Sotyka94 t1_izg9ib7 wrote
Get a good ~400$ midrange phone, slap a folding screen on it, and sell it for like ~600$.
This trend is not gonna catch up if the entry point is 1500$
[deleted] t1_iziti9d wrote
Yeah, haven't seen a lot of people using folding phone's just because the price is too high.
It's more practical and all, but it's just so damn expensive the price just doesn't make it worth it. I can buy one, but I don't find the price worth it I could never justify my self buying a phone over 1000$. Neither do I need the biggest greatest specs like the newest processor, 8+ GB ram, 512+ GB of space on a phone, what do you even need all that for, what do you do on your phone??
But that's just my view, I'm sure others might actually want those specs.
I'd love to see a budget folding phone!
3d_extra t1_izj24oz wrote
The hinge design is quite complex in these foldable phones. A regular slab design is much cheaper to build.
SpecialNose9325 t1_izj49m7 wrote
But the Modern Samsung foldable is $1000, which is the same price as the S22 or iPhone14. Where is the price disparity ? It will take a while for foldables to get to the $600 price range simply because of manufacturing challenges and tooling. Tooling prices go down with scale.
Sotyka94 t1_izj4nlw wrote
1000$ where? Lowest I seen is 1500
SpecialNose9325 t1_izowzj8 wrote
At samsung.com
The ZFlip 3 and 4 both launched at $999 and have dropped in price since.
Sotyka94 t1_izp6jb3 wrote
That's the flip. That's a completely different story than a fold. We talk about the fold, and it's much more.
With fold you have a standard phone that you can open up to a tablet if needed. With he flip you have a 1k$ cube that is not really functional and you can open it up to a normal phone. The flip is stupid, the fold is something I really like.
SpecialNose9325 t1_izsgu22 wrote
You are entitled to your opinion, but saying something is stupid because you don't care for it is a slippery slope. I don't know or care for your mom. I'm not gonna use that as a reason to say your mom is stupid.
Sotyka94 t1_iztn2b8 wrote
It's stupid because the fold get's a useful item (smartphone), and makes it multiuse (smartphone + tablet in one device), adding to it's use cases.
The flip takes an useful item (smartphone) and adds unnecessary complexity and price without adding any functionality, basically subtracting from it's usefulness without adding any real value to it.
SpecialNose9325 t1_iztoco2 wrote
Once again. The usefulness of a smartphone to a person is subjective. I don't see the appeal in having a substantially larger device in my pocket and lose one hand usability on a device that doesn't exactly do that much more than a regular smartphone. The advantages of having a 7.6inch inner screen are not substantial enough to me. Meanwhile, a phone that folds in half makes carrying it around easier and adds a notification display that prevents you from getting easily sucked into an app while checking notifications.
The sales numbers also seem to prove my point. The ZFlip adoption rate is much higher than the ZFold, and more importantly it is seen as a viable option to non Tech-enthusiasts. They place it right next to the S22 at the store and it's pretty clear that people are choosing it more often than the ZFold.
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