7 innovations that help Samsung’s Galaxy Fold smartphone catch the eye
- If size matters, then the device’s seamless switch from a 4.6-inch screen to a 7.3-inch tablet will be sure to impress
Samsung's “next big thing” in 2019 is a truly ambitious new take on the smartphone: a device that unfolds from a small smartphone into a bigger tablet.
Having finally seen the Galaxy Fold in action during a Samsung presentation last Wednesday, we’ve broken down the seven coolest things about it right here:
1. Let’s start with the show-stopper: yes, the Galaxy Fold transforms from a smartphone into a tablet
2. The transition from smartphone to tablet is seamless ... more or less
Having opened Google Maps on the smartphone side of the Galaxy Fold, the same app – running in a larger form factor to match the tablet – opens seamlessly when the phone is unfolded.
Samsung calls this “app continuity”, and the concept is really simple: anything you start doing on the smartphone side of the phone needs to continue seamlessly when you open it into tablet mode (and vice versa).
In so many words, both the smartphone screen and the tablet screen need to reflect the same computing system. And with the Galaxy Fold, they do.