How does everyone here feel about foldable phones?

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Well, as promised, we are talking foldable this week. The excitement is palpable, and it looks like the rest of our mod team have already started the conversation here. Go check it out.

I honestly don’t know very much about foldable phones, so I’ll let the rest of our (very smart and knowledgeable) mod team handle this one this week. :)

Last thing for future reference at the end of the week, we also have a great thread discussing foldables here too, go check it out if you want more great discussions.

pewgar_seemsimandroid,

no calyx no use

Kevnyon,
@Kevnyon@lemmy.world avatar

I might buy a flip foldable in the future (so either the Samsung flip or the Motorola RAZR) because I like the idea of using my phone less if I can do at least some things on the outside screen + I like the idea of propping the phone up on itself for videos and photos. I really don’t need a book type foldable, but the clamshell just has something to it… In the future.

szczuroarturo,

Honestly im considering buying one Just for the gimkick factor alone. I do like phones that have some gimmick. About the actual usefulness of said gimmick. Well i bought note once for the gimmick alone. Have i ever used the pencil. Only for solving nonograms. Nothing more. Folding phones gimmick on the other hand seems to be way better than the note gimkick, particualry the fold series, flips are questionable alghtough arguably they Look more cool. But the durability of both seems sketchy at Best, especialy since my notę 4 is still used in my family by my grandma and it still feels snapy to use.

So would i buy one. Not really. The thing with my old note 4 was that i managed to buy it used for a very reasonable price and im not sure i would touch used folding phone with a 3 feet pole, and a full priced 1000$ phones are a scam as far as i am concerned. If you want fun gimmick i Would honestly recomend rog phone 6 instead ( cool, should be reasonably priced, fun aestethic ) or a hopefully soon to be fairphone 5 (i never thought i would call removable battery a gimmick but here we are in 2023) . But If you swim in money by any means buy a flip or fold,why not.

st33fo,
@st33fo@lemmy.world avatar

I want to try a flip style foldable. Maybe moto or Samsung’s (good moto trade in when🙃). It’s been a while since I’ve seen a phone and go damn, that’s eye candy. There’ll probably be funky quirks no doubt, but a modern flip phone just looks awesome.

root,

Personally I find the current range of phone options simply too huge. Having owned a Sony Z3 Compact followed by the XZ1 Compact, I didn’t have many choices. I ended up with the Asus Zenfone 8.

I really like the formfactor of the Oppo find N where in it’s folded form it’s a really usable size and I can unfold it if I need a bigger screen. I don’t mind the Samsung Flips or the Motorola Razrs but I think the outside screen can be bigger. There’s a market for the Samsung Folds but it’s not for me.

Tl;dr - my idea of a foldable should be a good sized phone which folds down to something very compact and pocketable.

UsernameLost,

Don’t really see the appeal tbh. More fragile, more expensive, and for what? A bigger phone? I have big hands, and my Pixel 4a is about the max size that’s practical for me to use one handed.

I hopped off the “upgrade to a new phone every year or two” train about 6 years ago in favor of buying a cheaper phone outright and going prepaid. I don’t see any need to drop $1k+ on a phone, especially for what I view as a gimmick

Ninja9p5,

Love my Fold 4

Amazed,

Was this sent from your Fold 4?

Buckie,

Currently typing this on my Fold 4 that I’ve had since launch. I don’t see myself ever going back to a normal slab style phone. I use it as a tablet that easily fits in my pocket, more often than not unfolding it for most uses. I also got a case that holds my stylus so I can draw on it when I want to. The stylus not being in the phone like in the S23 Ultra is my only complaint. Genuinely don’t notice the crease at all during use.

Oh, and price, of course. They’re so expensive. I got mine with a trade in and some heavy incentives, so I wound up with the phone, earbuds, and watch for ~$1300.

trimmerfrost,

Utter garbage. The only thing they seem to solve is that they take half the width of space when folded. Supposedly to carry a full size tablet in your pockets or something. But ok, I never needed that kind of thing

applejacks,
@applejacks@lemmy.world avatar

Not a fan tbh.

The drawbacks outweigh the benefits for me.

More expensive, more fragile, smaller battery, and I don’t really care to have a large screen on me at all times.

Someology,
@Someology@lemmy.world avatar

Love the idea. The durability vs price ratio has not yet put this tech into an actually realistic space yet. Too much money for something too easy to break.

nodsocket,

I kind of want one just to see what it’s like. But for the same price I could buy both a good tablet and a phone, so it’s not really worth it.

Someology,
@Someology@lemmy.world avatar

Oh, yes, I’d love to try one on someone else’s dime. Meanwhile, I’ll just give the tech a few more years to become more robust.

phamanhvu01, (edited )

Quite mixed on the idea of foldable phones.

On one hand, they’re pretty cool and I especially the Z Flip/razr format for its nod to the flip phone era and the portability.

On the other, their durability is er…questionable and there’s no telling if the screen will last as long as that of traditional smartphone’s. Oh and plastic screen means scratch galore, too.

Also good idea with these post mods, I see a lot of high quality comment here! It’s starting to feel like the Reddit of old times here, well without the toxicity I suppose.

MargotRobbie,
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

We aim for casual but high-quality discussion with a bit of fun here and there. We have a lot of smart people here, and it’s my hope that every time somebody reads through one of these threads, they learn something new.

ada,
@ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

As soon as I realised that fold phones existed, I had to own one. My preferred phone is a phablet, but the size makes them non feasible for day to day use. Fold phones solve that problem nicely. I don’t think I can go back.

zephiir,
@zephiir@lemmy.world avatar

I love mine! Flip 4. But there are some areas that are lacking: camera and gaming capabilities mostly.

Also there’s the whole durability issue.

unce,

I’ve had my zflip3 for a couple years now. Lots of people in the comments seem to be saying that they are fragile but I haven’t had any problems with mine. Lots of drops off tables and flipping it open one handed. I really like how it fits in my pocket.

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