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[Tams]

I would like to know what benefits the foldability provides from someone who has used one, if any.

I use mine unfolded every day, though the majority of my use is in folded mode.

Unfolded usage:

• Art
• Handwritten notetaking
• Photo and videoing editing
• Kanji study app (drawing)
• Playing three Niantic games (they pause if swapped between)
• Gaming
• Watching videos while reading the comments (especially live)
• Reading books and manga - seriously it's great to hold like a small book (though an E-Ink device is much easier on the eyes)
• Chat apps when I have several conversations going on at once
• Bigger touchpad using DeX with my XR glasses
• In a pinch, work where I need to compare things
  • Reference on one side, notes on the other (with a external keyboard
  • Video call on top, reference, notes, or even both on the bottom

Hyperbolically, I couldn't live without it.

Have owned mine for the past 5 months and there are absolutely none. It's more for the novelty of it, I'm just grateful the software doesn't differ from a regular phone. Switching to a regular s25 that's releasing soon.

To each their own. The S25 has to be the most boring release by Samsung yet.

 

[deathsaber]

Originally got the Samsung Fold 4, and recently upgraded to the Fold 6. At this point, I can't picture going back to a regular phone. Why compromise and be stuck with a small screen, when you get have a huge one (and still go small and function as a one handed device when need).

The only very minor issue I had was the pre-installed screen protector finally started peeling apart from the center crease just shy of two years after getting the Fold 4- just peeled the screen protector off (don't normally use them anyway unless they come with a device and I and still had a fully functional phone afterwards). As long as Samsung still has their generous trade in program (which offsets a ton of the admittedly very high cost of the Fold phones), I see no reason why I won't have a Fold 8 in two years.

 

[Tams]

Originally got the Samsung Fold 4, and recently upgraded to the Fold 6. At this point, I can't picture going back to a regular phone. Why compromise and be stuck with a small screen, when you get have a huge one (and still go small and function as a one handed device when need).

The only very minor issue I had was the pre-installed screen protector finally started peeling apart from the center crease just shy of two years after getting the Fold 4- just peeled the screen protector off (don't normally use them anyway unless they come with a device and I and still had a fully functional phone afterwards). As long as Samsung still has their generous trade in program (which offsets a ton of the admittedly very high cost of the Fold phones), I see no reason why I won't have a Fold 8 in two years.

I just wish they'd make it a little thicker, so that the Fold had great cameras, a stylus silo, and more battery. A microSD reader and camera button wouldn't go amiss either.

Unfortunately, all the reviewers and commentators are still obsessed with thinness.

 

[Axelon]

My top issue with foldables is duability. The fact that it's common for the screens to fail under normal usage and the fact you can damage the inside screen with just a push of a finger nail is what keeps me away.

Second is the cameras aren't as good. I love taking pictures when hiking and biking and want the near best I can get in a phone.

Well, and the price as it's near double of what I am going to pay for the S25U, but if the above wasn't an issue at all, I would consider it anyways. With the issues? No way. I'm not paying $1200 (price discounts, never pay full price) for something that could fail with how I use my current phone. I never take warranties for these devices as that jacks up the price even more.

The idea of the folding phone I absolutely love though. Making the screen bigger for more screen realistate? Heck yeah, bigger is better and it still keeps the portability of a regular phone.

 

[Days like these...]

My top issue with foldables is duability. The fact that it's common for the screens to fail under normal usage and the fact you can damage the inside screen with just a push of a finger nail is what keeps me away.

I agree with you on the camera front but durability has gotten alot better depends on the brand. Did you see the video I posted?

 

[Blade2.0]

Then again...

When Steve Jobs passed away on October 5, 2011, Apple’s market capitalization was approximately $350 billion. At the time, the company recorded annual revenue of $108 billion for fiscal year 2011.
As of January 2025, Apple’s market capitalization has grown to $3.35 trillion, nearly a tenfold increase since Jobs’ death. For fiscal year 2024, Apple reported annual revenue of $391 billion, more than tripling its revenue since 2011.

Its market capitalization is inflated as fuck, then. If it only increased revenue by 3 times why is it worth ten times it was at 100 billion in revenue. The math isn't mathing.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Its market capitalization is inflated as fuck, then. If it only increased revenue by 3 times why is it worth ten times it was at 100 billion in revenue. The math isn't mathing.

Fair point.

 

[BigBeauford]

I still bemoan trading in my slightly cracked Fold 3 just to get a good deal on an S23 (and now I'm on a Pixel 8). If you've ever had a taste of folded phones, you understand the benefits they provide.

 

[RaptorGTA]

Had the Fold 2 and the Fold 4. I really loved them but the Fold 4 was starting to have issues a year in. Eventually I had to get rid of it due to issues with the screens glitching and causing the phone to freeze and require a hard reboot. Other people who had the Fold 4 had similar issues.

I went to the Galaxy S24 Ultra and really enjoy it. I miss the larger screen and that folding function but I don't know if I go back.