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Re: Switch 2 Predicted To Cost "$400 Or More"

Mommar

@TenEighty That would make sense except if you follow the inflation rate all of those numbers track pretty well from the 80's to 2017. It's after that things get completely messed up. Every point along the way you're looking at a $20-$40 split which would explain the $50 upticks. Even the extra charge for the OLED makes sense in 22(?) tracks. Between 17 and now it's nearly $100 so the system jumping to $399 makes sense. They didn't always go to the next $50 bound on the systems (manufacturing and parts fluctuate within that), so a $379 might be feasible. But things have gone pretty sideways the last few years.

Re: Patent Suggests Samsung May Create Its Own Foldable Handheld Console

Mommar

@N00BiSH I had a Samsung Z4 Fold for two years and now have a Z6 Fold. I love them. The wireless died on the first one after about a year and I had to get a replacement but since I paid the extra $200 for the Samsung coverage I had a replacement in three days. Samsung could do a better job getting them thinner and decreasing the crease in the middle (which I've heard they have greatly reduced in the Korea/China only Z6 Special Edition) but otherwise they've been pretty great. I like being able to multi-task and do stuff like do financial planning and look at accounts at the same time. I watch videos on it all the time. And it works fantastic for reading books/comic books... as long as you aren't in direct sunlight. I have also splurged and got the $2100 1TB model both times because I also DJ and I move A LOT of music onto the phone to preview while driving/traveling. The one downside, which Google addressed on the Pixel 9 Fold, is that the front screen while closed is every so slightly too skinny to be comfortable to use. The P9F has a screen that is the width of every other normal phone so you can whip it out on the go without having to open it up. My thought is if you're constantly go-go-go most of the Fold phones won't work for you. If you have time to sit the the fold is really useful.

There's also a rumor Samsung is going to try out a tri-fold (which is really a tri-screen, bi-fold) that will open up into a full 10" tablet which I would be all for if it were thin enough to

Not really sure about this weird "dust" issue people talk about. I live in New Mexico where dust is a way of life, never had a problem with dust or creases.