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.

Aux,

I like the idea, but I don’t like folding screens and the crease they all have. Just give a folding phone with two screens side by side! Like Microsoft Duo, but with working firmware.

Rouxibeau,

As a previous owner of an LG V60 ThinQ Dual Screen, I have to say the Fold 3 is better in almost every way. The thinness of the cover screen is one of my few major complaints.

toasteranimation,
@toasteranimation@lemmy.world avatar

Like ‘fetch’ they’re never going to happen

Malisu19997,

As someone who Had a Nintendo DS and 3DS it certainly seems like a cool idea but they also had the problem of the hinges breaking rendering them useless, this is much worse on the folding phones where the display itself bends in half and can literally wear out just from opening and closing, rendering the phone next to useless, the DS handheld gaming systems didn’t even have that problem.

For that reason I really don’t like them and can’t really get behind them. I prefer my devices to last to obsolescence (a ripe old age) and be durable, folding screen phones are not that whatsoever. If I wanted a bigger screen I’d rather just have a bigger phone honestly, or be able to dock it in a laptop like enclosure.

CantSt0pPoppin,
@CantSt0pPoppin@lemmy.world avatar

I too can confirm this. I own the LE Ruby Red DS and the hinge on the right side failed. It lasted for quite some time but the stress factor was inevitable. I don’t think the hinge it’s self-failed but the plastic around it, if that makes any sense. I do hope that there is a return to folding phones only if for reducing the size of carrying around basically a tablet in your pocket. I currently have a s20/21 fe and the screen while nice, spacious and crisp is quite big for pockets.

Malisu19997,

Yeah it’s the plastic around the hinge that breaks on the DS, it was much worse on the originals than on the DS lites.

The biggest issue with the folding phones though is that folding the screen in half is going to cause wear and tear on the display and it makes it easier for it to break along the seam. Only way I could see a folding phone working is if it had two separate screens like a DS/3DS.

I don’t have an issue with phones being too big for pockets since I have plenty of room in my pockets, even for relatively large phones.

WereCat,

I would break it in less than a day in my work environment… Metal dust + anti-cut gloves… RIP the screen at least.

Blackmist,

A big breakable hinge on a delicate piece of electronics that you shove in your pocket.

What could possibly go wrong?

Chickens,

Love my z fold 4 a year in.

MargotRobbie,
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

Anything particular you like about it?

SmoothSurfer,

Fuck them

Oneobi,

If they can somehow shove in an spen I’d be sold.

Damn spen has me hooked on Samsung. Its such a killer feature that is so underused by the masses.

Only yesterday did it bail me out of a password issue on my Jap PlayStation account via its translation feature. Totally seamless.

But yah, needs internal housing since I choose to not rock a case.

Default_Defect,
@Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

I like the idea of them, but I’ve yet to see it implemented in a way that I feel is necessarily helpful.

knobbysideup,

There could be some interesting designs, but to take advantage of that the UI would need to adapt, I think.

Today I’d rather have user-replaceable batteries and screens.

Anti_Weeb_Penguin,
@Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world avatar

They are terrible, i would never buy one.

4onTheFloor,

They have a certain appeal to them. I’d love to try one out though and see how it appeals to me. Main thing that keeps me from getting one, is that I work in construction. Dust and debris getting inside the screen, then me closing it is just asking for scratches. Would a screen protector even be viable with the crease being in the middle?

Old school flip phones were feasible for situations like mine. But I’m not going back to T9 texting lol.

bufordt,
@bufordt@sh.itjust.works avatar

My wife has the Samsung Flip 4, and it’s pretty nice. The screen comes with a screen protector on it, and you have to replace it occasionally, because it will start to delaminate around the crease.

For my wife it was a way to have a phone that fit in a small purse without any issues. It works well in that scenario.

I don’t know how well it would hold up to significant dust and debris.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

If it doesn't make a neat noise when I flip it open like a Star Trek communicator I'm not interested.

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.

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

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