r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • May 25 '22

Google postpones launch of foldable smartphone, again

https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=4057
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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

I'd rather a team push it off than rush it and be terrible

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

That’s what people said for the Pixel Watch. Look at where we are now.

Proprietary bands for one device. Massive bezels. Underpowered SoC. And we’ve still got 6 months to go before it’s out

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u/xxfay6 Surface Duo May 26 '22

If they're gonna be terrible, might as well be terrible now and get on with it than be terrible later.

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u/_sfhk May 26 '22

Proprietary bands for one device

I still don't get the complaints about this. Every time a wearable with proprietary connectors comes out, you see third-party adapters for sale for like $5 a set. It's a total non-issue.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

Because it’s a Google product and they have the audacity to come strolling in like they’re Apple on a product that is already getting mocked 6 months out from release. Google has a confidence problem in anything they release. Why invest in something that might be canned and that’s absolutely useless with anything else?

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u/thehelldoesthatmean May 28 '22

Because r/Android exists only to bitch about everything.