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Over the past few years, the industry has had a silent debate over which term should describe foldable phones that have two hinges rather than one. Some named them dual-folding phones. Others called them tri-folding phones. What is a fold anyway? Is it the bend or the flap?
There doesn't seem to be a real consensus, and you will get different answers depending on where you look. Definitions from the study of geography and from printing won't always align. And even within the world of printing, things aren't always clear-cut.
Some define the Galaxy Z Fold 7 type of fold as a “half fold”; others call it a “single fold.” But the same sources that call the Galaxy Z Fold 7 a “half fold” also call the TriFold shape a “tri-fold.” So what is a dual-fold, then?
It just makes little sense. It all seems to be arbitrary. And I often called the form factor “dual-hinged” just to try to avoid overusing one confusing label or the other. But sometimes, neither can be avoided.
What grinds my gears now is that I hoped Samsung would use yesterday's Galaxy Z TriFold unveiling to make things clearer. Somehow, Samsung made things worse.
Yes, the phone's name is TriFold, but Samsung's own press release referred to it as a “dual-folding device.”
And come to think of it, even the Galaxy Z Fold series has the wrong name. Galaxy V Fold would've been more appropriate.
In printing, a Z-shaped fold is literally Z-shaped. The Huawei Mate XTs Ultimate is actually a Z-shaped folding phone. The Galaxy Z Fold is not. And neither is the TriFold.
None of this really matters all that much. It's just branding. But I hoped that Samsung would bring some clarity to this situation.
In the end, if Samsung can call the Galaxy Z TriFold a dual-folding phone, then I think it's time for me to care less about this whole thing.
But if you ask me, Samsung misnamed its foldable phones, except for the Flip series. There's no turning back now. We have to live in this weird universe Samsung helped create. And like Samsung, I, too, will use the terms interchangeably without paying much attention to what they might mean.
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There doesn't seem to be a real consensus, and you will get different answers depending on where you look. Definitions from the study of geography and from printing won't always align. And even within the world of printing, things aren't always clear-cut.
Some define the Galaxy Z Fold 7 type of fold as a “half fold”; others call it a “single fold.” But the same sources that call the Galaxy Z Fold 7 a “half fold” also call the TriFold shape a “tri-fold.” So what is a dual-fold, then?
It just makes little sense. It all seems to be arbitrary. And I often called the form factor “dual-hinged” just to try to avoid overusing one confusing label or the other. But sometimes, neither can be avoided.
Samsung named its Fold and TriFold phones wrong
What grinds my gears now is that I hoped Samsung would use yesterday's Galaxy Z TriFold unveiling to make things clearer. Somehow, Samsung made things worse.
Yes, the phone's name is TriFold, but Samsung's own press release referred to it as a “dual-folding device.”
And come to think of it, even the Galaxy Z Fold series has the wrong name. Galaxy V Fold would've been more appropriate.
In printing, a Z-shaped fold is literally Z-shaped. The Huawei Mate XTs Ultimate is actually a Z-shaped folding phone. The Galaxy Z Fold is not. And neither is the TriFold.
None of this really matters all that much. It's just branding. But I hoped that Samsung would bring some clarity to this situation.
In the end, if Samsung can call the Galaxy Z TriFold a dual-folding phone, then I think it's time for me to care less about this whole thing.
But if you ask me, Samsung misnamed its foldable phones, except for the Flip series. There's no turning back now. We have to live in this weird universe Samsung helped create. And like Samsung, I, too, will use the terms interchangeably without paying much attention to what they might mean.
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