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#Samsung’s foldables will never flourish until they’re as good as regular phones

#Samsung’s foldables will never flourish until they’re as good as regular phones

At yesterday’s Samsung Unpacked, the tech giant announced its new foldables: the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3.

You can go and read all about the update to the phones (as well as the other products the company announced) right here, but I’d like to focus on the major takeaway of this event — the price drop.

Yep, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 now start at $1,799 and $999, respectively. This is down from $2,000 and $1,450 last time around. Effectively, the price of the Flip 3 has been reduced by a third. 

That’s an insane discount for a piece of premium tech.

It’s pretty clear why Samsung is slashing the prices of its folding phones: to try and get the public to buy them.

Now, I’ve seen a lot of discussion in the tech sphere about what it’d take for foldables to go mainstream. Is it about price? Form factor? How they actually fit into your daily workflow? The list goes on and on.

But it’s much simpler than all this hand-wringing suggests. People will use foldables when they’re as good as regular phones. That’s it.

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 foldable
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