{"id":8597,"date":"2019-02-22T09:49:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T22:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=8597"},"modified":"2019-02-22T09:49:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T22:49:08","slug":"the-samsung-galaxy-fold-is-a-a3k-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/the-samsung-galaxy-fold-is-a-a3k-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"The Samsung Galaxy Fold is a A$3k joke"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yesterday’s Samsung event may have been all about their new flagship smartphone the S10 but what really grabbed everyone’s attention was its new foldable phone the aptly named “Galaxy Fold”.<\/p>\n
Teased last year the new Fold was merely teased a little more with people apparently able to get hands on with the device at MWC in a couple of weeks. They did provide us all with a bunch of very nice product photography that you’ll see all over the internet and note that all of it does a remarkably good job of hiding the pricey abomination they’ve created.<\/p>\n
Imagine you took your standard S9 or iPhone or whatever phone you have, then you bought another one, then you stacked them on top of each other and used “multiple interlocking gears” to create a hinge that I have no doubt any three year old will make quick work of when destroying your newly overpriced phone.<\/p>\n
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There are a few differences beyond simply pasting two phones together. Obviously there’s the fact it uses a flexible display. It’s an 7.3″ QXGA+ (2152\u00d71536) Dynamic AMOLED display that quite literally folds in half when closed and displays no seem when opened. The unusual 4.2:3 ratio allows the Galaxy Fold to display 3 applications at once utilising a new layout system the company has worked with Android to develop.<\/p>\n