Discussion - The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is about to lose to this upcoming foldable, and I know the name of the game

Until they're readily available in the US, (which will never happen) it doesn't matter. Nothing to worry about. I wish we had access to Chinese phones. I don't think most people here realize there are other phones than Galaxies & iPhones. I never see anything else out in the wild. Not even Pixels.

This article is irrelavent. You cannot get these phones in the USA, so why compare to other USA phone. The only wide in the USA so fare is the Fold 8. So they are not going to lose. Get the article name correct.

"This article is irrelavent. You cannot get these phones in the USA, so why compare to other USA phone."

Couple things here:

1. *irrelevant.
2. Samsung foldables are not just "USA phone" & are sold in markets outside of America where other foldables are & because the US isn't the only market out there, the comparison still stands.

"If *efficiency* is your primary concern, yes. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 will be Qualcomm's first 2 nm chip..."

The smaller the die, the SoC will benefit more from efficiency than it does from power, though it achieves both. By lowering power draw and thermal output (efficiency) during heavy tasks, this allows high clock speeds (power).

Have you met The Average Dad? He imports all kinds of phones like Honor, Oppo, Xiomi, etc. He often has a China version and a Global version, he is in the UK but can ship to most anywhere incl US/Can/Mex and you are buying from his importer business, not Ali Express or something sketchy, and he has a YouTube channel where he explains all the phones in a review style so you can learn about them.

I haven't bought from him yet but I've been lurking for a while and watching his videos. Now that OnePlus is no longer available in the US, I may go through him for the OnePlus 16, or maybe an Oppo once I'm ready to upgrade.

Why would you pay triple the price for a phone without a warranty and all the features not supported..until they sell to the usa don't make the mistake I have before and there is zero warranty if imported

Oh I'm sorry I thought this was a USA article not world news lol "&" and they obviously then will not overcome the USA market who cares about anywhere else. Probably won't pass that either

Phone Arena isn't even based in the USA. 🤦🏽 You're also using the quotation marks incorrectly, Joey. SMH.

Not everyone's experience will be the same as yours. And I'm not sure where you got triple the price from.

Triple the price? Please show me which phone you are talking about.

Let's take the Oppo Find N6 for example, AverageDad has it for $1,946 (taxes included, just pay shipping). 12-mo warranty is included and outlined here.

If you go directly to the Oppo website, it's ¥10,999 for the same storage/memory/color, which converts to $1,636. (Taxes are extra, so is warranty). If you add that + shipping, you're probably getting close the The Average Dad pricing and still no warranty (unless you paid the extra).

Here's another example: Average Dad has RedMagic 11s Pro for $1,306 (warranty+taxes included, just pay shipping).

On the RedMagic website, it's $899 + taxes extra on top of that (but it's out of stock, so good luck getting one from them).

The only thing not included when purchasing from The Average Dad is you have to pay shipping, but you will pay a similar price for a similar amount of product.