Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/02/samsungs-folding-galaxy-z-fl.html
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Unfortunately for the leaker, Samsung now has their fingerprint…
…and retina scan.
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I loved the GameBoy Advance SP. I played an obsessive amount of Super Puzzle Fighter on that thing.
Nintendo is so good at designing handheld game systems.
Also, the phone looks cool, I guess 
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I do not particularly want this or anything like this.
But I love that we are heading away from the homogeneity of smartphone designs we have had for ages.
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Don’t worry, they’ve improved it. This one will last TWO months.
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I wonder if it’s locked in some sort of pre-release mode; or if our leaker appreciates leaving the “Information Security Solution” screen up while spilling secrets?
That UI is authentically Samsung, at least.
Going backward is the new forward.
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Saw one at work.
I mistook it for a new razr until I noticed the hole punch camera up top.
The guy said he liked it but wasn’t sure if we were going to add it to the fleet. The first fold was a QA joke.
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Looks like a very chunky, early model of those cool phones they had in the black mirror episode striking vipers. One of those i wanted, this… not so much.
So phone companies accept that people are quite able to handle thicker phones, and as such don’t need to sacrifice battery size/headphone jacks/replaceable batteries just to be thin for its own sake? Cool!
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Those older phones looked similar, but not the same, like today’s are. A current model iPhone and Samsung are so similar a non tech person cannot tell the difference at sight. I mean, that’s probably because Samsung made the glass for both of them, but that’s besides the point.
You used to have a choice between stick phone, flip phone, slide phone, and some insane design phone (there was a cube phone once I almost bought), but now it’s “would you like the small piece of glass or the large piece of glass?”.
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Good point, well made. Although I’d note that they aren’t mutually exclusive - you could have varied physical form AND multiple OS’ and apps.
All kidding aside, wasn’t there at least talk about eyeglasses/goggles with integral cell phone capabilities?
Don’t see why not. I have a pair of sunglasses I use when I mow the lawn that have built in flip down bluetooth headphones. I can (and have, accidentally) use it to make a call.
They were some random whim purchase one very late night. Weren’t even expensive.
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