Anonymous
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- 23 May 2022
Rodolf, 22 May 2022Why pay double for foldable phone when I can get 2 non-fold... moreWell, going by that logic, instead of one foldable phone you could also buy 8 lower end phones or 16 super cheap phones.
But they are not not foldable.
The fold is the point!
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- 23 May 2022
Kev, 22 May 2022Tbh, the phone's camera is easily one of the best due ... moreI'm a believer in results vs. specs. Every phone/tablet foldable has better camera specs than the Fold, but all of them do not produce better results. In the comparisons I've seen, the Z produces better results than the Oppo N. I think the Vivo X might have the best camera of them all. I would definitely put it above the Z and N.
What distinguishes these camera are the night time shots and zoom capabilities. The Fold's daytime pic's can compete with any of these cameras including the S22.
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- 23 May 2022
Bodygard, 22 May 2022As the majority voted, no, foldables are not for me. If i w... moreTo understand the idea of concept phones, we need to understand the principle behind the concept design. In simple terms, the concept phones are an early phase of a design process, which is meant to explore wide-ranging design ideas, which although plausible, aren’t constrained by technology. Concept designers are sometimes referred to as “visual futurists,” and it’s easy to see why. By letting their imaginations run riot, they give us a taste of what might be in five, ten years of time.
Concept phones like all concept designs are often beautiful and awe-inspiring. Yet they don’t overcome real-world design challenges and rarely if ever, make it to the production line and into people’s hands. Concept phones are only limited by a designer’s imagination, they help them explore every possible angle. Like brainstorming, concept design encourages designers to think outside the box and reduce the risk that they might miss a great idea.
This phone is a design concept
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- 23 May 2022
Bodygard, 22 May 2022As the majority voted, no, foldables are not for me. If i w... moreBrick looks much better than ugly curves, look at iphones, are hideous ugly, especially those curved rounded corners.
Look at s22ultra, note20ultra, sharp boxy contemporary minimalist stylish modern retro oldskool
You don't care about looks, but ergonomics, are always ugly. I could imagine you ain't no guy who dresses grooms nicely ?
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- 22 May 2022
As the majority voted, no, foldables are not for me. If i want a tablet, i'd buy a proper tablet that doesn't have these problems with folding etc
A phone is a phone, should fit in your pocket without looking like a brick in your leg, should be used comfortably with one hand, should be light etc
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- 22 May 2022
Michy, 22 May 2022No GMS, No 5G, No Leica Optics ... and 2000€ All right.P50 pro doesn't use leica optics and is the best.
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- 22 May 2022
Kev, 22 May 2022Tbh, the phone's camera is easily one of the best due ... more6nm Cpu vs 4nm ,
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- 22 May 2022
Kev, 22 May 2022Tbh, the phone's camera is easily one of the best due ... moreIos iphones have double 16mb L3 cache than android uses 8mb L3 cache. That's cheap.
Getting away with 6gb ram with high L3 cache is fake bogus. Not true multitasking
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- 22 May 2022
77, 22 May 2022Suck off you stingy , and hiss off
8gb Ram in 2022 is be... moreTbh, the phone's camera is easily one of the best due to how Samsung refuses to put good cameras on their foldables. For now, the best foldable camera phone is the Mate X2 and Find N.
But that brings me to the RAM situation. In case you're curious, RAM uses a lot of power. And the more you add, the more power it requires. So, when Apple launched the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, the 50% more RAM than the Pro (6GBs vs 4GBs) had meant that it actually had worse battery life than the normal iPhone 12. That was a bit of a revelation to me, and frankly, I'd want 8GBs instead of 12 or 18. Either It'll never get used, or it will be, and then it'll sip extra battery. Less RAM equals more battery life. Case in point: The Note 20 Ultra could match the S20 Ultra in battery life despite having a MUCH smaller battery, purely for having an adaptive refresh rate panel and less RAM. (Configs were 8/12GBs, versus the S20 Ultra, which had 12/16GBs.) I frequently multitask, such as cheating on Kahoots with the app on top and calculator on the bottom, or just watching a video while scrolling social media. The apps all stay open. And my phone is a baseline P30 Pro with 6GBs of RAM.
The problem area lies if you have something like 4GBs. That's when apps close as soon as you leave because it can't really sustain two apps on Android. Case in point.
The 8GBs of RAM should be the amount ALL phones have, as it strikes a perfect balance. Gaming phones should of course have more due to the resource-intensive games like Genshin Impact that are coming out. But anything more, and it becomes a liability instead of a strength.
That price tho. After seeing the Mate X2 and Mate Xs' prices, I'm almost willing to forgive the Mate Xs 2. But then I look at the 1,500-dollar price tag of the Z fold 3 and I no longer feel sorry.