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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

The thing about foldables is that they are great and great for a while now - hardware wise. Like, my Fold 4 is amazing. The hole when it's closed is a bit strange, but now they managed to close these phones technically flushed - so the only "real" problem disappeared.

the software side of things is what more important. how the OS handles the two (or three) and foldable screens.

It's nice that Google too is pushing this market. This means the support for folding screens will be eventually completely baked into the OS and the manufacturers don't have to hack up apps and services for it.

Now we need people to buy these to make the tech even more cheap and better. Though, if I look into the future in a kind of sci-fi glasses, folding and flexible screens are evident so I think we will be there eventually.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

the software side of things is what more important

Nice thing about that is software is updatable, I find it silly when people say the hardware is nice, but the software isn't there so nope. As if the software was as permanent as the hardware lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

As if the software was as permanent as the hardware lol

There's no guarantee that the software will ever be updated to something that the user finds usable though.

Google could just one day go "meh, we don't think folding displays are where we want to be right now", and - ta-da! - you're left with a folding doorstop and Google's got yet another entry on the "killed by Google" list.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

That's true, but Google Pixels are also one of the few remaining US brands that allows you to somewhat freely unlock the BL

So custom roms can easily be had, in fact GrapheneOS is one that specifically targets Pixels in general

It's the 2nd biggest reason I didn't jump onto the Foldy bandwagon with Samshit (#1 being how damn narrow the cover screen is)

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