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[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 75 points 2 months ago (20 children)

I only know one guy who has a folding smartphone. It's broken now. What a stupid idea.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 65 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've had mine for about 4 years now, I love it.

I've had the inside screen replaced once now under extended warranty. I'd still buy another folding.

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago

Lol, I'm on my second one, neither broke/is broken

It's not a stupid idea, being able to have a small tablet whenever you need is amazing

It's the only tablet I actually use instead of just collecting dust within a couple weeks of getting it because it's never where I am when I need it the most.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a great idea. I have the Motorola razr 2024 and it's a horizontal hinge like a normal flip phone instead of a vertical one. It's compact and I can use 100% of the smart phone features without even opening it. It's the ultra compact smart phone I've been searching for for years.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

This seems like the better direction. I'd rather have a phone that turns into a pocket watch than a tablet that turns into a phone.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now you know two who've had one. I'm typing on my Galaxy Z Flip3, which I bought in December 2021. No problems yet.

[–] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  1. Pixel fold here. Entire last week I opened it once.
[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I have quite literally never used the front screen on my galaxy fold 4. I hear the pixel has a more regular proportioned front screen.

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[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

I'm on my second, first Fold 3 and now Fold 5. Assuming they continue to gain traction, I don't know if I'll ever go back to a non-foldable.

The only issue I've had is the internal screen protector (installed in factory by Samsung) started to peel up in the middle/fold crease. Got it replaced for free under warranty.

I'll probably use this one until it starts to show wear and look into a different brand to get away from Samsung. My current plans are something like a OnePlus Open or Pixel fold and use Lineage or Graphene.

[–] KeefChief13@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Had it for 4 years its the best

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

My wife has a z flip 6 and it works great. She had a 3 previously and never had any issues either

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I have the same phone and I love it. So small in my pocket.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I love my Z Fold 4. Never going back to a non-foldable ever again. It's so convenient being able to view websites in desktop mode without scrolling. Or view restaurant menus full-size. Or show a video or picture to someone on a giant screen that fits into my pocket. The possibilities are endless.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Fold4 here. Ditto. Awesome for web browsing, menus and the like.

Its a pocket tablet. I most often open mine to play games or read manga.

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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

I bought a 2 year old refurbished Z Fold 2 two years ago and it's still going strong. If you treat your device with respect you'll have no trouble.

[–] Mojave@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I know one guy who has a folding smartphone and it's not broken now. Where does that leave us

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just sold my Samsung galaxy z fold 4. After a year of owning it, it stopped opening completely flat. Went back to my S21 Ultra which is generally just a better device.

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Wife has one and she loves it.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 7 points 2 months ago

I think it's a fantastic idea. Wanted one since Samsung showed an S4(?) clamshell.

But they still have too many issues for me. I look forward to when it's a standard thing, so the OS and apps work correctly.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Same, lasted about a year and a half at most. Was replaced with non folding.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The ones I've seen end up with a big crease in the screen. Not enticing.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This has been solved for a while now at least for Samsung.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

At about a year and a half now with my Z Fold 5. Echoing many of the others here. Still works great, opens flat, and I never want go back to a non-foldable.

[–] picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've had my fold3 over three years now. Once a year the inner screen protector has to replaced, that costs something like 25 euros. Apart that, the concept is great and I've had zero probs. As my phone is already like 4 years old overall, the camera on it not that great nowadays, especially in low light.

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[–] Neon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I have a pixel fold. You know two people now.

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Love my z fold 6. Getting the first foldable phone....yeah that would be questionable but they worked it out I think. I love mine.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I like my zfold 6, but the main downside is that it's made by Samsung. They've switched to a locked down bootloader over the past few years and you can't get GrapheneOS or LineageOS to run on it.

Because of this, once software updates stop being supported by Samsung, the phone increasingly become a security liability. Meanwhile my old S10e does support these 3rd party OS's so I can theoretically keep using it safely for several more years

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Completely agree that's the rub. Samsung product.

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 53 points 2 months ago (5 children)

If you're on Jerboa open the image to get the joke...

[–] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

Or enable "auto play gifs" in Jerboa's settings

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

It's animated on Connect

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Neon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Huh? Voyager loads it just fine on my pixel fold.

Maybe it's a hardware-limitation?

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Auto-loading GIFs is a setting in Jerboa, might be the same for Voyager.

[–] reattach@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It also loaded automatically for me on Voyager. Maybe it's an instance thing?

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Auto loaded for me on Boost.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

If I don’t tap the image, it doesn’t animate.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And here I am rawdogging lemmy with Firefox and everything works. 🤷‍♂️

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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

oops. thanks

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Work had me procure flips and folds for QA. I got to briefly and test drive them before I handed them over.

I expected to flip to be useless in the fold to be drool worthy for having a mini tablet sized screen

I carried the fold for a few days, having screens even in candy bar mode meant that I was constantly worried about scratching it and it just had fingerprints everywhere all the time

It was uncomfortable to unfold it, and the aspect ratio was wrong for a lot of applications and websites.

The flip however folded up into a clamshell and fit right in my pocket like old days.

For the price, there's no way in hell I'm buying either but... Having a cell phone easily fitting in a pocket's pretty fucking cool

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Having a cell phone easily fitting in a pocket's pretty fucking cool

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

For the price

The Motorola razr is about the same price as any non flippable flagship

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've broken so many of those old flip phones. the hinges were always some flimsy cheaply made shit causing the phone to break in two.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I had one moto razr and I did phone flip tricks with it all the time. If it didn't get dropped into the depths of the inlet while paddle boarding I'd still be fiddling with it

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I had a couple LG flippers. They held up for me.

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 9 points 2 months ago

A Terminator model T-1000 could fold, too.

[–] Eyedust@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

The Song from Lolnein Its a YouTube vid (noting for all those that want to use their other front ends).

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 months ago

Yes, but at what cost. Oh, $1500USD more than the flip phone. I mean, that's like totally affordable.

[–] inconel@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Newer phones abandoned physical key. That's their demise and able to fold won't save them.

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