Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold

Re:Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold by franciscojgo on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @06:02PM (#19212992)

If they are working from the OS side that’s perfect. But I Im no way expecting to see anything but the most important apps have useful multi-app-in-screen interactions. Yeah YouTube, FB, Search, w/e but will that make it worth it?

Sort of like the Touch Bar on MacBook Pros (which I have). Yeah it’s awesome to have on select apps like Photoshop, Safari, etc but it’s in no way so valuable as to build a whole product around - like this phone is trying to do.

You can take the Touch Bar away from me at any moment and I won’t mind.

Unless apps deeply integrate with this folding capability etc its just a gimmick that I expect will die pretty quick or remain a very niche product.

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Re:Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold by jshevek on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @06:18PM (#19213101)

> useful multi-app-in-screen interactions.

I use multiapp all the time on my current phone. I love it. Android makes it easy to move in and out of multiapp mode, swiping the separator when you want to go back to full screen. Many android apps already support this feature.

This is the same thing, except with a larger screen & different panel arrangement.

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Re:Samsung’s Foldable Phone Is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold by _bxg1 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @06:52PM (#19213275)

The only specialized support it really needs has less to do with folding and more to do with toggling between two different screens without problems and while maintaining context, which they already seem to have nailed. Everything beyond that is just building on things that are already relevant for normal tablets, like multitasking.

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