Foldables are barely 1% of the market, but that's not stopping anyone but Apple.

Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing::Foldables are barely 1% of the market, but that’s not stopping anyone but Apple.

  • Sky_Lobster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    527·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been daily driving a folding phone for about 3 years now, and honest to God I’ll never buy a normal phone again. It’s a laptop, tablet, phone, and notepad (stylus) all in one. I couldn’t imagine going back.

    Also, being able to open two full screen apps side by side becomes essential after you start to rely on it for work.

    I get that they are expensive, but the price will come down eventually and the form factor is game changing from a usability perspective.

    • vonbaronhansEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I feel like I’d feel similarly if I had a foldable, but the one guy I know who has one swears he’ll never buy one again. Granted, he got a gen 1 Galaxy Fold, so it’s got some major growing pains.

      • Sky_Lobster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        For what it’s worth, I decided to skip the fold 1 because of all the complaints about the sensitivity of the screen and how easy it was to break. I’ve been running the fold 3, and now the fold 5, and it’s been a tank, even with my two and four-year-old drawing on it using the stylist all the time. I think the newest versions have come a long way since the first version

      • EddieTee77@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I am also waiting to get one for my next phone. I’m hoping when I’m ready to upgrade things will be more durable. As someone who’s loved the Note series since my Note 2 I had, I’m a sucker for a bigger screen. I’ll probably never go back