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Re:Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive... by tweetle_beetle on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:13AM (#36928663)
To use your own analogy, you would like the folding phone from 20 years in the future (reliable and inexpensive). It sounds like you didn't want the camera phone of today in its infancy.

I think the parent is asking who wants the folding phone of today, and, by extension, why is the strategy of a large organisation relying on this market?

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Re:Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive... by Johnny555 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:51PM (#36934637)
>the parent is asking who wants the folding phone of today

The answer to that is simple -- the people that are buying it.

You don't get the folding phone of tomorrow without first getting the folding phone of today, and some people want it badly enough that they are willing to pay a premium and suffer through its technological shortcomings.

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