• KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz
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    11 days ago

    Whose brilliant idea was it to demo this with a wallpaper that looks like a shitty diagonal screen fold?

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      11 days ago

      Because they’re fragile. You don’t want your screen to die on the first drop.

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        11 days ago

        and you don’t want it full of scratches, since cover glasses and protection cases will probably be quite complicated for these monstrosities?

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      11 days ago

      Because they’re fragile. You don’t want your screen to die on the first drop.

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        11 days ago

        and you don’t want it full of scratches, since cover glasses and protection cases will probably be quite complicated for these monstrosities?

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    11 days ago

    Impressive from an engineering standpoint and it’s only going to get more refined. Give it 5-10 years and maybe they will be durable enough for regular use.

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    11 days ago

    I don’t want large phones that get even larger. I want a large phones that becomes smaller for my pocket.

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      2 days ago

      Get a Fold 7. It’s the same size as your average flagship when folded. But be warned: Once you get used to having a tablet in your pocket, there’s no going back. It’s especially great for restaurant menus, mobile games, and YouTube.

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      11 days ago

      This is why I got a Razr. Once the technology becomes common, I dream of a regular size phone that shrinks to a matchbook or something.

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        10 days ago

        Same here. I didn’t understand why anyone would want a double thick (or now triple thick 🫨) phablet that folds out into a full tablet.

        The razr I bought two years ago is the first phone that comfortably fits in my pocket in like a decade.

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    10 days ago

    This means that there is a wrong way to fold the phone, but the phone has automatic vibrating and visual alerts to keep you from doing that

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    11 days ago

    It sucks. I know its not for everyone and for sure its gonna cost €€€€.
    The foldable phone are fine, yet expensive and not so widely used.

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    10 days ago

    This technology is wasted on smartphones. We need this on laptop screens.

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      9 days ago

      Nah its perfect, I always forget or dont wanna carry my tablet, trifold is the perfect size for reading comics when I feel like it. Also a decent size screen for shows and android desktop potentially. Android desktop seems to be moving towards linux support maybe. I stopped following along.