Samsung Z Flip 3 vs. Humans – The Great Folding Test

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9 points·dquark··6 comments

I watch it every few hours and I'm thoroughly impressed. Samsung spec is 200k opens. If anybody is wondering why not use a robot: they did so because Motorola told another independent tester their robot is not representative of human folding action [1]

What is even more impressive is that they tried to throw dust, sand, water, ice on it and the display is still going strong. Only recently did the hinge start to wear down.

[1] https://news.wirefly.com/2020/02/08/motorola-razr-folding-te...

Man, I wish Apple made some cool phones. I love all the different phone designs that are coming out but I can’t stand Android.

Apple tends to work on their designs in-house and only reveal them when they feel like they are “ready for prime time”. It a different approach from Samsung who tends to launch things that are barely beyond prototype and then iterate on them in public. Samsung does get the benefit of real world feedback. Apple has the feedback to abandon a project if it doesn’t pan out. Different strategies.

Apple generally tends to wait to jump on a fad, unless its sure it wont be a disaster. They have to have the perfect “one more thing” moment. Foldable phones, are hard as in more moving parts, dangers of lint and dust getting stuck constantly. And I strongly feel a foldable iPhone would retail at $2000.

I wish I had an Apple phone with Android. I like their CPUs, but iOS is terrible IMO. It so impersonal (lacks customizaility) and it's a pain to use along with Linux (for loading media, etc).

I wish I could root the iMini and load AOSP.

In this test different people will fold the Samsung Z Flip 3 until it breaks.

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