this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2024
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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 week ago

All phones all foldable. Unfortunately, only a few are unfoldable.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not a fan bc of the reduced durability but I know a lot of people love the gimmick

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

My friend has the folding Pixel, and he loves it. He hasn't had any issues with it.

[–] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like I’ve been reading this headline every year for eight years.

I was thinking the same, I don’t doubt they keep the idea open but I doubt we’ll see one any time soon with the current state of foldables.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hope they don't so I can enjoy my superior clamshell designs in peace.

Last thing I need is a bunch of braindead apple users getting hyped up over features Nintendo made 2 decades ago, followed by every Android OEM realizing they can stop improving the hardware and downgrade the hinge to save 5 cents on every device produced.

Not to mention foldables require a minimum semblance of device care, which I can personally assure you most phone owners do not have.

[–] III@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

a minimum semblance of device care, which I can personally assure you most phone owners do not have.

Don't.... stop... you can only make Apple executives so hard.

[–] Skyline969@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe they’ll be able to solve the crease issue. Foldables are fun and all, but the crease is so jarring.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Until they work like in Westworld, I’m gonna hold off.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Screw that, I want them to work like Earth: Final Conflict. Don’t fold, roll up into a handle that also contains the camera and other non-screen bits. No crease if it never creases.

It even had portrait and landscape modes based on how much of it you pulled out. Portrait mode shown above.

[–] III@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I loved this idea at the time but... that roll out screen would just break on every use. That and I doubt people would want a two handed user experience. Plus, how would you text?

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Truly leaders of their industry.