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Galaxy Z Fold 6 Review: Genuinely good, especially if you ignore the competition (9to5google.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 6 is a perfectly fine foldable, but from the brand that started the whole category, is that still enough?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It doesn’t solve any problem with at-home media consumption because there is no problem.

so why bring it up as a usecase for folding phones, the point is getting that screen space on the go.

It sounds like you have massively fallen for the marketing here.

I don't even have a folding phone, and only recently got a tablet strictly for reading purposes, but i don't throw out the people who do consume content away from home. Like I said, the purpose of the device brings the new ability to not bring something else with you. the product addresses a niche, and by using an example that doesnt cover the niche doesn't invalidate the one major usecase it has in the first place. I'm like on the extremely far end of the folding phones target audience (prefers small phones, uses desktop PC, no personal TV) so thinking that i've fallen for marketing is a laughing statement. I just acknowlege there are people who actually use larger screens away from home, and this product is directed towards them. Folding phones stay a niche because the target audience is a niche. It's not meant to cover the general market unless it also competes in cost. It was my kind of people (people who prefer smaller phones) who were secrificed for larger screens (e.g iphone mini being canceled in favor of a iphone plus model) so I know damn well there is a market out there where people prefer watching stuff on a larger screen. it's one of the main reasons why average screen size has gotten bigger and bigger.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

so why bring it up as a usecase for folding phones, the point is getting that screen space on the go.

You didn't make that point in your original comment, hence my initial reply.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

the portability was the implied aspect of the original post, as I didn't just say iPad, but went out of my way to specifically say ipad mini/smaller iPad, as these two devices are mainly used by people on the go, as they fit well. It's the primary reason why the iPad mini in particular is advertised to women, as they often carry the one bag that can carry it (their purse) which may possibly not carry the larger ipads (11 or 13" ones). The target audience has primarily been those doing this stuff on the go.