Well Samsung thinks it is. Witness the new Samsung Fold, one of the most interesting cellphones I'll never own.

Pricey... but friggin cool

The $2K cell phone?

Not on my planet.

$200 is my limit...but my phone is a Galaxy S 5...

wish i could get a new (old) startac

The Guy Has Steve Jobs Level Of Delivery. Something Huge That Apple Lost....

i don't know, that is a pretty lackluster initial announcement at the beginning. very hesitant applause at 1:08 ish

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posted February 20, 2019 04:47 PMHide Postwish i could get a new (old) startac

My friend's bother still uses his digital Startac. He bought a smartphone and it thoroughly baffles him.

Just trying to combine the phone and tablet.

Cool but I don't need one... yet.

It's 2019 and they're introducing a flip phone???

A phone that folds into a tablet...cool.

A phone that can multi-task your Google map of San Fran and the poop app at the same time?



Priceless!

Apples turn to introduce the iphone Wad. You just wad it up and stuff it in your pocket.

Westworld....getting there

Will they take my antenna brick phone for an even up trade?

Pretty slick though I have no use for it.
Though I thought the stage/screen for the presentation was really slick.

This is the technology that will lead to televisions that wrap onto a wall and is clear when not in use....Total Recall opening scene...here we go!

I think the takeaway here is that this 'Flip' phone, given its design and software, is a huge departure from the current cellphone paradigm we've seen for a number of years. How it impacts the rest of the cellular market remains to be seen, but it will be interesting to see 'if' its successful, what it does to other players like Apple, whose design and innovations have slowed. And Samsung is not the only manufacturer bringing a foldable cellphone to market this year...

Personally, it doesn't directly impact me given I have a ceiling of around $500-$700 maximum for my cellular purchases. How this phone might impact phones in that price range somewhere down the road however remains to be seen.

Impressive phone, but how long will it last? I barely get 2 years usage on current non removable battery phones.

EasyFire

I wouldn’t call it a $2,000.00 cellphone...I’d call it a $2,000.00 foldable computer with, by the way, mobile phone functionality.

It doesn’t look very practical.

... let’s let Apple perfect it and see where we’re at then.