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Does anyone here actually use (or know someone that use) flip-able/foldable smartphones? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I feel like its a bad idea for people to buy these. I mean... the screen are weak plastics that can get damaged by a fingernail. Seems like an expensive buy for such a terrible durability. A terrible deal in my opinion.

What even is the use-case for these, anyways?

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[–] SethranKada@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have a galaxy z fold 3. It worked great for the first couple years, then problems started cropping up. Right around when the warranty ended, the inner screen became nonfunctional and the screen on the front started fracturing. The outer screen is too narrow for a lot of apps, and the inner one is too large for most apps to adapt. I highly recommend staying away from these types of devices. Also, Samsung is proving to be an incredibly frustrating company. For my next phone Ill be getting one of those repairable open source phones and putting Gnome on it.

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[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

I had a flip phone long long ago. I accidentally ran it through the washing machine. I dried it off, and it ran fine after. Idk the quality these days, but I know you can get them cheap or free

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I do. I have multiple phone numbers, the one for dmv and banking is on a cheap RedPocket annual plan in the cheapest flip phone I could buy on ebay (a tcl flip phone or something). I got it for like $15 maybe and it's going fine.

Edit: I misread, skipped the word "smartphone".

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I feel that is a very small niche market and i doubt they have reddit yet alone lemmy

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