and A very unscientific Twitter pollTechRadar EiC Lance Ulanoff asked iPhone users if they were more interested in the iPhone Flip or the iPad Fold. Neither of these products exist today, but I thought they would likely exist someday, so I thought they were interesting enough to keep an eye on.
I found that the majority of iPhone users said they weren’t interested in either. Breakdown, if you’re interested:
- iPhone Flip: 13.4%
- iPad Fold: 12.8%
- Both: 10.7%
- Neutral: 63.1%
Those numbers will change as Apple releases foldable products. This is something almost every iPhone user will appreciate. “my The company you love makes the best, this is great“I can already hear it.
Apple is certainly considering foldable devices and has far more insight than we could glean from a Twitter poll only accessible to 100,000 people, but this says a lot about the state of the smartphone fandom. Mostly as strong and stupid as ever.
This is not just an Apple problem. If so, I wouldn’t bother writing about it because I have little interest in Apple’s mobile offerings. Good things are everywhere, but not for me. I tried.
The same surveys asking about the Galaxy Fold and Flip follow a similar pattern, although they don’t come up with the same numbers. People who use Samsung products will be interested, and people who don’t will say they don’t have one.
I’m crazy It seems like more than confirmation bias — I spent XXX bucks, so I should feel like I spent it wisely — than objectivity, at least in my eyes, that means worse: people is ready and my favorite company will spit it out if they say it’s better.
We all have things we enjoy and use. That’s not what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about the idea that brands and companies actually care about something other than revenue. Your favorite tech company only cares about your wallet and will do or say anything to get into your wallet.
Palm couldn’t beat BlackBerry. Motorola was no better than HTC. Samsung is no better than Google. One of their products may have worked better for you, but at the company level they were all the same: profit-driven. Sometimes predatory and rarely punished for it .
I like to make myself an example of what not to do, so I’m continuing that tradition.I have a Pixel 6 Pro. My current phone works fine and I don’t want to get a new phone because I like to keep my money in the bank instead of giving it to someone else. I’m also enamored with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, and if the company finds a way to make the exterior screen more usable (it’s happening), I might buy it.
Where I’m a little different than some people is that I don’t like Google as a company. I also don’t like Samsung, Apple or Motorola as companies. I like some of their products and use them, but I’m not going to be a fanboy except for one: Sony.
Before I see or touch a Sony product, I don’t know why I like it, but I do. I know it’s silly, but Sony doesn’t give me any love in return. Buy Sony cameras before buying other brands. If I can afford it, I will buy Sony phones over other brands. I have a little-used PlayStation 5 console hooked up to a Sony TV.Even your favorite beat-around headphones (opens in new tab) Made by Sony.
I’ll frankly admit that other products might suit my needs better than Sony’s, but for some reason, this doesn’t matter. I love Sony the way people love Apple, Google, and Samsung.
This is not good. It means that we are more likely to miss bad products or bad things about certain products, as people have been doing since the early days of the tech boom.
The EVO vs. Droid forum war never quite went away. When it comes to your favorite smartphone, players have simply changed. What we need to change is not to think it’s wrong when “they” do it, but to realize it’s wrong when we do it.
