Foldable smartphones have reached their fifth major generation, as heralded by Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Fold 5…
For me it’s definitely the durability concerns. I’ve valued my phone’s water and dust resistance since getting an ip67 phone years and years ago. My brother had a flip and a grain of sand in his pocket got under the display; when he closed the phone the display died. And they expect me to pay more for the privilege.
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Still rocking the f1?! Wow you’re an OG, I went with the f3, from the f1 2 years ago. After 3 screen replacements I thought It was time
Uhh the price tag? I just bought a new phone after 6 years of honoured service from my old one, payed the new one a whopping 300€ and it already felt like a rip off. Ain’t no way I’m paying four digits for a phone.
Price
Im not gonna buy a phone that’s worth several months of salary in my country only to get mugged the moment I pull it out
I typically buy last generation refurbished. I was able to get the Samsung Galaxy s22 Ultra for sub $800. The last generation Fold is still over $1000. I need the cool-factor to calm down so the old ones are cheaper.
The flips smaller size is awesome, but I think that positive is offset by the annoyance of having to open the phone the every time.
The fold I could see myself buying in a later gen. Once the hinge and screen are through a few more iterations I think I’ll buy one. The huge screen is just so nice. But folded up it shouldn’t be much heavier, larger, thicker than a normal phone, I already think modern phones are way too big as it is.
That’s where I think the larger ext. displays on this years flipables could help a lot…
That’s kind of the magic of the flip, it forces you to purposefully decide to open your phone, so for some folks thats a benefit! Being more present in everyday life is something I was focusing on when I was considering the flip for my next phone. I ended up with a fold for other reasons, but that was one of the best benefits I was considering.
The crease is still far too noticable for me. That and the outrageous price that some of these things close when they eventually make it to the shelves with the “Australia tax” applied to it.
Maybe battery life, and I don’t want to give up my headphone jack and memory card slot. :(
Cost isn’t a real concern for me; Samsung has very aggressieve discount pricing where I am, I could get a Z Fold 4 with the same RAM/memory for about 10% more than the S23 Ultra, so I effectively see it as a freebie small tablet with an expensive phone.
Once your try wireless earbuds you will not go back, Apple was right on this one
Cost
durability
Size
difficult to repair (if not impossible)
lack of sdcard (on such a large body)
No open source ROMS
I don’t mind spending on good tools, but I won’t buy a highly locked down device at any cost. An open source OS is a must, any new device will have to compete with my current phone that also has an SD card, headphone jack and is easy enough to open so that I can change the battery myself. Folding phones are inferior in all those aspects.
Why do you need SD cards in 2023? Most phones don’t have this?
To double or more the storage for much cheaper than the internal storage upgrades cost… is that not enough? Even the folds don’t have more than 512gb and they cost over $1000. My sub $500 phone from years ago is running a 512gb SD card, which I can seamlessly slot into my next phone when I swap.
Sure, but why do you need Storage in the first place? I have always had less than 100gb and it’s plenty for all apps etc. Everything else goes in the cloud
Sure, let me pay the same I did for the SD card for half as much storage that will expire in a year ($40 for 200GB in GDrive). It’ll be super handy when I am on 250MB of cell data or have no reception at all and want to listen to my music in the cloud.
Just because it works for you means it should work for me? I want more storage than you need.
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For one thing- if you take lots of photos and videos.
Well I have one already, I don’t need another one
Price and durability. I’m not going to pay exorbitant prices for something I’ll have to replace in 2 years
I want my phone to last more than 2 years
I simply don’t like them. There’s zero use case where I would consider a foldable phone superior, or even equivalent to a regular one.
Video calling is pretty neat when you fold it and let it sit on a table etc, but might as well use a laptop…
I don’t see a point.
For me, they’re too fat when folded and too big when open. I don’t like the feeling of the crease, and the technology needs time to prove how reliable it’ll be in the real world.
