Weekly poll results: the OnePlus Open is great, but buyers balk at the price

Economies of scale mean that once a product becomes popular, it costs less too. But that causes a Catch-22 – it’s difficult for an expensive product to become popular. Right now that is the problem facing foldables, especially the horizontal variety.

Last week’s poll shows that the OnePlus Open is a very promising phone. It might even be the best in class that the markets outside of China have seen. And yet… well, the pie chart speaks for itself, 40% of voters have interest in the Open, but find it too pricey.

To be fair, it costs less than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold5 (unless you get in…

​ Economies of scale mean that once a product becomes popular, it costs less too. But that causes a Catch-22 – it’s difficult for an expensive product to become popular. Right now that is the problem facing foldables, especially the horizontal variety.

Last week’s poll shows that the OnePlus Open is a very promising phone. It might even be the best in class that the markets outside of China have seen. And yet… well, the pie chart speaks for itself, 40% of voters have interest in the Open, but find it too pricey.

To be fair, it costs less than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold5 (unless you get in…   Read More GSMArena.com – Latest articles