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[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 months ago (7 children)

do not want. want removable and replaceable batteries and storage, also a headphone jack because fuck you.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Motorola has ⅔ of that on many models.

Removable battery not an option though.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And while we're at it, a physical tactile keyboard.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

That ain't gonna satisfy the shareholders so fuck you instead

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago (18 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can actually see the value in a trifold like the one pictured. In your pocket it’s a phone. When you unfold it, it’s an iPad. You’re consolidating devices.

That said, I’m not a fan of folding lcd screen tech used today. It creases. I’d rather see three separate bezel-less screens that magnetically join to make a larger surface.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I see it the same way. I would love a tablet I could fit in my pocket.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Not many people get it until they get one. I got a fold 3 when it came out and have just upgraded to a fold 6 because i just couldn't go back. Its a better form factor for a mobile computing device. Its a phone thats also a small tablet! I gave my old one to my wife who was always averse to getting a fold and she has told me multiple times since then that its her favourite phone shes ever had.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It is pretty useful and convenient if your use case suits it but I don't think that fits the majority of people. For me my Fold 6 replaced my Kindle and Surface. It's nice to able to open it up to read ebooks and manga since opened up, it's pretty much the dimensions of a typical book. Also makes things a lot easier when I need to remote into a PC or SSH into stuff and is a really convenient sketch pad for ideas.

It's also really neat that it's not ridiculously wide like every other phone out there nowadays since I have small hands.

My Fold 3 lasted 3 years with no issues until I traded it in so I think they're fairly well built.

In this case with the trifold, I personally think it's way too big but I'm someone who's never seen the point of tablets that were larger than 7 inches anyways. Always preferred a laptop at those sizes.

[–] Hexarei 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Phone companies, listen to me, BUILT-IN KICKSTAND

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

they can make intricate folding devices now.

but making them repairable is somehow fucking impossible.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's not impossible for them to do. They just don't want to do it.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Holding out for the Anne Frank Trapper Keeper phone.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Do you mean Lisa Frank, the artist for colorful animals on school supplies, and not Anne Frank, the famous diarist who was killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Shit. That's a big oops. Been a very long day.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Lmao thank you for leaving your comment unedited.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

An Anne frank fold out phone would be a hell of an art piece. I think it could give Lisa Frank a run for her money.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Ok, now I want an Anne Frank Trapper Keeper.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I was really wondering if I had missed something about Anne Frank.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I kinda always wanted Penny's computer book from Inspector Gadget.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can hear the sand crunching.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

this is going to be like the Gillette blades

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[–] ICastFist 22 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Gimme a fucking keyboard instead of extra screen size

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Is it stupid? Yes! Yes it is certainly. But I's it fucking stupid? It certainly is fucking.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Folds.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Y'all are so stuck in the old linear thinking. Be brave, expand your mind. Rubik's cube phone when?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (7 children)

This technology gets interesting, when I can unfold a full 27" 2k screen.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Plastic screen on the outside seems nice when my gorilla glass screen still manages to scratch

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Phones are becoming the new wallets to the point we need something slimmer to pay with soon again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I already pay with my watch.

I don’t need anything that is between my phone and my laptop in size.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Westworld here we come!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

This is dumb and stupid

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

some origami sheet

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I pick the category 'Things no one Asked For", for $25 Mr. Trebek.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Just… why…?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 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...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Shit will get REALLY real when we reach five-fold! Or better yet, touch-papyrus! Just roll that meter-long flab of screen up, and you're good to go!

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