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I don’t know why people bother to buy foldable phones, if you want bigger screen just buy tablet…smh…
Tablet has bigger screen plus it’s cheaper than buying foldable phones

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I guess you have to try one. I got a samsung fold 3, i loved it. Then, when my contract ended, i got a fold 6. I would have a hard time going back to a standard phone tbh.

My wife said she wouldnt get a folding phone but when i got my fold 6 i offered her my fold 3. She ended up really liking it and wants to get a newer fold when her contract ends.

So theres me, who knew i wanted one and am happy with it to the point where i cant go back. And my wife, who didnt want one but after trying one for a few weeks, said she got it now and would be upgrading to a newer fold when the time comes.

They need to get these in peoples hands if they want to sell them better.

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I have the same question about tablets. A tablet to me is like a laptop without anything good about a laptop.

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I have similar question: Why did Samsung bother with developing foldable phones? It isn’t selling as well as they thought, after all.

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Bigger screen and fits in my pocket.

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Word.

Phone for, uh, phone stuff, while I’m out and about. Pixel 4a, $70 on eBay.

PC and TV screen for internet.

Crappy $25 tablet for reading epubs.

Lemmy: NO! I want all my use cases on ONE device that doesn’t do any of them well!

OK, pay out the ass for it along with the associated global warming and ecosystem trashing. Oh, and the slave labor that took to produce it.

Lemmy: NO! Not like that!

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tablet screen size is okay, but really the people who want bigger screens should be buying tvs. not to mention they have the advantage of being cheaper than tablets. but even tv screens can only get so big. a really cost effective way to get a big screen would just be to go to a movie theater. that’s like 10 dollars(?) for 2 hours of access to a huge screen.

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Why have a phone with a screen? Just use your computer if you need it, smh 🤦

Why have a phone at all? Just ask a friend to use theirs if you need it 🤷‍♂️ or maybe write a fucking letter for once? Damn kids…

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I only contact people via my QRP rig, CW mode. Don’t talk to me unless you have a valid HAM licence.

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Why have a computer when you can just use one at the library? smh

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Why use a computer when you can just wander, naked and fearless, back into the forest from whence we came. Climb a tree. Make a nest of leaves. Screech “Ook Ook!” to let everyone know this is your tree now.

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Why have a friend at all?

going to my basement

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I have a foldy phone, I’m never going back.

if you want bigger screen just buy tablet…smh

I did, multiple times, sooo many times in all manner of price points, sizes, brands and even OSs (I’ve got fucking Windows tablets WITH cellular FFS just chilling in archive). Do you know what happened to them? They started collecting dust within a couple weeks

I don’t want to carry multiple devices, even when I do want to I can never get the habit to stick, so I never have the tablet when I need it the most

My foldy phone solves that issue immediately, it’s a phone when I need a phone and a tablet when I need a tablet.

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I tried a pixel 9 fold for a little while, it was neat but way overpriced for the novelty, and there are no cases worth a damn that aren’t attached entirely by glue strips. Returned it and got a pixel 9 XL instead.

If they can make one with the same width/height as the XL (big hands, too many typos on the small screen keyboard), for under 1500, id probably go for it

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That’s mine right now lol, I also had the OG Pixel Fold. I don’t find it to be a novelty for me. Def a bit on the expensive side, but since I buy my phones through the carrier on EIP anyways it’s meh.

I use the Poetic Spartan case and it’s solid, it has the adhesive strips, but I don’t use them (I just took em off) though it adds some heft, it’s worth it considering the amount of drops my phone has taken its protected against lol

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I’m just curious

Does the screen vertical folding bulge area (idk if it has its own name) somehow get in the way during day-by-day usage?

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Do you mean the crease? Nah, I hardly notice it, I used to feel it when sliding my finger across one side to the next like to drag and drop things, but after awhile I stopped noticing that to

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Do you have one of those who fold along the longer side or the shorter one?

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I have the book-style pixel 9 pro fold.

The clam-shell style is truly a gimmicky nostalgia-grab IMO

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22 points

Tablet doesn’t fit in my pocket.

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18 points

Buy a larger pocket. Easy.

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Time to bring the JNCO’s back

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