Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 to bring new hinge design to hide the display crease
- Oliver Wafula
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- 17 Jan 2023
I'm not a fan of foldable phones. I love rigid gorilla glass because it's more durable.
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- 17 Jan 2023
potato4k, 16 Jan 2023This is why competition is needed. Without the Chinese OEMs... moreIs it common for apple fanbase not having enough knowledge? Meanwhile they talk like as they're super wise being empty headed. Samsung could get rid of crease long time ago but it would have cost them ipx8 certification. So all they were doing to figure out the shortcomings.
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- 17 Jan 2023
joe nodden, 17 Jan 2023You know what hardly has any sort of crease? Foldables with... moreWell they actually have a slight crease, but it's more than acceptable. The problem is that the screen is too exposed and they are far too delicate at the moment
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- 17 Jan 2023
Samsung and Apple have been bringing Chinese innovation to Western market for years
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Jan 2023
Anonymous, 17 Jan 2023Non sense comment. Almost every chinese foldables we see to... moreSamsung fanboy, sorry to burst your bubble but Huawei was the first to patent and commercialize a water drop hinge design. Samsung have been copying Huawei for a few years already.
- joe nodden
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- 17 Jan 2023
You know what hardly has any sort of crease? Foldables with the screen on the outside.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Jan 2023
zillion, 17 Jan 2023That waterdrop hinge already implemented by mix fold2.Small correction*
Must be : Samsung let Xiaomi implements water hinge design by using Samsung display and Hinge designed by Samsung.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Jan 2023
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2023No, people don't want a crease, plain and simple. The ... moreNon sense comment. Almost every chinese foldables we see today are using Samsung invented and manufactured foldable display (vivo X, Oppo Find N, Mix Fold).
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Jan 2023
ujung, 16 Jan 2023Retain IP68? Should be IPX8 because Fold 4 is not dust resi... moreThey need to get rid of the awkward aspect ratio when unfolded. Plenty of wasted space because it is unsupported by way too many apps.
The above + the thickness of the device when folded, IMO, are the two most prominent reasons that foldables do not gain traction. They seem to be worse than both a phone or a tablet yet at a price of both of them.
Xiaomi (and their fold 1) remains the only to produce a foldable with a working aspect ratio when unfolded. Yet it sucked as a phone, as a tablet it was great though.
Similarly the Mate Xs series were great phones (very thin for foldables), yet sucked as tablets.
Apart from the above, every other foldable manages to suck at both being a phone (waaaay too thick) and a tablet (useless aspect ratio).
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- mpq
- 17 Jan 2023
I want a slot in the spine for the S-Pen.
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- 17 Jan 2023
potato4k, 16 Jan 2023This is why competition is needed. Without the Chinese OEMs... moreTrue...well said.
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Samsung user, 16 Jan 2023Samsung prioritizes IP rating and optimizing the software o... moreSamsung could have optimized software with a water-drop hinge toi. And the reason it has the highest market share in foldables is because it launched first and was the only foldable in many markets for many years. You too know this but used the matketshare point anyway.
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AnonD-762416, 16 Jan 2023Water resistance, quality control and durability worthy of ... moreNot all folds and flips last for years. Some of them have issues within a year.
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- Bratnikola
- Sr1
- 16 Jan 2023
I don't have that much of a problem with the crease, I have problem with that gap when folded. The phone is not flat.
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Jan 2023
Samsung user, 16 Jan 2023Samsung prioritizes IP rating and optimizing the software o... moreNo, people don't want a crease, plain and simple. The only sales in this market are flex sales. Average people won't buy a folding phone until several generations have proven to be reliable without a crease and the prices settle down more.
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- 16 Jan 2023
Daemon Targaryen, 16 Jan 2023It only took the market leader how many years to catch up t... moreI could be mistaken because I've never been an iphone person, but I recall Apple would hold off 2-3 years before they did a full update. Yearly remodels were an Android thing because the only way they could compete was to keep their phones fresh in the mind of consumers.
The Z has moving parts. 1 year is not enough time to test when durability remains the focus. It's a responsibility only Samsung has right now. It's been 2019 since we first saw the tear drop from Moto. As of today in 2023, no mfr has figured out how to make a tear drop hinge fold water resistant. Furthermore all the 2nd gen folds from Oppo, Xiaomi and Honor have a more visible crease. It's still better than the Z, but they have not brought us closer to a creaseless design.
They all sprinted when they should have paced themselves. If Samsung actually figured out how to close the gap and keep water resistance, there won't be any competition until Apple makes a fold.
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- Anonymous
- mEb
- 16 Jan 2023
I have had og Galaxy Fold and now Fold 3 and the crease is not an issue for me at all.
I think oems should focus getting more durable foldable&rollable screens and getting the price down.
- Daemon Targaryen
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- 16 Jan 2023
It only took the market leader how many years to catch up to what the Chinese OEMs have been doing? About 3+ years? At least Samsung will finally get rid of it.
If they can put an S-Pen slot, I might consider. But I think I'll only go for the rugged smartphones for now on since battery life means the most for me. Tired of charging all my smaller phones daily. I don't want to think about it anymore. Charge it once a week for an hour and I'm ready to go for another week. Add the fact they're usually far cheaper, include headphone jack and expandable storage, and are way more durable than all these $1000-$1800 mainstream phones.