I’m happy that some people seem to want this idea, to fund sone really cool engineering. But the history of phones has been one of getting rid of all moving parts, and I’m happy with my plain slab of a phone. This is not a feature I can get excited about
Does anyone else remember the goal of being able to use your phone one handed? Pepperidge Farms remembers
Screens are already getting too big for one handed operation, and the main use case for a folding screen is get a bigger screen, with more moving parts
Every once in a while I think back to how convenient my old flip phones were and wish for something that small with a modern sized screen, but I can’t see that happening and I don’t miss hinge failures. Moreover I wouldn’t want to go back to thicker phones
I guess you could be thinking of phones with two screens so you could do basic functions without unfolding but it seems like a lot of complexity. It’s great if that seems useful to you …… admittedly I already bought into both a watch and a tablet so see less need for either a small secondary screen or a larger screen
I’m happy that some people seem to want this idea, to fund sone really cool engineering. But the history of phones has been one of getting rid of all moving parts, and I’m happy with my plain slab of a phone. This is not a feature I can get excited about
Does anyone else remember the goal of being able to use your phone one handed? Pepperidge Farms remembers
Folding phone is “best of both worlds” in that regard. You can use it one handed “like a phone” and open it to use it two-ish handed “like a tablet”.
I can understand not really having the need/want but it seems silly to think one handed use is out the window because it opens.
Screens are already getting too big for one handed operation, and the main use case for a folding screen is get a bigger screen, with more moving parts
Every once in a while I think back to how convenient my old flip phones were and wish for something that small with a modern sized screen, but I can’t see that happening and I don’t miss hinge failures. Moreover I wouldn’t want to go back to thicker phones
I guess you could be thinking of phones with two screens so you could do basic functions without unfolding but it seems like a lot of complexity. It’s great if that seems useful to you …… admittedly I already bought into both a watch and a tablet so see less need for either a small secondary screen or a larger screen