Foldable smartphones have reached their fifth major generation, as heralded by Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Fold 5...
For me it's definitely the durability concerns. I've valued my phone's water and dust resistance since getting an ip67 phone years and years ago. My brother had a flip and a grain of sand in his pocket got under the display; when he closed the phone the display died. And they expect me to pay more for the privilege.
They’re way too expensive and they’re still early-generation devices. Plus, why would I trust Google to continue with the product line seeing as how they keep killing viable products and services?
If they get to the Pixel Fold 4 or 5 and the price is down to the $500-600 range, then it’d be a very serious contender for me. (Assuming the insane fragility is resolved)
It adds nothing of value. It’s just a neat gimmick. I don’t want a crease in my screen, I don’t want to double the width of my phone in my pocket, and I have no valid use cases for it.
A device that can inevitably fail as soon a week after purchase, and will likely fail within the first year, is just not for me. Not to mention the price, and poor software support for most apps
Simple: price. I think that is true for the majority of users. When there’s a $200 foldable out there, people will try it just to see what the fuss is about. But that’s not even on the horizon.
For me personally, they need to come wayyyy down. Like 1/3 of the current price. That would put them in competition with budget flagships like the Pixel 7.
I'm not paying a thousand plus dollars for a phone. I go through a phone every year and a half to two years. I don't want to spend $1,000 a year for a phone.
I don't want to have a never-ending phone payment. I buy inexpensive but good quality phones like Motorola's or second-hand pixels and I'm good.
I spend 160 something dollars a year on average on phones, and use the least expensive prepaid plans out there.
And this is not because I am poor, there's room in the budget for me to have the fancy iPhone and you know the top of the line plan or whatever, I just got better things to spend my money on than a fucking phone.
If a company comes out with a folding phone that doesn't have a lot of bloatware on it and is in the $200 range then the next time I buy a new phone I would consider it.
Yeah I'm shocked to see price ranking so low on their poll. I'm rocking a $200 phone and there's nothing that I need to do but can't. The form factor is nice but it's not an extra $800+ nice.
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