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.

  • jezebelley3d@lemmy.zipEnglish
    252·
    11 months ago

    I have a Pixel Fold and I hate it. It’s heavy, almost no third party apps are compatible with the square aspect ratio of the inner screen, and when you consume media there are massive black borders due to said aspect ratio that makes the viewable space the same as a regular phone. There’s literally no point to these things.

    I see why Apple never jumped on board. I can’t wait until August when I can get rid of this damn phone.

    • RedAggroBest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      Meanwhile my dad can’t get enough of his Zflip or whatever the smaller one is. Even with the screen starting to wear in the middle, it’s lasted longer than his other phones because the folding means it doesn’t get banged around.

      Same goes with mentions of physical keyboards, all I get is flashbacks of my dad angry that his sausage fingers (tilesetter) can’t hit the buttons before touchscreen keyboards with bigger buttons hit.

    • PulptasticEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      How about a phone that unfolds to 2.39:1 ratio such as 2.95*7.05 and folds to roughly half that.