Damon Beres notes that the situation with folding displays is quickly going to hell.
Enter Samsung’s Galaxy Fold, a kind of metal and glass taco that could define a new category of personal device — provided the company can get the thing to work. Several tech writers accidentally broke the gadget’s foldable display shortly after receiving review units, which led Samsung to delay the Galaxy Fold’s launch indefinitely. On Monday, the company said it would provide an update in the “next few weeks.” (Samsung’s official preorder link for the Galaxy Fold now leads to a 404 page.)
But even if Samsung eventually says it has worked out the kinks, you shouldn’t buy one. Not yet, anyway. There are the obvious problems that go beyond the breakable display. The Galaxy Fold is gut-blastingly expensive at $1,980, and review units contained design flaws that were revealed in a teardown by iFixit. (Facing pressure from Samsung, iFixit later removed its examination “out of respect” to the partner that leaked the phone.)
Unrepairable at any cost short of buying a new one, too.
Skull fence-toppers for your haunt or garden
The Build Cave is a California-based prop-maker whose Etsy store is focused on decor for haunters with an emphasis on haunted, vintage elevators (!!), and which includes these delightful resin skull fence-toppers designed to be affixed to PVC pipe verticals and painted; they’re $95/dozen. (via Creepbay)
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The Intercept’s top security expert reviews Helm, a standalone home email server that keeps your comms out of Big Tech’s data-centers
Last October, a startup called Helm announced a $500, plug-and-play home email server that was designed to be a secure, decentralized, privacy-oriented alternative to using one of Big Tech’s email systems like Gmail, an option that was potentially even more robust than using email from a privacy-oriented provider like Riseup or Protonmail because your metadata […]
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This super-clean sponge scrubs without collecting bacteria
We shouldn’t be surprised that sponges – the very things you use to clean dishes – are breeding grounds for odor and germs. It’s a sponge, after all. It absorbs things, including all that muck from your plates. Which is why calling the Better Sponge a sponge is a bit of a misnomer. It’s definitely […]
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Get these lightweight Bluetooth earbuds for over 70% off
Wireless headphones aren’t a mind-bending thing anymore now that Apple made them the standard thing-to-be-outraged-over-in-the-new-iPhone fare, thereby killing the cool factor. But let’s be reasonable here. Wires really are a pain when you’re running, trying to get off the bus, or even just standing up from your desk. Wireless headphones make sense, they just don’t […]
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Save more than 50% on the ultimate travel charger
You take your gadgets everywhere. You should able to power them up everywhere and do it easily. It doesn’t seem like a lot to ask, but here you are with multiple cords littering the bottom of your commuter bag or laptop case. That’s why our new traveling companion is the GOSPACE SuperCharger, and it might […]
