1K per screen according to Sammy.
Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone
Submitted 1 day ago by g8phcon2@k.fe.derate.me to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=23641
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devolution@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
unabart@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Nice try, Scamsung! I’m holding out for the Quad Fold.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
samsung will move onto making a cube phone next.
Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I patiently waiting for the infinite fold
thatradomguy@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I don’t need origami for a phone. Just bring back classic flip phones or stop. FFS
Hegar@fedia.io 1 day ago
I guess i don't really see the point. Is there a strong use case out there, or is this a marge's potato? ("I just think they're neat")
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
What is the point of current folding phones? I still fail to grasp that. This, however, seems more clear. It’s a phone that can become a full on tablet. This is a true transformation into an otherwise disparate device. A phone that becomes a slightly bigger phone is the real mystery to me.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
seems like curved screen gimmick
iopq@lemmy.world 1 day ago
When you try to look at a spreadsheet and there are too many columns even in portrait mode, I open up the phone.
For some reason nobody figured out “zoom all the way out” functionality on the phone yet
Khanzarate@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Honestly I feel this was always the goal (one of several), but R&D is expensive. Shipping an odd phone that people still buy keeps the shareholders happy while the multi-year research process can eventually produce more usable results.
Single-flip phones were the awkward teenagers, now this phone can be the 18-20 age young adult, fully featured, but needing refinement. Next gen or the one after this will add a lot more robustness.
Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
When you start needing reading glasses, you’ll know. I have a phone for outside the house and a tablet for home. I would much rather just have one device be both.
golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
I won’t buy a phone with any fewer than 16 folds.
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 1 day ago
And who asked for it? They very well know that nobody will buy that.
Just get a tablet at this point.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
If it didn’t cost so much and the hinges and screens were as reliable as a phone without them, I’d buy it.
Having a big screen in the size of a normal phone would be great.
At the current prices and reliability though, the market is sure to be small.
communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 22 hours ago
I would totally buy it if I had money to waste, I would love to be able to take my tablet anywhere with me like this and don’t care about the size of phones, they fit fine in my pockets.
FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Sticking with my pixel 3a xl running ubuntu touch/waydroid for a while it seems.
timewarp@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For God’s sake, people want a keyboard on a phone not more folds. Add a keyboard & become a hero.
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 1 day ago
We did have that briefly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Droid
timewarp@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
A lot has changed in 15 years. I personally liked the keyboard on the Sidekick.
MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sales figures and market trends suggest most people do not, in fact, want a keyboard.
timewarp@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I don’t give a shit what most people want. Most people don’t know what the fuck they want, and if you ask them they’ll start making up even dumber shit because you asked. A keyboard on modern day phone actually has value though for people that know what they want & need. Just because a lot of people use cars doesn’t mean NASCAR should be looking at everyday drivers to design their cars. We’re talking about a triple-fold touch screen here, basically proving my point about what happens when you ask dumb rich people what you should do next.
bluGill@fedia.io 1 day ago
I want a keyboard, but not one with little keys with small travel. Give me a real keyboard, with real (preferably buckling spring) switches, and good travel. It still needs to fit in my pocket though - which is why I suffer with a touch screen so often. Sure I have a nice 60% Bluetooth keyboard (Cherry switches are not ideal but a large step up from most keyboards) , but it doesn't fit in my pocket and so I schelp it only when I expect to type a lot.
timewarp@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Sir it sounds like you want a laptop phone. Or do you mean small keys but with mechanical switches?
iopq@lemmy.world 1 day ago
timewarp@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
No thanks. I want actual buttons like the Sidekick had.
falynns@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Sure buddy, whatever keeps the iPhone nightmares at bay for another year. But does the battery last three times as long? Who cares about screens if I have to charge twice a day.
Psythik@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Can’t speak for the TriFold, but I easily get a full day out of my Fold 7, even with Battery Protection set to 85%. I usually end my day with a 40% charge, which is considerably better than my last phone (Fold 4). Easily over 1.5x more battery life.
That said, I miss the pre-Android/iOS days; back then I was charging my phone maybe once a week.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
You know that fat British guy that someone is posting shorts of on Youtube/Tiktok? “I was working for a company and their main product wasn’t selling. They asked me if they should lower the price, I told them ‘no, make your entry level product more shit.’ So they took their entry level product and added roofing nails to the seat cushions. Overnight, sales of their main product skyrocketed because no one was buying their entry level anymore.” That guy? He said he likes Samsung’s folding phone because “I’m old and my vision is failing, so I like the larger screen of the Fold. But you can’t sell that, because it’s not cool to sell products for the old and infirm.”
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
PhoneTabletcommander@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
The outside display is just about 21:9 and internal about 4:3, sounds like it’s an ultimate retro gaming handheld. Lack of SD card support is a pain though
For folds, I like the old flip phone style flips better. The only puzzling thing with those ones are why keep the front facing camera when the rear cameras have a display on that half on the phone. The outer display on this is 6.5". It’s not a compromise in size at all like the flips/razrs. Internal screen shouldn’t have a selfie camera either
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
I mean, are foldable devices even something settled in the mobile market?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
seems more pricey than a normal one, and it seems women are more into it then men?
Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
Yawn. Samsung can have more money and attention from me when theyhave something i want. Give it 5 years.
A few ideas: A) projector! They are like $99 on Amazon now, put in phone. B) and app that pairs w Google glasses to count calories and nutrition of everything I eat all day. C) faraway cage setting D) no bloatware C) idk, im content… anyone wise have ideas?
Alpha71@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
turmacar@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I’d settle for something like the Red Magic 11 with better cameras from them. Saving a couple millimeters instead of having a bigger battery and flat back is silly.
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 13 hours ago
If a projector is $99 it’s rubbish. And what kind of light source would fit into a cellphone that is bright enough to throw a picture from 2m away from the wall, possibly during day light hours, without eating the battery in 5 mins?
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Have you never used a modern-day LED flashlight they can make them tiny with small dials and still make them brighter than the goddamn Sun lol
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 23 hours ago
You want 2-3 phones instead of a folding phone. Light pocketable phone for actual mobile purposes. Can get a data only esim phone with voip to supplement voice/text phone, and have independent enabled data. independent charging. Backup when broken/lost phone. I suggest:
1-2 lightweight phones for mobility.
1 large possibly rugged phone for video or rugged adventures. Can be steam deck on a stand that is better setup as a dashboard. email + web tickers/discord. samsung and other phones also have a “desktop multiwindow mode”
3rd phones, can help with having 2 separate phones act as bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. Keep banking/secret stuff seperate/more secure during travel. Keep one in a locked tilt/swivel stand near bed most of the time. mod to alternate os.2 or 3 phones is much more storage/ram and audio quality than including a tablet, with better portability options in both packing and daily use. It’s also much less $, and can leapfrog upgrades.
nullroot@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I like the cut of this man’s jib.
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No word on if it’s coming to the EU :(
My pixel 6 is dying and I’d like to get something for graphene or another less monopolized distro but there’s no support for phones released this year as far as I can tell from most distros so I’m looking for one more normal phone until hopefully that ecosystem is better off.
Even the new pixels look weak from several angles It was hard to get want them after all the reviews came in.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You’re looking for a replacement for your Pixel that is also not too monopolized, and the first thing that comes to mind is Samsung?
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s comments like this that make me worried about literacy rates and reading comprehension.
I want to replace my Pixel with a cutting edge phone that is user friendly, repairable, highly private, has all the features I like, and whose company is owned by its workers and not evil.
That phone doesn’t exist.
So now we talk priorities. With Google looking to close down android, I want something more open than stock android. My options are very limited. Graphene only works on the pixel line and not even the newest pixels, which are very underwhelming, so that’s not a great fit. LineageOS doesn’t seem to support any new phones albeit I didn’t cross reference every phone. The nothing phone, and every other competitor, seems lackluster as well.
So I’ve resigned to settling for any phone that’s cutting edge. If this is going to hopefully be my last mega evil corpo phone, I’ve been flirting with going with multiple screens because I doubt in 3 years there will be a non-corpo folding phone option if the normal slabs are still struggling. Samsung only “comes to mind”, and this might surprise or confound you, because we’re commenting on a thread about a Samsung phone.
If anyone has better recommendations for a last corpo phone out now or on the horizon, I’m all ears. And if someone wants to try and convince me there’s a great phone out there that can run a non-stock OS and still be a largely enjoyable experience I’m also ready to be wow’ed. But I’ve looked around a bit and failed to find anything.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
If you want something for GrapheneOS wait until the OEM is announced
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Screen is dying, can’t wait for their supposed deal in 26/27 that sounds exciting.
Chais@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Maybe try a phone that isn’t trash as soon as the battery dies. Something repairable.
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean I’d love to buddy. When someone releases a phone with all the modern features I want and the best processor and a repairable battery (or any other of the consumer friendly practices we all want) I’ll buy it. But don’t act like I’m choosing to not get the ideal phone when it doesn’t exist. It’s compromises everywhere.
mintiefresh@piefed.social 1 day ago
Can use it to play D&D.
not_me@piefed.social 1 day ago
No thanks, will stay with my grapheneos phone ,enjoy your spyware .
not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I look forward to trying it whenever it gets below £1000 refurbished.
Rhoeri@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nope.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Linux?
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Waiting on the answer to see if OP is based or sucks
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Can’t wait to laugh at the first person I see using this monstrosity.
big_slap@lemmy.world 1 day ago
damn! I love my fold 5, but only cause the front screen is slim. not a fan of the standard screen size on the front of this one but a 10 inch tablet in my pocket is intriguing…
ill wait for the second or third generation to come out before I consider this
roserose56@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
It sucks. I know its not for everyone and for sure its gonna cost €€€€.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I recently bought a flip folder for under $600.
roserose56@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Android version? and how long will the updates continue ? User or new?