Work had me procure flips and folds for QA. I got to briefly and test drive them before I handed them over.
I expected to flip to be useless in the fold to be drool worthy for having a mini tablet sized screen
I carried the fold for a few days, having screens even in candy bar mode meant that I was constantly worried about scratching it and it just had fingerprints everywhere all the time
It was uncomfortable to unfold it, and the aspect ratio was wrong for a lot of applications and websites.
The flip however folded up into a clamshell and fit right in my pocket like old days.
For the price, there’s no way in hell I’m buying either but… Having a cell phone easily fitting in a pocket’s pretty fucking cool
If you’re on Jerboa open the image to get the joke…
And here I am rawdogging lemmy with Firefox and everything works. 🤷♂️
Tor on Android works great
It’s animated on Connect
Thanks. Same for Voyager.
Huh? Voyager loads it just fine on my pixel fold.
Maybe it’s a hardware-limitation?
It also loaded automatically for me on Voyager. Maybe it’s an instance thing?
Auto loaded for me on Boost.
Be careful mentioning that you use Boost on here… Some parts of the community really don’t like non open source clients.
(I use it too)
I’ve tried a few clients and settled here as it was what I was used to from… The other place.
rif was my preferred client there, but switched as the wave came crashing down.
Ran Jerboa for awhile until this one was ready & been here since. FOSS has it’s place, and I do try to look for better solutions, but as an end user ease of use matters a lot more than people like to admit.
Auto-loading GIFs is a setting in Jerboa, might be the same for Voyager.
If I don’t tap the image, it doesn’t animate.
The thumbnail was animated in voyager on iOS for me.
Newer phones abandoned physical key. That’s their demise and able to fold won’t save them.
Yes, but at what cost. Oh, $1500USD more than the flip phone. I mean, that’s like totally affordable.
I’ve broken so many of those old flip phones. the hinges were always some flimsy cheaply made shit causing the phone to break in two.
My Nextel i930 lasted forever. Still in a drawer somewhere
I had a couple LG flippers. They held up for me.
I had one moto razr and I did phone flip tricks with it all the time. If it didn’t get dropped into the depths of the inlet while paddle boarding I’d still be fiddling with it
I only know one guy who has a folding smartphone. It’s broken now. What a stupid idea.
At about a year and a half now with my Z Fold 5. Echoing many of the others here. Still works great, opens flat, and I never want go back to a non-foldable.
Now you know two who’ve had one. I’m typing on my Galaxy Z Flip3, which I bought in December 2021. No problems yet.
- Pixel fold here. Entire last week I opened it once.
I have quite literally never used the front screen on my galaxy fold 4. I hear the pixel has a more regular proportioned front screen.
Yeah, external screen is just like using a regular smart phone. Normal size and aspect ratio amoled.
The cover screen in my Flip3 is basically useless. It tells me the time. So I open the Phone every time I use it, dozens on times a day. It would be an under exaggeration to say mine’s been opened and closed 13,000 times since I’ve owned it.
I’ve also hard dropped it (waist-high, onto concrete, 3 or 4 times, and I’ve never had it in a case. I’ve always dropped it closed, though, and I think that’s contributed to how well it’s survived. If it had a bigger outside screen like the newer models, something may have broken by now.
I’ve had mine for about 4 years now, I love it.
I’ve had the inside screen replaced once now under extended warranty. I’d still buy another folding.
Lol, I’m on my second one, neither broke/is broken
It’s not a stupid idea, being able to have a small tablet whenever you need is amazing
It’s the only tablet I actually use instead of just collecting dust within a couple weeks of getting it because it’s never where I am when I need it the most.
I have a pixel fold. You know two people now.
I know one guy who has a folding smartphone and it’s not broken now. Where does that leave us
Had it for 4 years its the best
My wife has a z flip 6 and it works great. She had a 3 previously and never had any issues either
I have the same phone and I love it. So small in my pocket.
I love my Z Fold 4. Never going back to a non-foldable ever again. It’s so convenient being able to view websites in desktop mode without scrolling. Or view restaurant menus full-size. Or show a video or picture to someone on a giant screen that fits into my pocket. The possibilities are endless.
Fold4 here. Ditto. Awesome for web browsing, menus and the like.
Its a pocket tablet. I most often open mine to play games or read manga.
It’s a great idea. I have the Motorola razr 2024 and it’s a horizontal hinge like a normal flip phone instead of a vertical one. It’s compact and I can use 100% of the smart phone features without even opening it. It’s the ultra compact smart phone I’ve been searching for for years.
This seems like the better direction. I’d rather have a phone that turns into a pocket watch than a tablet that turns into a phone.
Wife has one and she loves it.
I’m on my second, first Fold 3 and now Fold 5. Assuming they continue to gain traction, I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to a non-foldable.
The only issue I’ve had is the internal screen protector (installed in factory by Samsung) started to peel up in the middle/fold crease. Got it replaced for free under warranty.
I’ll probably use this one until it starts to show wear and look into a different brand to get away from Samsung. My current plans are something like a OnePlus Open or Pixel fold and use Lineage or Graphene.
I bought a 2 year old refurbished Z Fold 2 two years ago and it’s still going strong. If you treat your device with respect you’ll have no trouble.
I think it’s a fantastic idea. Wanted one since Samsung showed an S4(?) clamshell.
But they still have too many issues for me. I look forward to when it’s a standard thing, so the OS and apps work correctly.
Just sold my Samsung galaxy z fold 4. After a year of owning it, it stopped opening completely flat. Went back to my S21 Ultra which is generally just a better device.
You’re an asshole for scamming someone. Once the phone starts doing that, the main screen is doomed. It breaks within weeks.
Take better care of your phone next time. This only happens when you don’t protect the hinge against dust.
I didn’t scam anyone, they know about the issue and bought it cheap. Way to jump to conclusions.
Having to handle a phone with kid gloves because the hinge might get damaged from dust is a major flaw in the design. You don’t have to do that with a normal phone. It happened when the device was in the cupholder of my car, literally not even being used.
The ones I’ve seen end up with a big crease in the screen. Not enticing.
This has been solved for a while now at least for Samsung.
Same, lasted about a year and a half at most. Was replaced with non folding.
Good idea, bad execution, at least at the start but I think they’ve improved a lot.
A Terminator model T-1000 could fold, too.
