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Bruh nobody wanted foldable smartphones, they are shit.
I'll never get this reaction to foldables. Personally Im not in the market for them especially in their current state where they are super expensive, fragile, and for me dont offer much in the way of practical use.
That said it will be exciting to how this market improves. As eventually costs come down and reliability goes up you can eventually easily get something that is more portable than a modern slate form factor which can also unfold to allow for better media consumption.
For the ridiculous price theyre asking for experimental tech I get the pushback, but it it doesnt take a lot of creativity to see how technology that allows for a bigger screen in smaller form factor can be useful.
Oh man I love mine so much
Ok, come back in a month and tell me if its still working :)
8 months in and it's great :) we will see how it fares longer term, but aside from Discord being wonky when moving between resolutions, it's largely been great. I was nervous about screen issues originally, but maybe I'm just lucky.
@CookieJarObserver @Sileem I just want two things, that already rules out the majority of phones in the market:
Why the 16:9 aspect ratio? Do you watch a lot of videos on your phone?
I'm rocking a Pixel 5a for the headphone jack. Was one of the only "newer" phones that had one. Zero idea what I am going to do when it eventually dies on me. Doesn't seem like anyone is including headphone jacks anymore.
@Nicodemus_Weal I watch a lot of videos and I play a lot of older/ported games, both are best enjoyed in 16:9.
Absolutely love mine, but I don't touch Google hardware.
The pixel phones are actually good, best android you can get, especially Software wise (its surprisingly easy to de-Google it)
In my experience, no. The software is blank (which some prefer, so more power to you!) and the hardware is weak and unreliable.
An $1800 phone shouldn't fail in a few days, but no one here has expressed any surprise at this "news." Why not? Because it's a google phone.
The idea behind the tech can be useful in niche situations, but for the general user - until it is nearly indestructible - it's something most people are looking to avoid. After all, you drop an exorbitant price on something with a specific stress area that can cause damage which you can either repair for another exorbitant fee or just be forced to outright replace the device entirely.
Most people are fine with just a glass rectangle in their pocket.
I see them as a in between tablets and smartphones, but tablets are already the uncanny in between Laptops and Smartphones...
I want a phone that works and i want a pc that works, but the fold devices are (in my opinion) the bad parts of both