To me the folding thing is nothing more than a gimmick to try to get people to shell out even more money for a phone. I would much rather go with something on the higher end of the low-end, think around 400.00 or less and have money for a laptop. I don’t see the point of spending as much money on a fucking phone as you would a decent laptop. Makes no sense.
Flip phone is stupid, but a folding phone like the Galaxy Fold actually makes total sense. Bigger screen like a small tablet, while still able to easily fit in your pocket.
Yes, theoretically it’s less durable compared to a regular smartphone, but practically, you’d probably replace the device well before it comes to it’s breaking point.
Samsung rates the Fold 4 to 200k folds (and 400k for the Flip 5). I’ve been using my Fold 4 for coming up to an year now, and I’ve observed that I don’t open/close more than 20 times a day. That comes to a total life of 27 years. Even if I say open/close 40 times a day, and say, Samsung lied and the real life is 100k folds, that still works out to 6.8 years, which is well past the time I’d normally hold on to a smartphone. So rest assured, folding the thing isn’t really an issue.
I don’t see myself buying one either. I much prefer the current form factor.
To me the folding thing is nothing more than a gimmick to try to get people to shell out even more money for a phone. I would much rather go with something on the higher end of the low-end, think around 400.00 or less and have money for a laptop. I don’t see the point of spending as much money on a fucking phone as you would a decent laptop. Makes no sense.
For many (most?) people, a phone gets a lot more use than a laptop
Flip phone is stupid, but a folding phone like the Galaxy Fold actually makes total sense. Bigger screen like a small tablet, while still able to easily fit in your pocket.
Eh, I’ll buy that but it still seems like an awful lot to go wrong and break.
Yes, theoretically it’s less durable compared to a regular smartphone, but practically, you’d probably replace the device well before it comes to it’s breaking point.
Samsung rates the Fold 4 to 200k folds (and 400k for the Flip 5). I’ve been using my Fold 4 for coming up to an year now, and I’ve observed that I don’t open/close more than 20 times a day. That comes to a total life of 27 years. Even if I say open/close 40 times a day, and say, Samsung lied and the real life is 100k folds, that still works out to 6.8 years, which is well past the time I’d normally hold on to a smartphone. So rest assured, folding the thing isn’t really an issue.
Here’s JerryRigEverything’s durability test video btw of the Fold 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RteJVUwzhWs
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