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[Cyberpunkd]

No need until Apple invents it

The problem is Apple has iPad sales to protect, not so other manufacturers because lol who buys Android tablets.

 

[Days like these...]

The problem is Apple has iPad sales to protect, not so other manufacturers because lol who buys Android tablets.

Yeah when they come out with a foldable it's going to cannibalize their iPad sales

 

[Ovek]

Yes, it broke so I replaced it with a normal phone.

 

[Trilobit]

I got a Samsung z flip 6 and I am enjoying it quite a bit. It's slimmer but longer than my last phone which was an s23+ and like that it can fold to a square, very pocket able. The crease is not noticeable when the phone is on your face, only noticed the crease from afar.

How is it to use the smaller screen with apps? I'd actually like to have a phone in the size of the smaller scren as it'd be crazy pocketable and probably stop me from mindlessly surfing on my phone.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Would those expand dong screen phones be any cheaper on the retail market?

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

In the 90's my mom had one, it was called Star Tak back then

 

[ReBurn]

Would those expand dong screen phones be any cheaper on the retail market?

Freudian slip

 

[Coconutt]

How is it to use the smaller screen with apps? I'd actually like to have a phone in the size of the smaller scren as it'd be crazy pocketable and probably stop me from mindlessly surfing on my phone.

It works pretty well, keep in mind that on stock the available apps are limited, there are ways around that that allow you to put whatever app on the small folded screen.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Whenever I’m not using an iPhone, it feels like I’m using a poverty phone

 

[Kabelly]

I will never get over that crease now matter how much people will cope with it. They are cool though.

 

[Days like these...]

Whenever I’m not using an iPhone, it feels like I’m using a poverty phone

Whenever I use an iPhone I hate the trash photos it takes and what I hate even more is those annoying green dots and grain when you record video especially at night

 

[kevboard]

foldables would only be viable for me if they manage to make one with 2 solid screens with gorilla glass, that have basically no bezel at the hinge part, and just snap into one big screen when you open it. so it looks like 1 big screen but is 2 smaller screens that near seamlessly click together.
even if there's a tiny seam between them that would still be better than the super fragile plastic film screens current foldables have, and better than the little fold bulge that debelops over time when using them.

but that's how MicroLED TVs currently work don't they? just multiple modules with no bezel that click together... surely you can do that on a smaller scale with 2 OLED screens.

 

[kevboard]

Whenever I’m not using an iPhone, it feels like I’m using a poverty phone

whenever I'm using an iPhone it feels like you handed me a child's toy. and they still don't have a fucking universal back gesture or button... it's insane how bad the UI is.

 

[Kataploom]

Oh yeah, I had a Motorola RAZR V3 back in the day, great and slick af

 

[Drew1440]

Have been using a Motorola Razr 40 for a few months, seems to be fine from a reliability perspective and has a nice tall screen that reminds me of the Xperia 1 IV which I prefer. That said, the outer screen is too small to be useful and its touch is very fiddly to use, I also wish it came with a headphone jack and expandable storage.

 

[Mattyp]

Yeah when they come out with a foldable it's going to cannibalize their iPad sales

It won’t at all, we’re talking what will be a flagship device at $2,500 dollars.

An iPad costs $500, iPads are mainly 90% used by older people for larger screens and fonts and children, kids, teens at this point. Totally seperate markets.

They have some of the best engineers in the world, they could do a foldable phone now but they won’t until there’s is 0 noticeable crease, the screen must be identical to that of a regular phone. That’s how they operate and always have, and when they (if) they release one it will be the first in the world with zero compromise on the screen.

I live in Australia foldable Chinese phones are available everywhere here, but the uptake isn’t there. Be handy for flights but typically take my laptop regardless.

 

[Days like these...]

even if there's a tiny seam between them that would still be better than the super fragile plastic film screens current foldables have

Do you enjoy talking your ass? skip to the 3:23 mark to watch the drop test

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Do you enjoy taking your ass? skip to 3:23 mark to watch the drop test

That's actually pretty fucking impressive...

 

[Days like these...]

It won’t at all, we’re talking what will be a flagship device at $2,500 dollars.

An iPad costs $500, iPads are mainly 90% used by older people for larger screens and fonts and children, kids, teens at this point. Totally seperate markets.

They have some of the best engineers in the world, they could do a foldable phone now but they won’t until there’s is 0 noticeable crease, the screen must be identical to that of a regular phone. That’s how they operate and always have, and when they (if) they release one it will be the first in the world with zero compromise on the screen.

I live in Australia foldable Chinese phones are available everywhere here, but the uptake isn’t there. Be handy for flights but typically take my laptop regardless.

Apple doesn't make their own screens If someone manages to make a crease less screen the Chinese will more than likely have it in their phones first.