There’s a finite length and width I can put in a pocket. Foldables are the path to a screen with a length and width larger than that.
The tech still sucks and isn’t worth using, but the concept is very clear.
You gain no reduction in volume or weight, and no increase in usable screen real estate.
Isn’t that just how folding works? You trade off dimensions… a double thick square is much easier for my small hands to grab and stuff in my pocket, compared to a long rectangle
I just want someone other than Unihertz to be making phones with keyboards again.
I love my titan and titan slim, but good gravy…
I think it’s like 3D movies. You will make some money off the people who buy into the gimmick, some more off of the people who remember and want the Razr again, and the rest acts as a kind of “hey we’re innovating here!” commercial for the manufacturer.
It’s a dumb gimmick, but it seems like capitalism is almost exclusively dumb gimmicks at this point.
There is at least a decent advantage in the flip phones of having the screen protected when the phone isn’t in use. I could see them potentially becoming more popular over time if they are improved upon and become cheaper, if only for that reason.
In my opinion modern screens are scratch resistant enough to put in the pocket without many problems and if you need more resistance you can get a screen protecting foil or a case. If my non foldable phone would scratch too much in my pockets I wouldn’t really think about replacing it with a device that is twice as expensive and has an additional hinge that could fail.
