Previously on Lemmy:

Past Discussions:

Well, as promised, we are talking foldable this week. The excitement is palpable, and it looks like the rest of our mod team have already started the conversation here. Go check it out.

I honestly don’t know very much about foldable phones, so I’ll let the rest of our (very smart and knowledgeable) mod team handle this one this week. :)

Last thing for future reference at the end of the week, we also have a great thread discussing foldables here too, go check it out if you want more great discussions.

  • Vince@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Love them, tried out the Z Flip 3, Oppo Find N, currently have the Pixel Fold.

    I understand that it’s not for everyone and I don’t think it’s a must buy for me, but I really like the form factor and I’m glad for the option.

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      1 year ago

      I couldn’t wrap my head around paying premium for what’s basically the last gen processor. Pixel 8 will have Tensor 3. The Fold should have been priced accordingly. They used to purposely use the previous gen processors in the Nexus line to keep prices down.

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        1 year ago

        That’s fair, pretty good reason, especially for enthusiasts, to not want to buy it.

        For me, I stopped being able to notice any significant lag on my phones 2-3 generations ago. I guess I don’t do anything that requires that much processing power on my phone anymore.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve thought about it some more, and I think I’ve identified what I really want out of a foldable.

      I want the promise of the one device to replace a phone, tablet, and laptop. Currently, were no where near that. Hardware wise I think we’re there, but software, we still have a long way to go to get all apps to support a tablet mode.

      “Laptop” mode I haven’t even bothered trying for most things. It does work pretty well for work, using RDP, Teams, Outlook.