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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 153 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

All ~~Of Apple’s~~ Foldable ~~i~~Phone ~~Prototypes~~ Have Visible Creases

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

German renowned institute "Stiftung Warentest" just tested two foldables (both Samsung I think) and had them 50.000 times folded and unfolded (they build machines to ~~torture~~ test stuff) and reported no creases.

50.000 times is over four years for 32 uses every day (twice every wake hour). Would be more than sufficient for a normal user think.

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

All ~~Of Apple’s~~ Foldable ~~i~~Phon~~e Prototyp~~es Have Visible Creases

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't get the obsession over the crease, things that fold generally have creases. As long as it's not distorting things (which IME it doesn't and is hardly noticeable when in use anyways) it's fine

[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 12 points 1 month ago

This is Apple; they value different things than most people… sometimes warranted, results in offering a much better experience, and pushes everything forward (see MagSafe -> Qi2 for recent example), other times they’re just regarded as late adopters. The detraction of visual aesthetics from folding crease is apparently one of such things that they care about.

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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 135 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I'm shocked that Apple didn't just make the crease more obvious and consider it a design element and advertise it as something the consumer wants.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

We invented the crease.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I mean for all the things you can meme on Apple for, releasing products for the sake of releasing something isn’t something they’re known for. See Air Power.

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[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Only Apple has the courage to give you a crease.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

That'll come out. Good thing I bough the optional $400 i...ron.

[–] coolfission@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yeah just like the notch and dynamic island. They even brought the notch to Macbooks since Apple thinks it makes their brand look more uniform.

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[–] SuperFola@programming.dev 113 points 1 month ago (37 children)

They are trying to make foldable iPhones because everyone else is making a foldable phone, but have they stopped and asked themselves if people want and need a foldable?

I have yet to see a real use case for something like a Samsung Z flip, and carrying a bulky Z fold phone in my pocket only to be able to have a tablet once in a while and watch a movie is not interesting enough.

[–] deus@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do I need a foldable phone? No. Do I like the idea of owning a phone that is actually small enough to be used with one hand and can fit anywhere? Yes. Besides, closing it to end a call is very cool.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 17 points 1 month ago (11 children)

The ones I have seen in stores are still too long to be used with one hand or fit comfortably into a pocket. My Pixel 7a is about the biggest I can use one-handed, and even then there is awkwardness.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Most Androids have a one-handed mode, where it shrinks the display into a corner, so you can reach everything with your thumb.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be better to just, y'know, cut out the free space around it?

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago (5 children)

you mean having a small phone in the first place?

[–] freeman 19 points 1 month ago

I miss small phones

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a Z flip and while it's far from perfect, foldable flip phones are great and I'd choose them over a same-spec regular phone every day. Much more convenient to carry in my pocket compared to a slab and basically having an included tripod for photos is pretty nice as well.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I want a foldable phone.

Phones have become larger abd flatter over the years, and they're just uncomfortable to have in my pocket. A foldable phone will solve this issue.

I didn't buy one yet due to not believing the tech is there yet. Screens are very scratchable and the battery life is poor.

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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I want a flip phone.

I still think the Game boy Advance SP's design was peak. Lightweight, compact, and very distinct. It looked sleek enough to not look like a toy, where I was using it in the office and nobody would bat an eye.

Give me that with a phone. Im not interested in being a first buyer or spending money for that novelty. But id happily use a foldable the moment they become as reliable as these tablet phones.

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My wife loves her flip. I personally don't like them, yes there is crease right where it folds and over time it will make your phone stop working. We just replaced hers after months of her dealing with the phone glitching. But she does enjoy it and requested getting another flip phone.

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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly a foldable smartphone should be 2 touchscreens with a hinge if there’s at all any risk of a bendy screen breaking more easily or otherwise being inferior to that.

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago

carrying a bulky Z fold phone in my pocket only to be able to have a tablet once in a while and watch a movie is not interesting enough.

It suits my needs perfectly though! You can take my folding phone out of my cold dead hands

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

My wife loves her flip. She just upgraded from the 4 to the 6 and the creaae is barely visible when in use

She uses it a lot for videocalls and she folds it to use it as a tripod, and also being able to use the good camera to take selfies is a great use case

She also loves that it fits on most of her pants when folded, usually women's pants have very small pockets.

That phone is not for me, but I can definitely attest to real use cases

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

I want a flip design. Or women’s clothing with pockets large enough to fit my current phone. Whichever is easier. Seems to be the folding phone at this point.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There have been plenty of fads over the lifespan of the smartphone market. E.g. curved edge screens. I think curved screens are another and Apple is right to ignore it. There's too many compromises required for a foldable and not much benefit to be worth it.

[–] raldone01@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My personal theory for the curved edges is, that samsung just wanted to prevent cheap off brand replacement screens.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mine is that they wanted it to stand out, compared to all the other phones with flat screens at the time, especially with all the design clones.

You would look at it and go "oh that phone looks funny, must be a Samsung".

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[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I think part of the reason was to look good in stores. If you have a non curved and curved phone next to each other playing the demo video, the curved looks waaay more futurostic.

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[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Foldable at least has theoretical benefit, curved screens on a phone are fucking terrible

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (10 children)

What I don’t understand is why nobody makes a foldable phone where it’s just two flat screens with an invisible bezel along one edge so they fit seamlessly together when fully opened.

It’s not like there’s a use case where you operate the phone half unfolded and require both halves of the screen to be seamlessly connected.

If the flexing feature wasn’t a gimmick and there was an actual use case for a foldable pocket iPad, someone would have released a phone like the Kyocera Echo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyocera_Echo to commercial success.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

not invisible, but the Surface Duo line was pretty much that.

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[–] deleted@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (16 children)

I’d tolerate a crease to have an ipad on my pocket

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have an iPad mini and enormous pockets. I'm living the dream.

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm pretty perfectionist about some things, but I honestly forget all of the time about this little crease in my phone. I thought I might give a shit before I bought a Motorola Razr last year, and now I often forget that it's a foldable. Imagine if you will, a phone that actually fucking fits in your jean pockets...it's worth the little (often invisible) crease.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 17 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Imagine if you will, a phone that actually fucking fits in your jean pockets

Size issue. My jean pockets can fit a whole tablet.

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[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Whatever they do, when they release it the have to call it the iFold!

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[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I want a slide out keyboard like on my G1.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They're all so desperate for an excuse to increase the price further, and I don't know anybody who wants this.

We're already at over 6 inch for phones. It's plenty big enough. If I want to see something on a bigger screen, I'll use a device with a bigger screen.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

As someone who reads a lot on the go folding phones are AMAZING My eyes never felt so good and my pockets so light. That being said it broke after three months of use when I dropped it face first while closed. If they where more durable or repairable I’d definitely go back

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Soon we'll have tablet sized phones that fold multiple times. lol

Edit: Friends, i have bad news...

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