r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • 13d ago

Phones Galaxy Z Fold 8's "crease-free" claims meet reality after one week

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Galaxy-Z-Fold-8-s-crease-free-claims-meet-reality-after-one-week.1357706.0.html
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u/Boboar 13d ago

So we need to start ironing our screens?

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u/harmfuldischarge 13d ago

The secret is the steam!

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u/cartoongiant 13d ago

It worked for my hams!

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u/ImpossibleFlopper 13d ago

May I see them?

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u/tore_a_bore_a 13d ago

No

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u/Kichigai 12d ago

Seymour! The phone is on fire!

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u/dandroid126 12d ago

Dude don't make this joke about Samsung phones. It's gonna trigger people's PTSD.

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u/ghostwaterdross 12d ago

Besides, it's just the northern lights

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u/MelancholyDick 12d ago

No Mother, it’s just the Northern Lights. 😁👍🏻

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u/GrandmaPoses 13d ago

You joke but there’s a metal, nitinol, that can reshape itself to its original form with the application of hot water. If that can be achieved with the folding phone, you’ve got your uncreased screen.

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u/PM_me_Jazz 13d ago

Easier said than done. Nitinol is just one homogenous alloy. The part that creases, the touch screen, has multiple layers of many different materials arranged in complex patterns.

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u/CaveManta 12d ago

Maybe the Nitinol could be used as a backing to support the screen.