So what, as a daily user you don't even notice it when using the device yourself. The engineers did think of the user experience and it's quite good.
glarf
joined 3 years ago
Speak for yourself, two time owner, they're very nice.
Would someone kindly explain the joke? It went over my head (pun not intended)
I find keeping a phone longer than three years absurd, guess we like different things!
My fold4 lasted 3 years, and still works. I'll concede it was only able to unfold to about 85% open at the end when I decided to upgrade. I was happy to upgrade to the fold 7 which has a redesigned hinge and better dust protection. I acknowledged the risk of mechanical failure as a possibility compared to a slab phone and after using it for years I decided I was still very impressed with the flexibility of having a tablet in my pocket. The fact that my 7th generation is significantly thinner and has a 200MP camera compared to the 4th is what sealed the deal.
It's not perfect for everyone, but I wouldn't go back to using a slab, there's too much functionality I'd be pissed giving up.
Granted, I tend to upgrade my phone every 2 years or so anyway.
I recently learned of a term "reverse centaur" and found the ideas in that article were very entertaining as a way to explain why CEOs are obsessed with LLMs. The author of the book being interviewed has a few hot takes that I think are pretty relevant here too. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/how-to-burst-the-ai-bubble-strike-at-its-roots/
Two time buyer, can confirm. They're legitimately useful and durable enough for me.
The outside screen is fantastic it's just like your normal cell phone. So you lose nothing. But the advantage is when you want to watch videos or look at photos anything that you might marginally want to see a little bit more of you can just fold open the phone, it's fantastic.
For example: If you're trying to take a group photo and you want to know if everyone's in the frame it's infinitely easier when your phone screen is twice as large as a normal slab.
I frequently show photos to friends and family, browse the web, watch YouTube and it's like having a tablet in my pocket.
If you ever sign digital documents it's so much nicer to be able to actually read the thing on a larger screen to understand what you're signing up for there's so many use cases we're having a larger screen improves user experience significantly, at least for me.
The only apps that don't work well with foldable phones are typically banking apps because they have an optimized them for a wider screen format but to be honest if I'm looking at that type of data I don't typically need or want a large format view. Otherwise it's an advantage I'm pretty much every scenario. If you're trying to navigate using Google maps you can just fold open your phone to figure out the route and get your grips easier because you can see more.
I can go on, I was skeptical when I bought it, I really thought it was going to be a gimmick to be honest and I was pleasantly surprised.
As far as durability goes, it depends on how you use phones. I've never broken a phone screen myself so I haven't had a single problem with foldable phones either.