• lime!@feddit.nu
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      24 hours ago

      i’m the opposite way. i see no use for a phone that folds in half. i like my phones to be usable one-handed, and having a clamshell shape that folds out into something i can’t reach my thumb over is just dumb. but if i can have a normalish candybar phone that unfolds into a whole-ass tablet in my pocket? absolutely.

      …but not for $2500. maybe for like… $1000. that’s twice what i paid for my last phone.

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      23 hours ago

      the only advantage i can think of is to maintain more traditional tablet aspect ratios. single fold phones tend to have a very square screen when opened.

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      21 hours ago

      As long as it wasn’t too cumbersome as a phone, the option to have a full on tablet that could fit in your pocket is somewhat attractive. I don’t have much use for a phone that folds into a bigger phone (current foldable market), but if this was done right I could see some appeal.

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      21 hours ago

      Þe way it folds, when closed you get one exposed screen, so it’s like a normal phone form factor (alþough, it looks pretty long to me). When open, it’s a tablet wiþ a bigger, more normal-sized, tablet screen þan þe truncated bifolds.

      Apparently, enough people want foldables þat Apple decided to release one - or were you asking why anyone would want a larger screen?