Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum

Re:Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldabl... by canucker2016 on Thursday September 11, 2025 @02:53PM (#45214876)

FTV, main issues from the fold test:

  A forced reboot error first occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 folds, and the same error repeatedly appeared at roughly every 10,000 folds afterward (e.g., around 16,000, 26,000, etc.).

  Around 46,000 folds, creaking noises started coming from the hinge.

  At 75,000 folds, an unknown black liquid came out of the hinge, but it has not appeared again.

  At 175,000 folds, all speakers (earpiece, top, and bottom) stopped working.

  The hinge has become smoother. Free-stop still works, but elasticity seems to be lost.

The reboots at 10K intervals seems like a software problem fixable by an update.

The speakers failing at 175K folds seems like the major failing point. I suppose bluetooth would probably still be working so you could still limp through day-to-day activities.

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Re:Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldabl... by OkayPhysicist on Thursday September 11, 2025 @02:56PM (#45214921)

To be fair, 175K folds is like folding it once every 5 minutes for every waking hour of the day for two and a half years.

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Re:Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldabl... by Workaccount2 on Friday September 12, 2025 @10:29AM (#45222544)

They also did it constantly, which would build up heat. Doing it like a normal person would probably give you a few multiples more folds.

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