▲ 364 ▼ Samsung is planning a 400-500$ foldable for 2024 (mashable.com) submitted 2 years ago by drmoose@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] kadu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Exusia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago There's a superthin glass under the layer of plastic, it's what cracks and breaks and gets all crunchy when you see broken ones with a rainbow in the middle. Jerryrigeverything has great teardown of em for how durable/fragile they really can be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is glass. Just very thin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kadu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago A 30 micron layer of "some SiO2 but mostly polycarbonate" is not what I'd call glass... But whatever makes Samsung investors sleep better at night, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago There's a superthin glass under the layer of plastic, it's what cracks and breaks and gets all crunchy when you see broken ones with a rainbow in the middle. Jerryrigeverything has great teardown of em for how durable/fragile they really can be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is glass. Just very thin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kadu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago A 30 micron layer of "some SiO2 but mostly polycarbonate" is not what I'd call glass... But whatever makes Samsung investors sleep better at night, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kadu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago A 30 micron layer of "some SiO2 but mostly polycarbonate" is not what I'd call glass... But whatever makes Samsung investors sleep better at night, I guess. permalink fedilink source parent