Discussion - The Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy S26 Ultra make me want to switch to the iPhone 18 Pro Max

Love this. You said out loud what I was waiting for someone to say about Xiaomi... Thus confirming, I am not the only one that's noticed this.

Points were laid out and explained well, looking forward to your future work and might even go catch up on a bit of your past essays.

That means a lot, thank you :D

Apple produce great phone, but do apple copy others, yes. But 🍎 reinvent. Apple do not rush in for new technology, they refine it with a nice name, marketing as it was invented by apple 🍎, is copy to me. Every tech company copy, as long as they not entangled in patents infringement legal issue .......

Comparing foldable phone to non foldable phone, conclusion? Non foldable phone is better ? Is not even direct comparison.

So let me get this straight:

You’re comparing a foldable device meant for multitasking with traditional slab flagships, complaining about camera and display trade-offs, and your ultimate deciding factor to switch ecosystems is... a Burgundy color?

​Comparing a Fold to a Pro Max is comparing apples to oranges—foldables always trade hardware space for screen real estate. But tossing technical logic out the window just for a phone color sounds like clickbait logic, not a serious flagship review

The issue isn't about criticizing Xiaomi, but rather the double standards present in the article:

​The author criticized Xiaomi for introducing Privacy Display technology and sacrificing screen quality and viewing angles... yet in the very same article, he admitted that Samsung made the exact same mistake with the S26 Ultra and degraded screen quality for the same reason!

​The funny thing is, he treated Samsung's move as 'just a flaw you could look past,' while considering Xiaomi's move 'a reason to write them off completely!'

​When an author applies two different standards to the exact same technical flaw, and then decides to switch to an iPhone purely for a color (Burgundy), it clearly shows that the argument is built on a contradictory personal impression, not a neutral technical evaluation

I've been a Samsung guy since iphone12. Never looked back. I've had all the folds, flips, and Ultras. I had a Ultra 26, traded for a Fold 8. Best thing I ever did. I've had it since day 1 and it's still fun.

If you need a telephoto lens that bad, and you're that much into photography, get yourself a nice digital camera. It'll always better than a phone.