Prices start at 19,999 yuan (about $2,809) for 256GB of storage.
  • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
    422·
    3 months ago

    All models are equipped with 16GB of RAM, and two additional storage variants are available that cost 21,999 yuan (about $3,089) for 512GB and 23,999 yuan (about $3,370) for 1TB.

    They are learning from Apple about the memory price. $300 for 512 gb additional memory storage is insane.

  • SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    311·
    3 months ago

    With how my Galaxy Flip has held up, this thing will be unusable in 6 months. There’s no way it will lay flat for long with regular use.

    I’m waiting for rollable screens to become a thing.

  • small44@lemmy.worldEnglish
    254·
    3 months ago

    Trifold is a newish technology while laptop are very standard. Make sense that it’s as expensive

  • barsquid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    3 months ago

    This is a form factor that is actually interesting to me instead of having a double-sided screen.

    If it fits in a pocket I assume the battery life is atrocious, though. If it doesn’t fit in a pocket, why bother having it over a tablet?

    I’d read more into it but that price is outrageous.

  • Rade0nfighter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

    Kinda cool though tbf. Wrappable tech would be an awesome next step, like a watch that’s all screen that you can completely wrap around your wrist.

  • a1studmuffin@aussie.zoneEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    I’m glad companies are continuing to innovate, but it feels wrong to be moving towards mechanical inventions again when we’ve finally nailed solid state tech. Have we forgotten how often printers used to break?

    • solrize@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I’m old enough to remember when printers DIDN’T break. I’m sure lots of HP Laserjet II’s from the 1990s are still cranking out hundreds of pages per day today. Same thing with Okidata dot matrix printers from the era, for those who still want to use them. It was later when printers became crap.

  • ViperActual@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    Having the flexible screen facing externally on one fold seems quite reckless considering how fragile they still are by virtue of needing to be flexible. Having a Fold 4, the screen definitely relies on the thin film screen protector that the flexible screens come with. But because the screen is contained internally, it’s protected by the device.

    Having it unprotected means any drops on a surface that is able to hit the screen directly will most likely lead to cracks in the LED layer and kill the screen. And the geometry of the folded part would imply that any impacts will most certainly lead to cracks. You can test this by folding a piece of paper in a similar manner and then hitting the folded part. It’ll make tiny very sharp creases in the paper, and these creases are what kills the screen.

    • dalë@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      3 months ago

      Huawei runs it’s own branch of Android since it lost its ability to offer Google services.

      In the case you’re not paying for “Android” but for the tech, whatever you think about it it’s a tech that no-one else is yet doing, least of all Apple which in real terms is still playing catch-up with Android and it’s insistance of a walled garden .