Why?
Sure buddy, whatever keeps the iPhone nightmares at bay for another year. But does the battery last three times as long? Who cares about screens if I have to charge twice a day.
Nice try, Scamsung! I’m holding out for the Quad Fold.
I patiently waiting for the infinite fold
You want 2-3 phones instead of a folding phone. Light pocketable phone for actual mobile purposes. Can get a data only esim phone with voip to supplement voice/text phone, and have independent enabled data. independent charging. Backup when broken/lost phone. I suggest:
1-2 lightweight phones for mobility.
1 large possibly rugged phone for video or rugged adventures. Can be steam deck on a stand that is better setup as a dashboard. email + web tickers/discord. samsung and other phones also have a “desktop multiwindow mode”
3rd phones, can help with having 2 separate phones act as bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. Keep banking/secret stuff seperate/more secure during travel. Keep one in a locked tilt/swivel stand near bed most of the time. mod to alternate os.2 or 3 phones is much more storage/ram and audio quality than including a tablet, with better portability options in both packing and daily use. It’s also much less $, and can leapfrog upgrades.
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At least we know the folding will stop at 7.
inb4 rolled phone
You know, it’s like 3 screens, so they can push you triple the amount of ads and bloat ware! Yay!
I don’t want large phones that get even larger. I want a large phones that becomes smaller for my pocket.
This is why I got a Razr. Once the technology becomes common, I dream of a regular size phone that shrinks to a matchbook or something.
They sell those too
Considering everyone I know with a folding phone has had a fault with the folding part of it - I don’t think its the best idea from a durability standpoint to add yet another folding part.
If one screen or fold point breaks, you’re now left with two unusable (but perfectly functioning) screens. Seems like an expensive gimmick to me.
From the moment I saw it, I knew what the problem would be, and surprise! That’s the problem.
BTW, I’m a musician, not an engineer. If I saw that obvious issue, what is their fucking problem?
It’s not a problem, it’s a business opportunity. The more they break, the more they can sell you a 2000 dollars phone.
Then they can replace more devices. Capitalism at work
Mine grew a visible line at the foldy bit that you can see at an angle.
I like the phone though, just know what you’re getting into.
My understanding is that’s normal on all foldable. It can be more or less, but it’s on all of them.
It sucks. I know its not for everyone and for sure its gonna cost €€€€.
The foldable phone are fine, yet expensive and not so widely used.I recently bought a flip folder for under $600.
Android version? and how long will the updates continue ? User or new?
damn! I love my fold 5, but only cause the front screen is slim. not a fan of the standard screen size on the front of this one but a 10 inch tablet in my pocket is intriguing…
ill wait for the second or third generation to come out before I consider this
And who asked for it? They very well know that nobody will buy that.
Just get a tablet at this point.
If it didn’t cost so much and the hinges and screens were as reliable as a phone without them, I’d buy it.
Having a big screen in the size of a normal phone would be great.
At the current prices and reliability though, the market is sure to be small.
I would totally buy it if I had money to waste, I would love to be able to take my tablet anywhere with me like this and don’t care about the size of phones, they fit fine in my pockets.
Nice, it has twice as many failure points as previous folding phones.
Why have a single point of failure when you can have multiple?
Redundancy!
This is going to be like shaving razors, isn’t it? How soon before quad-fold phones?
When you said shaving razors, I thought you were going to go with disposable, but you went with multi blades. Good head fake.
I’m waiting for one that unrolls like a bamboo placemat.
Behold, the iRoll!
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A phone you can crumple up like a receipt before you put it in your pocket
That would finally be a convention to replace slamming the phone down in rage.
“Fuck you!”
crumples the phone
What about 6 minute abs?
6 little Samsungs twirling on a branch
Eating lots of iPhones on my uncles ranch
You know that old children’s tale from the sea
Dick stuck in Samsung and I have to pee.
Well phones already vibrate so they’re ahead of the curve in that regard.
I’m waiting for the twelvefold myself.
Not sure if we’re talking about phone, razor blade, origami, or sword-making.
anything is a dildo if you’re brave enough
Why did they make the screens fold in? The Huawei Mate XT folds up in a z-shape, which imo makes more sense as you don’t need a ‘fourth’ outer display anymore. Seems more efficient that way.
Because they’re fragile. You don’t want your screen to die on the first drop.
and you don’t want it full of scratches, since cover glasses and protection cases will probably be quite complicated for these monstrosities?
Whose brilliant idea was it to demo this with a wallpaper that looks like a shitty diagonal screen fold?
It’s to make a subtle “Z”
Commitment: 10/10
Execution: 0/10😲 Zorro is real!
thats not the wallpaper… someone just had nails.
