• Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Hardly matters, the sort of people who buy such a pointless, gimicky and overly expensive phone will keep buying Apple regardless.

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      5 hours ago

      I like tech, I think it’s cool, and expensive features almost always become cheap or standard features in the future.

      When someone figures out how to do this well, I will definitely want a folding phone. Although I want a phone that folds half the size of a normal phone, not a normal phone size that folds out to a tablet.

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        21 minutes ago

        Although I want a phone that folds half the size of a normal phone, not a normal phone size that folds out to a tablet.

        You already got a joking reply to this with someone mentioning a regular flip phone, but Samsung does actually make what you’re asking for, the “Z Flip” line of phones, which have been developed in lock step with the more popular Z Fold series. Most recent is the Z Flip8 from this year.

        Image of graphite coloured Z Flip8

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        4 hours ago

        Samsung Fold and Pixel Fold have been getting it reliable for years now.

        But if you want half size, look at the Razr and its like $500 not $2000.

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        4 hours ago

        Pretty much this. We had this multiple times already with different tech. For example “bezelless” phones were desired for years and they kept and kept making them smaller, at some point some manufacturers really forced it in premium models and then some time later it suddenly became pretty much standard.