• SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    I wish this was closer to cheap than bat shit expensive.

    Also, the only reason I’d want this is for native x64 emulation (which isn’t out of infancy) I had a laptop, my cellphone and my work laptop sprawled out today and this all could easily be 1 phone and 2 vms…

  • dalë@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Whilst I agree the technology is awesome, £2,000 for a phone, wow, no thanks.

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    3 months ago

    Pedantic nit: this thing doesn’t have three folds, the name is nonsense.

  • I can see this having some advantages over two-folds. The unfolded screen has a better aspect ratio, there’s no need for a “back”-screen and all folds have only one screen on them, allowing the full thing to be thinner.

    Price is an issue of course, as well as it having HarmonyOS instead of Android (less app compatibility).

  • restingboredface@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I don’t understand the folding phone thing. It feels like tech now is all about creating ridiculous features and tech companies trying to convince us that we want them while ignoring things that would actually be worthwhile like repairable phones, headphones jacks and minimal bloatware.

    • essteeyou@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      All the things that used to break phones got fixed, mobile OS changes got smaller and smaller, designed obsolescence required something that would get people to buy a new phone every 18 months. So here’s a hinge. Here’s TWO hinges!

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      3 months ago

      Companies don’t make as much money when it’s repairable. Washers and dryers used to last 20-25 years with a few repairs here and there. But companies weren’t making any money, so they started making unrepairable junk instead.

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      3 months ago

      It’s really not bad, especially for reading, especially if your eyes aren’t what they used to be.

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      3 months ago

      I didn’t get it either til I came across a Galaxy Fold demo unit at the mall.
      It’s light, the expanded screen gives you lots of extra screen real estate without feeling too big or unwieldy, and when folded up you get a normal aspect ratio, at a thickness that’s comparable to other phones.

      I never really felt like a tablet would be useful for me, filling the “gap” between a laptop and a phone with essentially a ‘bigger phone’ I’d have to charge and carry always seemed silly: I’d rather just keep using my phone instead.
      But when you merge both devices into one, it works. It really is a ‘bigger phone’, with the benefit of being able to choose when you want to use the extra screen real estate without having to swap devices.

      As someone who often tries to juggle multiple tasks on a phone*, I want one.
      Shame they’re so expensive where I live. Looking at the used market, even the folds multiple generations behind are still too expensive.

      *Side note: Stock Android’s split screen implementation is shit.
      The floating windows Xiaomi and other OEMs have is light-years ahead, Google should be ashamed.

    • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      More screen space in a smaller portable form is of tremendous use to some people - until projectors come of age at least.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve used a Z Fold 4 for two years now and it’s been the best phone I’ve ever had. Desktop versions of websites, on my phone, without feeling cramped. Two apps side by side, both roughly the size of a usual phone screen. Huge screen for retro emulation using a Bluetooth controller. All with still having a small screen for one handed use and more traditional scrolling.

      Games like Hearthstone, Gwent, Chess, Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition, Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic, feel way more playable.

      At this point, using any other device feels limited and cramped in ways that a big screen doesn’t.

      My only complaint has been price, and I only got mine because my company paid for it

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        3 months ago

        Same but with z fold 5 for one year. I am a sysadmin and its glorious for remoting into servers. You get plenty of screen space to have a keyboard and widscreen view of the desktop at the same time.