Given the way the smartphone industry works, in 2020 I expect we will see multiple quad-fold Android phones that opens out into an A4 sheet of paper, while the Apple flagship will omit one dimension entirely: the 2D Apple iLine.
Whether any given unit of a device line will have a headphone jack or not will be determined at the time of assembly by coin-toss and kept secret until the user opens the package.
You completely lost me by not stating why a highly PORTABLE computing device having the same dimensions as an A4 sheet of paper would have any appeal at all. That is far from an obvious attraction.
The A4 paper aspect ratio is quite helpful for a portable device. The A4 size is not.
With the A4 aspect ratio, you fold it in half and you see the exact same image as you did before, no distortion, no black bars, nothing cut off. Fold it in half again and you still see the exact same image with no distortion, no black bars, and nothing cut off. Just smaller each time.
Any other aspect ratio and your software would have to change aspect ratios with each fold, have black bars, or trim the image.
Given how scuffed-up the edges of most smartphones (including mine) are, that screen-running-over-edge is not a weak point in the design, *at all*... LOL
(Not to mention, so far both the Samsung product and this one, would totally preclude the use of any protective/easily-replaceable cases...)
i agree. curved edges of screens make me trigger them sometimes and they break alot more easily. want a high end phone without gimmicks. screw folding screw cruved edges
So the trend begins yay. I really hope this trend passes very fast and if the phones all look bendy and miss shaped like in the pictures here I personally could not use a phone like this.
Why do you need such a big screen, there just doing this so it won't fit in our hands and it will fall and then buy a new phone, company's just keep making bigger screen like it's some kind of competition (who can make the biggest screen) 😑😐
I like it way more than the Samsung one, but if the screen is plastic that would open it up to a lot of wear and tear. I suppose it would be manageable by swapping out screen protectors, but.... I wonder how flexible they can make Gorilla Glass?
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Ashinjuka - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
Given the way the smartphone industry works, in 2020 I expect we will see multiple quad-fold Android phones that opens out into an A4 sheet of paper, while the Apple flagship will omit one dimension entirely: the 2D Apple iLine.Whether any given unit of a device line will have a headphone jack or not will be determined at the time of assembly by coin-toss and kept secret until the user opens the package.
MadManMark - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
You completely lost me by not stating why a highly PORTABLE computing device having the same dimensions as an A4 sheet of paper would have any appeal at all. That is far from an obvious attraction.dullard - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
The A4 paper aspect ratio is quite helpful for a portable device. The A4 size is not.With the A4 aspect ratio, you fold it in half and you see the exact same image as you did before, no distortion, no black bars, nothing cut off. Fold it in half again and you still see the exact same image with no distortion, no black bars, and nothing cut off. Just smaller each time.
Any other aspect ratio and your software would have to change aspect ratios with each fold, have black bars, or trim the image.
boeush - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
Given how scuffed-up the edges of most smartphones (including mine) are, that screen-running-over-edge is not a weak point in the design, *at all*... LOL(Not to mention, so far both the Samsung product and this one, would totally preclude the use of any protective/easily-replaceable cases...)
Ian Cutress - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
The bundle of the Samsung Fold clearly showed additional case protection.https://images.anandtech.com/doci/13980/1550690072...
boeush - Saturday, February 23, 2019 - link
I stand corrected on Samsung.On the other hand, I still have trouble picturing how the Mate X could possibly implement a case, given its design.
MadManMark - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
People already buy the Galaxy Edge phones.mkozakewich - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
Those have glass, so scratches aren't as much of a problem.Opencg - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
i agree. curved edges of screens make me trigger them sometimes and they break alot more easily. want a high end phone without gimmicks. screw folding screw cruved edgesCooe - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
False. Samsung's design makes cases possible, if... kinda weird.rocky12345 - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
So the trend begins yay. I really hope this trend passes very fast and if the phones all look bendy and miss shaped like in the pictures here I personally could not use a phone like this.Serg - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
Why do you need such a big screen, there just doing this so it won't fit in our hands and it will fall and then buy a new phone, company's just keep making bigger screen like it's some kind of competition (who can make the biggest screen) 😑😐mkozakewich - Friday, February 22, 2019 - link
I like it way more than the Samsung one, but if the screen is plastic that would open it up to a lot of wear and tear. I suppose it would be manageable by swapping out screen protectors, but....I wonder how flexible they can make Gorilla Glass?