• PrincessKadath
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    6 hours ago

    I am on my second foldable phone, and on my fourth year using them. Not only does your statement is not true, you probably never even touched a single foldable.

    Looks? Subjective. I personally love the form factor. Works like shit? In your dreams.

    • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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      45 minutes ago

      You’ve been through two phones in just four years? That doesn’t sound that great for them…

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        10 minutes ago

        Upgrading every three years is pretty normal, I’d say. I know people that change phones every new iteration of their fruity ones. Unless you were trying to be funny, for which it may have gone over my head.

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      I know a few people at work that have foldables. Both are not going back and the crease really isnt noticeable.

      One guy has the Google Pixel Fold. His kids share his phone to leave his wife’s phone alone when they are watching something. It makes it easier to share with his kids because its a larger screen. When it was smaller they fought more because they couldn’t all watch on a small screen. Hes reaping benefits too. Ive seen him have it open to watch NFL highlights lol.

      The other person I know is a manager and its just really nice.

      I don’t have one myself because its pretty $$$. If I valued phones I would pick one up myself. Year after year they have gotten significantly better with the crease and hardware. They’re often very beast with hardware features.

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        2 hours ago

        Last time I looked, the aspect ratios for the unfolded screens were such that you didn’t actually get any more screen real estate than a normal smartphone so the kids analogy doesn’t make a ton of sense to me. For media it’s like you get the illusion of a bigger screen.

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      5 hours ago

      Which do you have? Genuinely curious, never used the modern ones, but assumed they’d be shit/very fragile

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        5 hours ago

        Not op, but I have the galaxy fold 3 and it’s amazing. I’ve had it for 3 years and I can’t go back to normal phones. And I’ve heard the same from many others that got their first foldable.

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        4 hours ago

        The screens are pretty fragile, however they’re protected when folded. Just don’t drop them onto anything while open…

        Other than that they’re surprisingly robust. I’ve had 2 Moto Razr models and a Samsung Z Fold. First Razr did break the screen by leaving it open in a stupidly precarious position and it hit a piece of metal below directly on the folding screen when it fell. But day to day use I never worried about it.

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        5 hours ago

        I’ve had both the Samsung Fold 2 and now the Pixel Fold

        N cer had any issues with them

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        5 hours ago

        Right now a Fold 6; the previous one I had was the 3.