Thin is not automatically better<\/p>\n
There is a catch. Space inside a phone is precious, and much of it goes to the battery. The Fold 8 fits a 4,800mAh cell into its frame. A thinner Fold 9 leaves less room for power, cooling, cameras and a durable hinge.<\/p>\n
A slimmer phone is only an upgrade if it still lasts the day and survives everyday life. That is why 7.9mm should be read as an ambition, not a promise. Samsung’s challenge is no longer to build the thinnest Fold possible. It is to build one that feels effortless.<\/p>\n
When the compromise disappears<\/p>\n
That may be what Samsung is really chasing with the Fold 9. Not another dramatic screen upgrade, not another clever hinge, not simply a smaller number on a spec sheet.<\/p>\n
The ideal is a phone that opens into a tablet when you want one, and otherwise vanishes into your day.<\/p>\n
If Samsung can make the Fold 9 thin enough, light enough and comfortable enough to carry, the biggest change may be psychological. You would no longer be carrying a foldable because you had made peace with its compromises.<\/p>\n
You would just be carrying your phone.<\/p>\n
Lakshana is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist with over a decade of experience. She covers a wide range of stories\u2014from community and health to mental health and inspiring people features. <\/p>\n
A passionate K-pop enthusiast, she also enjoys exploring the cultural impact of music and fandoms through her writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thin is not automatically better There is a catch. Space inside a phone is precious, and much of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[85,46,321,125],"class_list":["post-636393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}