• FireWire400@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It’s a first generation product. Remember the first Galaxy Fold and what a disaster that was? It’s kinda like that (only more expensive).

    Apple should have the benefit of hindsight but apparently not.

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      2 days ago

      This is hilarious to me because all I hear from Apple fanbois about why iPhones are always years behind Samsung et al on new features is because “Apple don’t release things until they work properly”

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      Apple ia not brraking into a new segment with new tech like Samsung did. Foldable phones have been around long enough for them to sell a working phone.

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        1 day ago

        It’s still the first time Apple had a go at it and its design is obviously flawed, otherwise it wouldn’t be failing so quickly.

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      2 days ago

      In a way, yes. But in another way, no.

      It is a first gen device, but the screen came from samsung and has been developed for a long time. Galaxy folds don’t break like this one does.

      Apple made some bad choices in the design instead of building upon samsungs tried and tested design.

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        2 days ago

        Galaxy folds don’t break like this one does.

        Tell that to my buddy who has gone through 5 of them in as many years. I don’t understand why the phone insurance company hasn’t dropped him, he’s definitely getting the upside of that transaction.

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          As i have said previously, broken folding phones cannot be blamed on bad hardware if the user is careless.

          And to be clear, i am not saying its impossible for them to break on their own. Of course they can, and do, but i am am saying if your friend has gone through five of them then you have to look at the lowest common denominator.

          You friend needs to take better care of their £2000 information rectangle.