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OnePlus Open hype building campaign officially starts with a first look video (www.gsmarena.com)
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It's interesting to see OnePlus' first foldable. There's a video review of an early sample in the linked article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWclrhYkRn0

hinge design pic 1 hinge design pic 2

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[–] Jean_Lurk_Picard@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

As someone who worked in an electronics repair shop let me just say this: beware of folding phones. I will be the first to admit that the screen really does look great and I love the large landscape... when it's working. There are so many issues that come up with folding technology. I've had to repair so many Z Folds and Z Flips. The OEM screen protector constantly lifts and bubbles at the hinge. A lot of times there's pixel bleeding along the hinge. The repairability is a nightmare. Think about taking out components of a normal phone. Now double it and imagine having to carefully remove an outside LCD that is incredibly sensitive and breaks at the slightest touch. Replacing a drained battery or any small component like a sub-pba, mic, camera, orr anything else is a nightmare.

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Client presents a cracked iPhone XR. Total cost: $120. Time: 30 minutes Full warranty, come see us if the screen seems off.

Client presents cracked Samsung S10 Total cost: $120. Time: 45 minutes Full warranty, come see us if the screen seems off.

Client presents a broken Galaxy Fold. Says no other shops will repair it. Say I won’t either. Asks why no one will.

Parts: $700 Labor: $300

Never worked on this phone, you’re paying me to learn with high probability of fucking up, not getting your money back, not providing a warranty. Letting you know this up front.

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[–] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't foldables use OLED?

[–] Jean_Lurk_Picard@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

the Z Fold and Flip both have an LCD in the front of it in addition to its fold-able screen. As for the fold-able screens, yes they use OLED technology.

[–] Zeroc00l@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My z fold 3 most definitely has AMOLED screens on the outer display & the inner display.

[–] Jean_Lurk_Picard@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Whenever I ordered the part it was listed as LCD so idk. Maybe Samsung gave us an LCD for replacement but out of the factory they're AMOLED

[–] applejacks@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
  1. I will never watch this guy's videos
  2. It does look really nice
  3. I am still not interested in foldables
[–] niisyth@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apparently also leaked quite clumsily with Anushka Sharma in India. That back camera bump is ginormous.

[–] GamerBoy705@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yes indeed, it seems like a silent promotion to build hype, but it's more awkward than anything else.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I was walking around a Best Buy a week or so ago and took a look at the foldable phones. The things cost nearly as much as the new dual screen laptop from Lenovo! That and the fact the screens are still liable to break and I just can't understand the appeal.

[–] meullier@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That camera looks ugly

[–] ThetaDev@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

I think they covered it with black foam, because they do not want to reveal what camera they use.

[–] londos@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

By far the nicest looking folding phone I still won't buy.