Ok, What do you foresee us needing to do on our phones that we cannot do now?

Sounds like you probably watched the pixel one, that thing is trash. He was unable to fold the others backwards, and he is not a weak dude.

My fold3 had metal missing from the hinge from dropping it and it still worked pefectly until I sold it 3 years in. You aren’t going to see people making posts about how their fold didn’t break

You’d really be surprised, I don’t even use cases unless I want magsafe mount-ability in my car. Plenty of drops and abuse

I guess if phones turn into all-in-one devices we could need more power, but I haven’t noticed any change in gaming performance for generations of snapdragon. Always locked at 60 fps.

I guess efficiency is always welcome

Chinese ones are literally the thickness of an iPhone, when folded. With bigger batteries too! SiC tech we don’t have in the US yet.

It’s wild how foldables were just weird and cumbersome, and all of a sudden are “ready”. My fold3 was so goofy in retrospect. Me OPO has fooled people into thinking it’s a regular phone when just sitting on a table a few times

S9 was a great year for Samsung. But yeah that’s getting up there in age lol. Would be in 2nd grade if it were a kid 😂

Check the used market, mine was $900 mint condition on swappa. I figure the Open 2 is coming out Q1, so I bet the price will drop to <$700 soon

Gross. Then why not buy the $3400 $9000 Huawei XT? It’s like the price of a used car

If they want new tech why get on an iPhone program? They are withholding progress to give a slow trickle over time. I guarantee I could not tell the difference between the last 3 years of iPhones if you put them in front of me.

Bro they are ready. Check out the OnePlus Open. Typing this on my outer-screen now, it’s very comfortable and feels like a normal iPhone closed.

I bought it second hand and the screens are still flawless. I do not baby my phones. It is currently case-less

The crease is practically non existent, I constantly get comments on that. I think people are used to how Samsung’s folds have a deep valley crease.

The cameras are better than the Galaxy S23 Ultra I tried for a couple weeks. Video quality is iPhone level or better

I can believe why you think that if you use iPhones. Foldables are out here completely changing the game. Apple will make one in 2030 I’m sure

Who are these people? All my friends and family keep phones for 3-5 years. Im the “new phone” guy and I’m on a 3 year schedule

We are “there” with processing power IMO. Form factor is the next evolution. Try a foldable and find out that regular phones are so limiting.

• I can legit get work done. Two or three apps comfortably shown. (Teams, tickets, admin console)

• I just moved and reading/signing docs on a big screen was so helpful.

• navigation with an 8in screen is objectively better. Can even split screen with Spotify or the message thread with whoever I am visiting/meeting.

• tripod for taking pics. I use this SO much. Along with selfies using the main cameras

I tried to go from fold 3 to S23U and gave it to my mom after 2 weeks. Right back to foldables with OnePlus Open. Takes even better pics

Probably from years of being force-fed

Yeah let’s teach them about credit and healthcare

As a person who prefers analog clocks I disagree

What benefit does analog bring over digital other than nostalgia?
Once is objectively faster to read granularly, by the minute

Perhaps we should start paying teachers so that we attract more intelligent ones with more passion

Perhaps the fact that we pay them like 30 grand a year is a factor? That’s how much my one bedroom apartment costs 😂 there’s no money left over for food or loans or electricity or gas

Financial stress has been proven to make you dumber

$20 at Walmart! I’m kicking myself for casting from my phone for so many years. Android TV is objectively better and you can still cast to it

Combine it with sonarr, radar, jackett and qBitTorrent and it’s incredibly easy to get a new show or movie

I feel like a wizard being able to add a movie to jellyfin for my mom in minutes

Also love that new episodes auto download!

The Android TV one is really good IMO