The Great Folding Test Vol. II
VS
If a machine folds a smartphone hundreds of thousands of times in a lab, does anybody care?
What about if people fold it by hand?
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1/7
Smartphone producers seem to think consumers will be impressed by their ratings of 400,000+
folds, performed in a more controlled setting and most likely by a machine designed to fold the
smartphone only in the way it was intended. But machines aren’t human.
2/7
Humans have been known to break things just by “looking” at them. Of course, we all seem to
think we look with our hands, and often forget our hands are strong enough to break what we
“look at.” It’s almost instinctual for us to bend something until it breaks. Foldable smartphones
are no exception, and our team of volunteers with Mrkeybrd (aka Kuba Klawiter) are ready to embrace
that great human tradition for a second summer in a row. We will flip and fold the newest Galaxy
Z Flip 5 until it begs for mercy!
3/7
As misery loves company, the new foldable Motorola RAZR will be tested alongside the Z Flip 5 to see
who will break first. That’s right - two foldable smartphones, two rotating folders, and an
unknown amount of time to livestream the whole event.
4/7
Testing a pair of phones is fitting, for this will be the The Great Folding Test Vol.2 - Z Flip Vs RAZR. Last
year we saw humans push the Z Flip 3 past its manufacturer stated limits until it gave out at
around 418,500 folds. Our Sisyphean endeavor caught the attention of news media across the
globe with coverage ranging from ———> Android Authority in the US, ——–> Mashable in India, ———> Tom’s Guide
in France, ———> Gizomochina, and a few threads across subreddits like ———> r/GalaxyFold and ———> r/zflip3.
5/7
We pushed the limits of the phone for so long that we accidentally found the limits of Youtube’s
live stream recording: at least 142 hours. The recording disappeared from our channel after the
event ended, but you can catch a ———> timelapse of last year’s event on ———> Mrkeybrd’s channel.
6/7
This year, once we (hopefully) pass the manufacturer stated limits, we will be subjecting the
phones to more varied tests - temperature, water, drop tests - the works. This is where the
human element of the test will shine. While planning last year’s test, Kuba discussed with his
team how machines don’t use a phone like people do. And then the idea formed - to actually
have people fold, flip, and otherwise use the phone.
7/7
We humans are imprecise beings, with a noticeable lack of care for things not attached to our
body (and even sometimes that isn’t enough!). In the hands of consumers, these phones will go
on boat rides, spend sunny days at the beach, fall in the snow, be tossed into water, and
generally get mishandled and misshapen by the chaotic nature of people. Despite this, humans
survive and sometimes even thrive, and we hope that these phones will too!
Please come join us and find out on date at link below.
1/7
Smartphone producers seem to think consumers will be impressed by their ratings of 400,000+
folds, performed in a more controlled setting and most likely by a machine designed to fold the
smartphone only in the way it was intended. But machines aren’t human.
2/7
Humans have been known to break things just by “looking” at them. Of course, we all seem to
think we look with our hands, and often forget our hands are strong enough to break what we
“look at.” It’s almost instinctual for us to bend something until it breaks. Foldable smartphones
are no exception, and our team of volunteers with Mrkeybrd (aka Kuba Klawiter) are ready to embrace
that great human tradition for a second summer in a row. We will flip and fold the newest Galaxy
Z Flip 5 until it begs for mercy!
3/7
As misery loves company, the new foldable Motorola RAZR will be tested alongside the Z Flip 5 to see
who will break first. That’s right - two foldable smartphones, two rotating folders, and an
unknown amount of time to livestream the whole event.
4/7
Testing a pair of phones is fitting, for this will be the The Great Folding Test Vol.2 - Z Flip Vs RAZR. Last
year we saw humans push the Z Flip 3 past its manufacturer stated limits until it gave out at
around 418,500 folds. Our Sisyphean endeavor caught the attention of news media across the
globe with coverage ranging from ———> Android Authority in the US, ——–> Mashable in India, ———> Tom’s Guide
in France, ———> Gizomochina, and a few threads across subreddits like ———> r/GalaxyFold and ———> r/zflip3.
5/7
We pushed the limits of the phone for so long that we accidentally found the limits of Youtube’s
live stream recording: at least 142 hours. The recording disappeared from our channel after the
event ended, but you can catch a ———> timelapse of last year’s event on ———> Mrkeybrd’s channel.
6/7
This year, once we (hopefully) pass the manufacturer stated limits, we will be subjecting the
phones to more varied tests - temperature, water, drop tests - the works. This is where the
human element of the test will shine. While planning last year’s test, Kuba discussed with his
team how machines don’t use a phone like people do. And then the idea formed - to actually
have people fold, flip, and otherwise use the phone.
7/7
We humans are imprecise beings, with a noticeable lack of care for things not attached to our
body (and even sometimes that isn’t enough!). In the hands of consumers, these phones will go
on boat rides, spend sunny days at the beach, fall in the snow, be tossed into water, and
generally get mishandled and misshapen by the chaotic nature of people. Despite this, humans
survive and sometimes even thrive, and we hope that these phones will too!
Please come join us and find out on date at link below.
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