A foldable cellphone?

November 01, 2018, 10:07 PM

I'm usually good with evolving tech but I just don't get this one. Why is a foldable cellphone an improvement? This thing has got to me delicate and very easily damaged. What am I missing?

First Foldable Cellphone

November 01, 2018, 10:22 PM

kkina

Portability of a smart phone with the full screen of a pad.

November 01, 2018, 10:45 PM

saigonsmuggler

I think the ones from Samsung will be folding inwardly, so much less fragile but also much harder to mass produce since the folding angle will be much sharper.

November 01, 2018, 10:50 PM

Gustofer

I want one in a flip-phone style. I'd buy it in a second. Apple needs to get off their ass and make one.

November 01, 2018, 10:59 PM

chellim1

I used to have a Motorola Razor. It was my first Mobil phone and I loved it.

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November 02, 2018, 12:42 AM

KMitch200

I use a 20 yr old flip phone. No camera, no nothing but a phone that calls & texts. People who give me grief over it being a 'dumb' phone get the response of, "Go ahead and try to hack it. I'll wait."

They think I'm behind the times when I see that I'm now a trendsetter.

November 02, 2018, 12:54 AM

bigdeal

quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
Portability of a smart phone with the full screen of a pad.

Not really all that portable when the article notes it won't fit in a pocket when folded. And as if this one isn't spendy enough, the Samsung version is rumored to be priced around $2k.

Heck, I didn't pay that much for my laptop, desktop, and current cellphone combined.

November 02, 2018, 02:25 AM

flashguy

My flip phone with big buttons does have a camera and some limited Internet capability, but I don't know how to use them--it exists ONLY for me to make calls out in an emergency. I don't give out the number (don't know it) and it's not ON unless I'm making a call. Somehow, I manage to get by without all the fancy trappings. (And it really frosts my rear when others just assume that EVERYONE has a smart phone and create situations where one is REQUIRED to function with them.)

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November 02, 2018, 02:33 AM

kkina

quote:
Originally posted by bigdeal:
quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
Portability of a smart phone with the full screen of a pad.
Not really all that portable when the article notes it won't fit in a pocket when folded. And as if this one isn't spendy enough, the Samsung version is rumored to be priced around $2k. Heck, I didn't pay that much for my laptop, desktop, and current cellphone combined.

Well, the devil is in the execution, but the basic idea is doubling the display size. The trend now is larger and larger screens, at the obvious expense of portability. Few people want to lug around an iPad-sized phone, but if you could fold it....

November 02, 2018, 08:23 AM

smschulz

Microsoft's Surface Phone if ever or whenever it comes out is supposed to be a foldable one.
I think their issue is how to get universal apps to work on it as the OS part works or worked fine.

November 02, 2018, 01:09 PM

bigdeal

quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
quote:
Originally posted by bigdeal:
quote:
Originally posted by kkina:
Portability of a smart phone with the full screen of a pad.
Not really all that portable when the article notes it won't fit in a pocket when folded. And as if this one isn't spendy enough, the Samsung version is rumored to be priced around $2k. Heck, I didn't pay that much for my laptop, desktop, and current cellphone combined.

Well, the devil is in the execution, but the basic idea is doubling the display size. The trend now is larger and larger screens, at the obvious expense of portability. Few people want to lug around an iPad-sized phone, but if you could fold it....

Don't you think there's a point of diminishing returns on phone size? Heck, some of the current crop of plus sized phones are pushing the limits of size versus portability. Maybe its just me, but my phone serves a select group of functions for me, but for the more complicated/involved tasks I have to deal with, I always tend to leave them to address on my laptop.

November 02, 2018, 02:31 PM

slabsides45

I sure didn't butt dial as many folks with the old Motorola Razr....

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November 02, 2018, 02:48 PM

arfmel

I broke numerous flip phones over the several years I had them. At least they were cheap.

November 02, 2018, 05:26 PM

46and2

A big phone that's also small is definitely a good idea.

Sometimes I want a phablet type phone, and other times a flip type phone.

One that has two screens - a smaller one viewable without unfolding it all, and a big one that folds out seamlessly (emphasis on seamlessly) would be great. A big phablet that foods down into a little razr-esque flip... sign me up.

But it better fucking have a headphone jack and a MicroSD slot, too.

November 02, 2018, 05:29 PM

Bulldog7972

quote:
Originally posted by chellim1:
I used to have a Motorola Razor. It was my first Mobil phone and I loved it.

I agree. I was told that Apple is making a smart phone similar to the Razor sometime soon. I too would buy one in a heartbeat.