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Some iPhone Duo screens are already failing (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

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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  • [–] 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    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 point 2 days ago

    I'm guessing Apple couldn't really go nab engineers or use designs from the Chinese brands that also have done folding screens for a while. And I'm guessing Samsung wouldn't want to give them without eating too much into Apple's margins.

    That's a lot of assumptions on my part though, and you know how that goes.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    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.

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