This Pixel Fold costs exactly the same as a Samsung Fold, but with worse hardware and worse software (especially with how apps look on the big screen). I'm not sure who's getting this apart from YouTube reviewers and tech journalists. 😅
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I might add that a folio case has saved my screen from damage more than once. I shudder when I see naked phones.
Whether it’s the clamshell razor that folds open or this thing, I don’t think I’d like how thick these devices are when closed. I just don’t get it.
But hey, if it appeals to someone, more power to them!
But hey, if it appeals to someone, more power to them!
A problem in search of a solution. We are what 4 years into the current the folding phone concept and it still look like a gimmick with a cheap plastic screen that is waiting to fail on the 105th open/close cycle.
Seems just a hair fatter than the iphone 3g. It's definitely a thicc phone.
If I could fold my iPad mini in half and have a screen on the front for iPhone usage, that would be perfect. The problem with Android is they just don’t have tablet OS support that works well. iPadOS on the other hand is great. So I do believe when Apple does this it will be amazing. An iPad and iPhone in one device. The ecosystem and OSes work to Perfection.
But it is a phone and mini tablet in one. Therefore, it is honestly insane how thin this device is when folded. It is a true engineering feat. If it were just a slab phone then yes, it would be thick. But it's not.
I remember when people were paying $199 for iPhone and saying they would never pay more. Now, it’s over $1k and it will eventually hit $2k. We are all addicted to these damned things.
A solution in search of a problem: im willing to bet the market for people who want a phone as big as an iPhone Pro Max AND who think a tablet “smaller than an iPad mini” is vanishingly small.
It is astounding to me that people still cannot comprehend the advantages of a foldable phone. It is a mini tablet and phone in one, that I can easily slide into any pocket. Is it really that hard for you to understand?
I mean, people's pockets don't care though lol. That was really my point. For some, the thickness of this thing is untenable. And that's fine. I don't see this particular device getting mass adoption, if for no other reason, the cost of entry.
I've been watching videos on this thing since I entered the thread. It's an impressive phone and am not trying to downplay that. But I am trying to be realistic.
That would mean our happiness is based on them. However, that's not my personal experience..
I will pay that for a foldable iPhone, but like we have now, slab phone, no way I'd pay that much.
Don't limit yourself just to the apple ecosystem, you're missing out! I have a Samsung Flip 4, an iPhone 14 Pro, 2 Macs and 2 Windows PC's, and I never have a problem between them.
Yass! I want a phone the rolls up like a medieval scroll. Call it the Yore Phone. Make the Yore Phone your phone.😉
Lets see, bigger screen when you need it and smaller package when you don't. Makes sense to me!
I don't wear skinny jeans, so I can't speak for those, but I've not had an issue putting any of my foldables in any pockets. I even have my Pixel Fold with me at the gym when I am doing cardio in gym shorts. I personally think it is more pocketable than my 12 PM was. It was way to tall and wide for my liking. To each their own though.
I’ve said this before, and the biggest issue for me, with foldable, is that content that is good and one aspect ratio, is not never good when folded in half. Unless you had an A4 paper ratio (which is always the same when folded) but that is not a good ratio for videos or any media content.
Same here. I have an iPhone (work phone) and a Pixel 7 as backup phones to my Pixel Fold, and I use Linux, Windows, and MacOS on a daily basis.
Until Samsung or somebody else makes a folding screen that actually WORKS reliably all the time, Apple is not interested in a folding screen iPhone.
Surely you are able to understand that there's a slew of usage cases here. You have made it clear the phone works for you, and I am in no way trying to convince you are anyone otherwise. Was just putting into perspective the thickness of the phone. It's rather thick, regardless of how we justify it. We live in a world where people lament the discontinuation of the mini due to its extreme pocketability, while some others wish things were thicker just to add to battery size.
Thickness is likely a sacrifice we would all have to make in foldables for the foreseeable future. That seems par for the course.