[jsgo]

Due to best screen available.

In that sometimes you only have your phone with you. Outside of the normal status-y nature of high end phones, I could see this being valuable to an exec/management as this would allow them to review Excel documents and PDFs on the fly when in situations where booting up a work laptop isn't ideal or possible (laying in bed, at an airport waiting on flights, etc.). In that particular scenario it is putting a gun to the head of work/life balance, but it is a scenario I could see it used.

I'm interested in the form factor mostly for consolidation: with eGPU, I've consolidated my laptop and gaming desktop into just a laptop that plugs into the eGPU when at home and this form factor would negate a real need for a tablet for reading, video consumption, or what have you.

I personally prefer the Chinese ones where the bend is on the outside (mostly because the Galaxy Fold closed seems like an absurd waste of real estate), but I'm glad Samsung and others are working on this. It isn't a problem really, but it eliminates the need for so many different types of electronics if 2 bigger ones are consolidated into one device.

[simonwhite87]

"It isn't a problem really" - I think that's my problem with it - of course I appreciate the engineering involved in producing a consumer grade foldable screen but I just can't figure out who the target audience is.

[stetrain]

Do you mean for this particular tech demonstrator device or for a future ideal folding screen device?

I think the latter is easy to see a market for, anyone who currently uses both a phone and a tablet or e-reader who would prefer a single device that fits in a pocket.