Samsung's New Phones Show How Far Ahead China Is on Innovation

[superpower]

Never liked Samsung phones - full of bloatware, always trying to suck you into their ecosystem when plain Android works fine. Now the folding phones can't open flat, full 180⁰, unlike Honor and Oppo.

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https://www.wired.com/story/samsungs-new-phones-show-how-far-ahead-china-is-on-innovation/

Samsung's New Phones Show How Far Ahead China Is on Innovation​

Just like it has done with EVs, China’s investment in smartphones is leaving big brands playing catch-up. Forget iterative updates: China is already working on what’s next.

Earlier this week, Samsung announced the latest generation of its high-end foldable phones at its Summer Galaxy Unpacked event. The Galaxy Z Fold7 and the Galaxy Z Flip7 are variously lighter, thinner, and less crease-prone than before. They are more expensive too. Some call them the “foldables to beat.”

It’s Samsung messaging and a commentator response that sounds an awful lot like what we heard last year. And the year before that, for that matter, in a hall of echoes typical of the iterative progress loop much of consumer tech hardware has fallen into. It's not that we think they'll be bad—we liked their predecessors just fine. It's just that when you compare them to the progress being made by Chinese competitors, they feel a bit dull and already a step behind in an area they are widely thought to lead.

 

[congo9]

How innovate they are is still the work done on your Android. Samsung just try to con people to use their stupid app..

 

[superpower]

https://www.techradar.com/phones/sa...nd-honor-are-still-ahead-in-the-foldable-race

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is a major step forward for Samsung, but Oppo and Honor are still ahead in the foldable race​

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By John-Anthony Disotto published 23 hours ago
Close, but no cigar

Over the last few months, I’ve fallen in love with the foldables – so much so, in fact, that I’ve essentially ditched my iPhone in favor of the hybrid smartphone format.

This newfound appreciation for foldables meant that I was beyond excited to see what Samsung had up its sleeve for Galaxy Unpacked earlier this week, and suffice to say, I was ready to part ways with my hard-earned cash for a Z Fold 7.

Now, just a few days after the phone's official reveal, I’m left feeling conflicted about Samsung’s new flagship foldable – and I know the reason why.

On the one hand, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is an incredibly big step forward compared to the Z Fold 6, but on the other, there’s a big elephant in the room: the best Chinese foldables from companies like Oppo and Honor are still objectively better devices – at least in terms of hardware.

Before I go into depth as to why I’m torn about buying the Z Fold 7 as my first personal Android device (yes, I’ve been buying iPhones since 2008), I need to give you a bit of background on my experience with foldables.

I’ve been using the Oppo Find N5 over the last couple of months, an incredible piece of China-made kit that was sent to TechRadar for review. However, as a tech journalist, I view products I buy versus products I write about in completely different lights, often returning to my personal devices after I switch off my laptop in the evening.

In the case of the foldable Oppo Find N5, I’ve loved my experience with it so much, and found the hardware to be so innovative, that I’ve used it as my daily work driver for the last six weeks or so. But even then, where I’ve opted to use the device outside of work, and not for review, I still find myself gravitating back to my personal iPhone – primarily because I own it, so it feels like it’s mine.

 

[nabeifuckpap]

Buy Sony, Google Pixel or iPhone better

 

[superpower]

Buy Sony, Google Pixel or iPhone better

iPhone still the best in terms user interface, Apple ecosystem. Google and Sony no fight. For foldable phones, Chinese phones in the lead, not just thinness, but also battery runtime.

 

[Eisenhut]

Can they fold 3x like Huawei?

 

[syed putra]

iPhone still the best in terms user interface, Apple ecosystem. Google and Sony no fight. For foldable phones, Chinese phones in the lead, not just thinness, but also battery runtime.

Huawei harmony for me. No Mossad spyware.