I don’t understand the folding phone thing. It feels like tech now is all about creating ridiculous features and tech companies trying to convince us that we want them while ignoring things that would actually be worthwhile like repairable phones, headphones jacks and minimal bloatware.
I can actually see the value in a trifold like the one pictured. In your pocket it’s a phone. When you unfold it, it’s an iPad. You’re consolidating devices.
That said, I’m not a fan of folding lcd screen tech used today. It creases. I’d rather see three separate bezel-less screens that magnetically join to make a larger surface.
Not many people get it until they get one. I got a fold 3 when it came out and have just upgraded to a fold 6 because i just couldn’t go back. Its a better form factor for a mobile computing device. Its a phone thats also a small tablet! I gave my old one to my wife who was always averse to getting a fold and she has told me multiple times since then that its her favourite phone shes ever had.
and she has told me multiple times since then that its her favourite phone shes ever had.
Doesn’t mean much because of loved one bias.
She doesn’t love me. :p
My condolences.
It is pretty useful and convenient if your use case suits it but I don’t think that fits the majority of people. For me my Fold 6 replaced my Kindle and Surface. It’s nice to able to open it up to read ebooks and manga since opened up, it’s pretty much the dimensions of a typical book. Also makes things a lot easier when I need to remote into a PC or SSH into stuff and is a really convenient sketch pad for ideas.
It’s also really neat that it’s not ridiculously wide like every other phone out there nowadays since I have small hands.
My Fold 3 lasted 3 years with no issues until I traded it in so I think they’re fairly well built.
In this case with the trifold, I personally think it’s way too big but I’m someone who’s never seen the point of tablets that were larger than 7 inches anyways. Always preferred a laptop at those sizes.
It’s really not bad, especially for reading, especially if your eyes aren’t what they used to be.
Phone companies, listen to me, BUILT-IN KICKSTAND
Hey I actually like my phone kickstand. I use it… sometimes.
HTC glory days.
Three are lots of cards that have built in kickstands now, why not just get one of those?
When the page doesn’t fit on the phone, it’s really stupid to zoom and scroll around to get stuff done.
I control my qBittorrent with a web interface and it’s way easier with a bigger screen. I don’t have to go grab the laptop, I can unfold the screen that’s already in my hand
All the things that used to break phones got fixed, mobile OS changes got smaller and smaller, designed obsolescence required something that would get people to buy a new phone every 18 months. So here’s a hinge. Here’s TWO hinges!
More screen space in a smaller portable form is of tremendous use to some people - until projectors come of age at least.
Soon… Any … Day… Now… https://youtu.be/KbgvSi35n6o
I’ve never heard of that bracelet (surprise surprise) - talk about a pipe dream. I just want to be able to view diagrams and plans on something bigger than a phone. Whilst on site and off grid. And yes, I know they’re available on paper but… reasons. We use tough-tablets sometimes but their pretty cumbersome when not in use.
Phones have honestly flat lined. Back in 2011 me and my buddy were heavily into phones upgrading what felt like every few months to try the latest and greatest new features. Nowadays you get a marginally bigger optimized battery, upgraded camera, and a mildly upgraded screen, however you pay significantly more. The only people I know who upgrade on schedule are iPhone users. I’m upgrading every 5-7 years now and my next phones probably gonna be whatever I can get cheap enough
Companies don’t make as much money when it’s repairable. Washers and dryers used to last 20-25 years with a few repairs here and there. But companies weren’t making any money, so they started making unrepairable junk instead.
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Hey! Get out of the way dude! It’s the elevator entrance! If you need more time with your laces take a seat over there!
… In other news, tree elderly cops were run over today while tying their shoes! The CDC suggests banning shoe lace ads unless they are about guns. The republican Senate has put forward the new constitutional ammunition amendment law that includes this and the deportation of anyone who isn’t a white guy. Women disagree entirely!..
Holding out for the Anne Frank Trapper Keeper phone.
Do you mean Lisa Frank, the artist for colorful animals on school supplies, and not Anne Frank, the famous diarist who was killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust?
Shit. That’s a big oops. Been a very long day.
Lmao thank you for leaving your comment unedited.
An Anne frank fold out phone would be a hell of an art piece. I think it could give Lisa Frank a run for her money.
Ok, now I want an Anne Frank Trapper Keeper.
Holy shit we just witnessed Lemmy culture 🥲
I was really wondering if I had missed something about Anne Frank.
Or, perhaps a mashup of both???
they can make intricate folding devices now.
but making them repairable is somehow fucking impossible.
It’s not impossible for them to do. They just don’t want to do it.
I can hear the sand crunching.
My tender palm hurts just looking at this. I can feel the pinch.
this is going to be like the Gillette blades
That’d be cool. Buy one cheap phone frame, and a pack of 8 screen+electronics assys for $20,000.
They already stuck a screen on the back
Is it stupid? Yes! Yes it is certainly. But I’s it fucking stupid? It certainly is fucking.
Plastic screen on the outside seems nice when my gorilla glass screen still manages to scratch
I honestly would prefer plastic screens coming back. The issue with scratching in the pocket is solved by screen protectors and my phones always hold the longest after they had a crack that didn’t damage the display (internal stress is gone).
In that case there’s no downside then
Fuck Everything, We’re Doing Five Folds.
Y’all are so stuck in the old linear thinking. Be brave, expand your mind. Rubik’s cube phone when?
Screw that, I want a phone that folds into a fucking origami crane
Phones are becoming the new wallets to the point we need something slimmer to pay with soon again.
I already pay with my watch.
I don’t need anything that is between my phone and my laptop in size.
Phones are becoming the new wallets…
Now I want a phone case with a chain that attaches to my belt.
(Like the kind bikers and punks used to wear.)
Whilst I agree the technology is awesome, £2,000 for a phone, wow, no thanks.
Westworld here we come!
This is dumb and stupid
I pick the category 'Things no one Asked For", for $25 Mr. Trebek.
Someone said the same about touchscreen when you were still a kid. If you don’t want it, don’t buy it.
I was an adult when touch screens properly took off, and I doubt this is in the same league.
There was some practical purpose to touch screens, whereas this thing is just unnecessary. I doubt it would have the same effect.
Having a phone that can turn into an iPad is probably going to get some use.
There is practical purpose to a touchscreen, the fact that short sighted people couldn’t see its usefulness is my actual point.
I’m just saying I don’t think the market is going to be big enough for these models to even get close to emptying shelves. Maybe it’s not the right time, I don’t know, I’m just finding it difficult to see any use where people would find it more appealing than the form factors and devices they already have.
Shit will get REALLY real when we reach five-fold! Or better yet, touch-papyrus! Just roll that meter-long flab of screen up, and you’re good to go!
The iScroll!
Going to 4 is just playing it safe, you gotta go to 5!
https://theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-1819584036/
Like razor blades, Mach 5!
