griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHuawei unveils world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate Designspillsomebeans.comexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down130
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkHuawei unveils world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate Designspillsomebeans.comgriffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squarekudos@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down5·2 months agoPedantic nit: this thing doesn’t have three folds, the name is nonsense.
minus-squareantmzo220@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down4·edit-22 months agoPedantic return: it has 3 screens with 2 connecting hinges, it is therefore trifold. trifold in American English (ˈtraiˌfould) adjective triple; threefold having three parts a trifold screen
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAnd two fold is how many screens ?
minus-square🏝Skoob🏝@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months ago2, with 1 hinge. It’s like a normal phone but the screen number increased twofold.
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoBifold means something that folds into two parts. Consider the bifold wallet or bifold door.
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHow can something fold into one part then ?
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI guess the same way you slice something into one piece. Bisect is one less than trisect, so what’s one less than bisect? Maybe the problem is that the phone is rectangular. I bet they could do it with a polygon with just two fewer sides. ;)
minus-square2001aCentenaryofFederation@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoThe suffix “fold” in this instance refers to the number of parts, not the number of folds. As confusing as that is.
Pedantic nit: this thing doesn’t have three folds, the name is nonsense.
Pedantic return: it has 3 screens with 2 connecting hinges, it is therefore trifold.
trifold in American English (ˈtraiˌfould) adjective
And two fold is how many screens ?
2, with 1 hinge. It’s like a normal phone but the screen number increased twofold.
Bifold means something that folds into two parts. Consider the bifold wallet or bifold door.
How can something fold into one part then ?
I guess the same way you slice something into one piece. Bisect is one less than trisect, so what’s one less than bisect?
Maybe the problem is that the phone is rectangular. I bet they could do it with a polygon with just two fewer sides. ;)
The suffix “fold” in this instance refers to the number of parts, not the number of folds. As confusing as that is.
Trifold wallet tho