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.
No word on if it’s coming to the EU :(
My pixel 6 is dying and I’d like to get something for graphene or another less monopolized distro but there’s no support for phones released this year as far as I can tell from most distros so I’m looking for one more normal phone until hopefully that ecosystem is better off.
Even the new pixels look weak from several angles It was hard to get want them after all the reviews came in.
Maybe try a phone that isn’t trash as soon as the battery dies. Something repairable.
I mean I’d love to buddy. When someone releases a phone with all the modern features I want and the best processor and a repairable battery (or any other of the consumer friendly practices we all want) I’ll buy it. But don’t act like I’m choosing to not get the ideal phone when it doesn’t exist. It’s compromises everywhere.
This is a very cool piece of technology. The comments here naysaying about it seem odd to me. If it’s not for you that’s fine, but many millions of foldables have been bought over the past few years, and they continue to sell very well today
I look forward to trying it whenever it gets below £1000 refurbished.
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?
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 slacking the phone down in rage.
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
Sticking with my pixel 3a xl running ubuntu touch/waydroid for a while it seems.
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!
You had me and then you lost me.
Samsung’s Most Versatile AI Phone, Powered by the Largest Screen
How is screen?
Why are you confuse? Battery will last a day? Maybe half of day. Screen? What about three folded screens? The power is immense.
I’d love to see a Japanese fan style phone 🪭 Maybe it folds up into a reusable straw?
Not that I’d ever buy it, but I’m looking forward to the price tag so I can have a good laugh.
Can use it to play D&D.
Impressive from an engineering standpoint and it’s only going to get more refined. Give it 5-10 years and maybe they will be durable enough for regular use.
*foldable tablet that can also make calls
Phones have been tablets, well phablets, for nearly a decade now.
My first tablet had a 7" screen. Huawei Mate 70 Air is 7"
What else is 7"? 😏
That’s absolutely phabulous!
I guess i don’t really see the point. Is there a strong use case out there, or is this a marge’s potato? (“I just think they’re neat”)
What is the point of current folding phones? I still fail to grasp that. This, however, seems more clear. It’s a phone that can become a full on tablet. This is a true transformation into an otherwise disparate device. A phone that becomes a slightly bigger phone is the real mystery to me.
Honestly I feel this was always the goal (one of several), but R&D is expensive. Shipping an odd phone that people still buy keeps the shareholders happy while the multi-year research process can eventually produce more usable results.
Single-flip phones were the awkward teenagers, now this phone can be the 18-20 age young adult, fully featured, but needing refinement. Next gen or the one after this will add a lot more robustness.
When you try to look at a spreadsheet and there are too many columns even in portrait mode, I open up the phone.
For some reason nobody figured out “zoom all the way out” functionality on the phone yet
When you start needing reading glasses, you’ll know. I have a phone for outside the house and a tablet for home. I would much rather just have one device be both.
