I love how phone manufacturers are like "oh we cant do waterproofing and easy repair at the same time, its too complicated" and then they release one of the most mechanically complicated comercially available devices ive ever seen.
this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2024
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I realized this completely misses the point, but the problem is actually dust not water. All these foldables are IPX8, meaning they are highly water resistant but not rated for dust and debris.
I completely agree with your repairability point btw.
Ah ye i get you. I also comment like this sometimes.
Call me when they release a smartphone that rolls up like old school window blinds.
Seems like a really cool idea. Two problems.
It will be heavy and fragile.
How does it stay locked in the tablet form? Will you be able to use it without it folding? And if it does lock, how does it unlock and how tiny and fragile are those locks going to be?
Why would it need to lock? It's no different than a normal foldable in that regard, the hinges are firm and hold in the position you put it.
With something that large and the hinges folding in opposite directions one will want to fold when you are pressing on the screen.
Huh? Each hinge will be doing exactly the same thing as every other foldable for the last 5 years.
Except it's bigger and heavier and zero foldables have had two opposing hinges. But OK.
Screen durability and the distracting crease are the two biggest problems with foldables, so they are making a phone where a third of the screen is always unprotected, added an additional crease, and sharpened the radius of both creases. Hard pass for me (and most people), but this is more of a statement piece for their manufacturing and engineering prowess than a mass market product. Hopefully the advances they make will improve single fold devices.
Why do screens need to fold at all? In folded mode an edge to edge screen is enough and in unfolded mode two more of those can combine to make one large display. It's the same as those led walls you see in places, made of edgeless panels that slot in next to each other. Curving the pixels is stupid.
Jesus fuck, what is wrong with people? Do we not teach counting in public schools anymore? Its a bifold...
The number refers to the number of sections the fold(s) create, not the number of folds.
Example: Bifold and Trifold wallets.
It's called a bifold, not a bisection...
Yes. And a "bifold wallet" has a single fold that bisects the wallet into two haves. A "trifold wallet" has two folds that divides the wallet into three equal parts.
This is how these English words are used. Look it up...
This user has a long history of just saying things without looking them up. I have them tagged as such from around 8 months ago. I applaud your effort, but save it.
I have this user tagged as "confidently incorrect".
Ooh, also changing your post after you've already replied, into something completely different. Real classy. Definitely real stable genius kind of behavior.
I'm going to say this once, nice and loud and slow for you and everyone else in the back seats : Repeating a lie over and over again does not make it true. Doubling down on a lie when called out also does not make it true.
Now I'm going to do the intelligent thing, that I should have done the first time we had this exact same argument: Enjoy your block, we won't be interacting again.
I'm going to say this once, nice and loud and slow for you and everyone else in the back seats :Β Repeating a lie over and over again does not make it true. Doubling down on a lie when called out also does not make it true.
Nice try, but no.
Yes, actually.
So because people repeatedly use them wrong that becomes to new correct use of the word?
What a life you must have. Must be nice to be so blissful ignorant and naive that you never once consider that you are wrong, not the entire rest of the world.
How many times did you consider that you might be wrong?
this is just becoming a thing and we will see 100x folding devices nobody asked for, isnt it?
Why do you think this is something "nobody asked for"? There is clearly a market for large wide-screen tablets and this form factor just makes them pocketable.
not before the tech is solid, for the vast majority of people
That's why it took years to even build a first generation product.
id argue we still are not at that stage