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To   : TLDR
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Jan 03 2024 01:23 pm

  Re: SpaceX launches cell satellites 🛰️, impending Bitcoin ETF 🪙, LLMs and programming in 2024 👨�
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  By: TLDR to tldr@synchro.net on Wed Jan 03 2024 11:35 am

 >  Foldables emerged as a differentiator in the premium smartphone
 > market in 2023. Apple ended the year with a 71% share of the premium
 > smartphone market due to competition from Huawei and Samsung. While
 > global smartphone sales have been down, the premium segment is set to
 > grow 6% year-on-year. Consumers are willing to spend more to get a
 > higher quality device that will last longer and promotions, sales, and
 > financing options make the devices accessible to a larger market.

I've seen a lot of foldables at the T-Mobile store. I've seen very few foldables in person (I fly a lot, so I see a lot of phones, mostly iPhones).

Personally, I don't get it: I don't want a crease in my screen. It's getting harder for me to see/use a phone screen (far-sighted), so the last thing I want is more distortion/glare because the screen folds.

Apple probably has a foldable as an experiment or in the works for production. I think their differentiator is their software, which has always been better (IMHO) than the competition. They tend have have high standards for their hardware too. So at least in my circle, I don't see their mobile dominance going away any time soon.
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