Folding phones like the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X certainly have geek-appeal, but how exactly are they meant to improve everyday life? That’s the
Folding phones like the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X certainly have geek-appeal, but how exactly are they meant to improve everyday life? That’s the question Samsung has set out to at least begin to answer with its latest Galaxy Fold video, a sort of day-in-the-life of an owner of the upcoming flagship foldable.
Certainly, there’s no shortage of tech early-adopter kudos to be had by being among the first to own a Galaxy Fold. For a start it’s expensive: $2,000, in fact, when it goes on sale in April 2019. That’s assuming you can even find one, with Samsung said to be planning relatively limited availability for the Android smartphone.
Geeking out over the ability to fold a display in half and not have it snap, though, only gets you so far. While Google and Samsung have demonstrated before how Android will accommodate apps transitioning between the Galaxy Fold’s external display and its internal touchscreen, along with shifts in aspect ratio, that’s more of an encouragement for developers.
