News Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 hands-on: A losing battle

[AC News]

Our hands-on with the Galaxy Z Flip 6 has us wondering if Samsung is really committed to the flip phone experience like Motorola seems to be.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 hands-on: A losing battle : Read more

 

[cknobman]

Thank you Samsung. Honestly, thank you.
I was afraid you would make the Flip 6 worth upgrading from the 5, but you did not.

Just saved a ton of money!

Maybe Samsung should look at a 2 year cadence instead of every year?
The yearly releases are too incremental and boring to really offer much worthwhile.

 

[GraniteStateColin]

Thank you Samsung. Honestly, thank you.
I was afraid you would make the Flip 6 worth upgrading from the 5, but you did not.

Just saved a ton of money!

Maybe Samsung should look at a 2 year cadence instead of every year?
The yearly releases are too incremental and boring to really offer much worthwhile.

Well, most people don't upgrade every year, but every year some % of users are in the market for a new phone. So, yeah, definitely doesn't seem worth upgrading if you already own a Fold or Flip 5, but good for Samsung to have a "new" model for whoever is upgrading in any given year from their 2-4 year-old phone. Plus, just as a product development rule, many small changes over time will often exceed a few big changes spread out over more time, just because it gives more opportunity for incremental updates and market feedback to help guide the development.

Personally, I'm hoping they'll get a 360 degree hinge and sturdier foldable displays in a Fold one of these years and ditch the weight and thickness and pointless cost of that external display. The external display only exists because the phone can't be folded 360 opens with the displays on the outside. That would also get me the tent mode that I really want ever since having it on the Surface Duo phones.

 

[dougpaw57]

Our hands-on with the Galaxy Z Flip 6 has us wondering if Samsung is really committed to the flip phone experience like Motorola seems to be.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 hands-on: A losing battle : Read more

The trade-in values from the past two years were $900 for a previous year flip. This year it's only $650. Made not buying the Flip 6 much easier.

 

[cknobman]

Personally, I'm hoping they'll get a 360 degree hinge and sturdier foldable displays in a Fold one of these years and ditch the weight and thickness and pointless cost of that external display. The external display only exists because the phone can't be folded 360 opens with the displays on the outside. That would also get me the tent mode that I really want ever since having it on the Surface Duo phones.

Now a 360 degree hinge might be an update worth upgrading for!

 

[hgoldner#CB]

Had the 4, upgraded to the 5, pre-ordered the 6. Motorola only offers 256g RAM. No IP48. And, almost as importantly, you have to deal with Motorola's nonexistent support. No, thank you.

 

[rvbfan]

My computer only has 64 GB ram. I'm guessing you're talking about storage.