they can make intricate folding devices now.
but making them repairable is somehow fucking impossible.
It’s not impossible for them to do. They just don’t want to do it.
this is going to be like the Gillette blades
I can see this having some advantages over two-folds. The unfolded screen has a better aspect ratio, there’s no need for a “back”-screen and all folds have only one screen on them, allowing the full thing to be thinner.
Price is an issue of course, as well as it having HarmonyOS instead of Android (less app compatibility).
Fuck Everything, We’re Doing Five Folds.
Holding out for the Anne Frank Trapper Keeper phone.
Do you mean Lisa Frank, the artist for colorful animals on school supplies, and not Anne Frank, the famous diarist who was killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust?
Shit. That’s a big oops. Been a very long day.
Holy shit we just witnessed Lemmy culture 🥲
Lmao thank you for leaving your comment unedited.
An Anne frank fold out phone would be a hell of an art piece. I think it could give Lisa Frank a run for her money.
I was really wondering if I had missed something about Anne Frank.
some origami sheet
Just… why…?
Is it stupid? Yes! Yes it is certainly. But I’s it fucking stupid? It certainly is fucking.
do not want. want removable and replaceable batteries and storage, also a headphone jack because fuck you.
And while we’re at it, a physical tactile keyboard.
I’ll happily settle for any amount more physical buttons. It sucks to listen to music using my phone because I can’t skip, replay or pause songs without using the touch screen.
I like removable batteries, but I like waterproofness combined with thin more.
Easily serviceable batteries are a great compromise IMO.
Why is there a “but”?
Pedantic nit: this thing doesn’t have three folds, the name is nonsense.
Pedantic return: it has 3 screens with 2 connecting hinges, it is therefore trifold.
trifold in American English (ˈtraiˌfould) adjective
- triple; threefold
- having three parts a trifold screen
I don’t understand the folding phone thing. It feels like tech now is all about creating ridiculous features and tech companies trying to convince us that we want them while ignoring things that would actually be worthwhile like repairable phones, headphones jacks and minimal bloatware.
I can actually see the value in a trifold like the one pictured. In your pocket it’s a phone. When you unfold it, it’s an iPad. You’re consolidating devices.
That said, I’m not a fan of folding lcd screen tech used today. It creases. I’d rather see three separate bezel-less screens that magnetically join to make a larger surface.
I see it the same way. I would love a tablet I could fit in my pocket.
Exactly my feeling when everyone was jumping into touch screens.
(I was able to type SMS in my pocket, using one hand, while walking. Sure, it took a 100 meters a sentence but it worked.)
Anyway, a smartphone comes with many other differences, mostly advantages. This is another leap of quality for gaming, watching movies, filling government forms on old websites, etc.
All the things that used to break phones got fixed, mobile OS changes got smaller and smaller, designed obsolescence required something that would get people to buy a new phone every 18 months. So here’s a hinge. Here’s TWO hinges!
Not many people get it until they get one. I got a fold 3 when it came out and have just upgraded to a fold 6 because i just couldn’t go back. Its a better form factor for a mobile computing device. Its a phone thats also a small tablet! I gave my old one to my wife who was always averse to getting a fold and she has told me multiple times since then that its her favourite phone shes ever had.
and she has told me multiple times since then that its her favourite phone shes ever had.
Doesn’t mean much because of loved one bias.
She doesn’t love me. :p
My condolences.
Companies don’t make as much money when it’s repairable. Washers and dryers used to last 20-25 years with a few repairs here and there. But companies weren’t making any money, so they started making unrepairable junk instead.
That has a name: built-in obsolescence, and it’s bad.
and the earth literally can not handle everyone doing that.
Gimme a fucking keyboard instead of extra screen size
they also give a keyboard for that extra screen size
The paragraph with prices says it includes a foldable keyboard. I would have loved to see it… It’s probably shit but I’m enticed…
they actually made one for this and it folds 🫨
https://youtu.be/e2n2ftM-MwI?si=F_1PfmfYQadCr9Zl
Clicks keyboard?
This technology gets interesting, when I can unfold a full 27" 2k screen.
LG has a roll up screen. (prototype). More practical.
Expanse hand terminal so close. Can have the iPhone rectangle kind or the slap it on your wrist kind.
What we really need is decentralized data and computing. Make phones super basic screens/radio hardware and all your data and computation done remotely. Makes hardware more renewable because you don’t need to buy one every 2 years, cheaper, and since it has so much less hardware you can do really cool designs like a single transparent glass chassis.
Are you suggesting to separate the modem/sensors from screen/battery/CPU/GPU? Probably like put the former in a watch and the latter kept as the same rectangle slab our phones are already in? That sounds neat.
