The amazing thing about Samsung’s new folding phones is their normalcy

# Samsung's New Folding Phones Are Actually Boring Now—And That's Good Samsung's latest folding phones aren't exciting novelties anymore—they're becoming regular products that millions of people actually use, which means the company has solved enough of the early design problems to make them practical. After seven generations and tens of millions of units sold worldwide, folding phones have moved from being a gimmicky experiment to a legitimate option alongside traditional flat-screen phones. The real story is that Samsung has figured out how to make folding phones that work reliably, which is how any technology becomes truly mainstream.
Recently, when talking to Samsung Electronics America Executive VP of Mobile Experience Dave Das about the company’s new Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra phones, I offhandedly referred to the whole category of folding phones as “a novelty.” Das didn’t tell me I was wrong. But he did politely
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