I don't know whether to thank or blame Apple for how Fold 7 turned out

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Apple is also to blame for the Fold 7's $2,000 price tag
With a starting price of $2,000, the
Fold 7 is more expensive than it has any right to be. And, considering the Fold 6 sold poorly, it was pretty bold of Samsung to increase the price again this year.
Factor in the rumor that says the
foldable iPhone will cost between $2,000 and $2,500, and it's easy to see where Samsung is going with this. Pricing often signals how premium a product is, and by bringing the price of the
Fold 7 at the same level as the rumored
foldable iPhone , the company wants to make sure that customers don't think of its product as being inferior to the
rumored handset .
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Samsung argues that removing the feature allowed it to make the phone thinner, and I am no phone maker, but I do think that Samsung would have found a way to make it work if it wanted to.
However, I am not surprised, as Apple seems to have this strange effect on companies and
foldable iPhone , Samsung omitted the one thing that gave it an edge.
At the end of the day,
Galaxy
Z
Fold 7 got more things right than wrong, and that's what matters I guess. It also makes me more excited about the
iPhone Fold or whatever it will end up being called. While I still can't justify dropping $2,000 on a
foldable phone , I do think that if there's one company that will make
foldable phones go mainstream, it's Apple, and once more people start buying them, they may become more affordable.
I think we aren't creating enough fuss about the removal of the S Pen functionality. This has been a hallmark of high-end Samsung phones since the Note days, and for Samsung to just casually ditch it doesn't sit right with me.Samsung argues that removing the feature allowed it to make the phone thinner, and I am no phone maker, but I do think that Samsung would have found a way to make it work if it wanted to.However, I am not surprised, as Apple seems to have this strange effect on companies and makes them do things they swore they would never do . In a bid to make a phone that will rival the, Samsung omitted the one thing that gave it an edge.At the end of the day,got more things right than wrong, and that's what matters I guess. It also makes me more excited about theor whatever it will end up being called. While I still can't justify dropping $2,000 on a, I do think that if there's one company that will makego mainstream, it's Apple, and once more people start buying them, they may become more affordable.
These improvements mean that customers won't feel like they are missing out when they go for a Samsung foldable instead of a bendable device from another manufacturer. The updated design also brings it closer to normal phones, which don't feel like a brick in your hands. The wider outer display looks more like a traditional phone right now, so it won't feel cramped when you are using the phone in the folded state.While it's true that Samsung had been losing ground to Chinese rivals and foldable sales had been slumping, the fact that it took so long for the company to make the desired changes indicates that the South Korean giant is worried about the impending threat that's, which Apple is expected to announce next year.Rumor says that Apple doesn't want to leave any stone unturned to make athat's as close to a conventional iPhone as it's possible. Apple allegedly isn't willing to compromise on things such as crease and thickness, which are problems that plagued the early generations ofSamsung may have faltered, but it still has the lion's share of the foldable market. While its brand image might have been enough to preserve its standing, that magic won't work once theis released, and Samsung knows that. This is perhaps the reason why it has started takingseriously again.