DjordjeC63
Vorsprung Visionary
I find Mate X better looking
SKY
Kraftwagen König
And more advanced as well. Apple and Samsung have lost the edge over the Chinese. They no longer have the best hardware. Huawei has the best cameras, the best design, and are always at the edge of tech. They are going to be the first ones to put a 5G phone in the market, and are making incredible progress in their own processors, catching up in the sole aspect Apple still leads on.
klier
Premium
Let me hear when the Chinese come with something not stolen from the west, Sky.
It'll become interesting when they start doing their own stuff.
And regarding the Fold.....well....the idea and tech is brilliant, but this concept needs a couple of years to evolve. It's way too bulky, ugly and expensive right now. Foldable screens are the future though, no doubt. Phone screens need much more real estate while keeping the small form factor.
It'll become interesting when they start doing their own stuff.
And regarding the Fold.....well....the idea and tech is brilliant, but this concept needs a couple of years to evolve. It's way too bulky, ugly and expensive right now. Foldable screens are the future though, no doubt. Phone screens need much more real estate while keeping the small form factor.
SKY
Kraftwagen König
They will keep stealing from the west. I am not a fan of anything Chinese. But what Huawei has done with their folding phone compared to the Samsung, and the way things are with the top phone offering proves my point quite well, stolen tech accounted for.
SKY
Kraftwagen König
I am keeping an eye on the rumored Surface Phone. I love the quality of the Surface line and having a phone that opens up and becomes a PC could be very attractive.
I would keep my S8 for another year at least. Even when I have recently found its battery life drops significantly when the phone is one year old.
I would keep my S8 for another year at least. Even when I have recently found its battery life drops significantly when the phone is one year old.
DjordjeC63
Vorsprung Visionary
TheNewBATMAN
Quattro Commander
Man, do you see the price of the XS Plus or S10 Plus at the level of the iPhone 5 or S5 ? They still use the same form factor as the iPhone 1 and S1.
It just doesn't work like that anymore. Just like $1,000+ phones is the new normal now, in a few years' time $1,500-2,000 phones will be the new normal.
Not looking for a debate, just stating some facts. We'll see in a few years.
Centurion
Apex Apex Predator
Very expensive flagship phone will still exist but there is a only so much consumers are willing to spend on phones that increasingly do the same thing year after year. Apple have stopped sharing iPhone sales figures and even Samsung are feeling the affect of consumers upgrading phones less frequently.
Folding phones will be a breath of fresh air though as almost all phones look the same now and the market is overdue something game changing.
klier
Premium
Except it doesn't. The folding mechanism is faulty and the screen is f#cked up on most review phones.
I agree, but the reviews are positive because the people who got to review them are the bitches of the companies. You know, the whores who get everything in advance, all they have to do is give free blowjobs and say how great it all is.
The form factor is ridiculous imo. It's ugly and bulky and that tiny top screen on the front looks like a joke.
Like I said, the tech is nice, but the execution will be mature in a couple of years, maybe sooner.
What is not?
Every single piece put in those phones is copied. Everything. All they do is copy. In all fields. Maybe not tea and noodles, but that's about it.
PanterroR
Lap Time Luminary
Indeed. But some say it's due to people removing some protective layer, which is part of the display structure designed to protect the screen from unintended scratches. Removing the protective layer or adding adhesives to the main display may cause damage and apparently some or many people are ignoring it...
klier
Premium
No I don't think so. n a few years, $2000 phones will stll be very high end. And in a few years, the phones that cost $2000 now, will cost $200 to make.
klier
Premium
Quite right. But that protective layer really did look like a protective screen you get on all new phones. Very amatuerish put on, mildly put. Not surprising people want to pull it off right away.
Cashmere
RPM Ruler
True in certain cases but they're Surface hardware and Xbox divisions have turned a new leaf under the leadership of Panos Panay and Phil Spencer.
I think Microsoft could actually pull off a successful folding mobile device (Surface devices have the best hinges in the industry) if they market it as a gaming device instead of a phone that runs apps.
If you think of a Foldable device that can run full fidelity Xbox games, that would be a huge. It would differentiate it from every other foldable on the market and gamers would buy it without caring if it can run snapchat or google maps. We might see a surpise at this year's E3.
