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Samsung reveals Galaxy Fold and S10 5G - BBC News[^]
Will I be buying one? No - I'm happy with my old fashioned Moto G - especially at the price...
$1,980 (£1,515) 
Ouch. I don't think they will sell too many...
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Quote: $1,980 (£1,515) OMG |
I see you're amazed the pound still holds up.
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Hey, it's not the end of next month yet!
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I've paid less than that for cars! (And cars that lasted over 5 years at that)
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I think it's safe to say that IDGAF until it's become "normal" tech, in that it costs a fiftieth of the comparative cr@p they're outputting now.
And I never got into apple kit. No idea why.
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I just want a list of names and addresses - the ones who queue up to get it on launch day - I have a bridge they might be interested in ...
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Early adopters are valuable, indeed.
I love the idea of a folding phone. I could use the bigger real-estate.
You now replace my kindle!
I can actually RDP and do something.
And honestly, for that price, if it replaces a small portable laptop, and a kindle, and I carry it as a phone, and the folding screen helps prevent it from breaking, but I can answer it without opening it...
I am interested in it. YET, I am NOT an early adopter. I keep my cell phones until they die. I did have a Palm device and a Treo! My latest samsung S5 has a broken power button, and I use software to turn it off... I think it has another 2-3 years in it.
By then, I will be in the market for a potential flip screen, and they should have the bugs worked out.
My bigger concern is the wear factor. This feels like something (Like Pergo Floors) that look great until 10 years later and the wear becomes excessive. In this case, it may only have a 2-3 year lifespan, and at that rate... Not interested. My laptop is 6 years old, going on 7. 32GB, dual SSD icore7. No need to upgrade. Buy big, and keep it a long time. Or by cheap and buy often!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: And I never got into apple kit.
Guess you value essential freedom over "safety".
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Don't worry, they sell plenty of them.
Some people will pay anything for the latest fashion accessory.
And as a bonus it might even do something, rather than be a "look at me" device.
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A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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Slap an Apple logo on it, and they will. At any price.
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and in a year or so ... "your phone only folds once???" says the tech "genius" that paid $3980 for the dual-fold... and 1 year after that
and 5 years from now there's going to be separate insurance required for phones.... getting a bit much to include under home contents.
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I really dislike gimmicks. Be it foldable phones (what is the purpose?) or self-lacing sneakers. 
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GKP1992 wrote: foldable phones (what is the purpose?)
bigger screen to bury face into... so they really won't see the car that runs them over.
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Making things easier for the driverless Teslas out there. 
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A Galaxy fold? I didn't even know they lived in herds.... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: $1,980 (£1,515) 
Why are you surprised ? This is quite cheap[^].
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I certainly won't be buying one, but I have to admit it's pretty cool 
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Called that because you need a full billfold to buy one? 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Financially Overbearing Luxury Device.
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Only confirms that what people really want is a "tablet" (size).
And since everyone knows that an IOS or Android "phone" (or IPad) cannot compete with a Windows 10 "machine", the MS Surface is the device to watch (and target) IMO.
With most Surface (probably) kept in S Mode, that means Windows Store.
Most of the offerings in the store are rewrites (and dull looking); something "new" could make a $plash.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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Yeah, this is not marketed towards me since I don't really like phones. I've got a gen 1 Moto E which cost me $59 (saw later on sale for $29). It makes phone calls just fine and runs the couple Apps I use with no problems.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I don't think they will sell too many...
I would not bet 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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<!rant>
I may be in the minority here, but I just wanted to share that it's awesome working with bright devs and managers who instinctively "get it". I love the culture of my (not so) little company, where the CTO and every dev manager started out in the trenches, writing code for decades before moving up the food chain.
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We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
/ravi
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Thanks.
I hope you're aware, however, that the reasons for your being happy depresses most of us even more than usual.
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/ravi
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