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cantankerous_cashew to Apple · 1 day ago

After 3 Weeks and More Than 451,000 Folds, the iPhone Duo's Hinge Is Finally Starting to Fail

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After 3 Weeks and More Than 451,000 Folds, the iPhone Duo's Hinge Is Finally Starting to Fail

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After 3 Weeks and More Than 451,000 Folds, the iPhone Duo's Hinge Is Finally Starting to Fail - CNET
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We built a machine to fold the iPhone Duo until it breaks. Twenty days of 24/7 folding later, Apple's phone shows the first major sign of wear.
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    So it breaks in 3 weeks. Got it.

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      If you’re opening and closing your phone 400,000 times in three weeks you should probably just get a fidget spinner

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        That’s about 22 folds every waking minute. A fidget toy will only mitigate the problem. What you really need is therapy or even medication to fix a problem like that.

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        It’s multipurpose

        • a_non_monotonic_function
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          Ok, fair point.

          But Apple could do better.

          What if I want to fidget the fucker.

          What if I want to fuck the fidgeter.

          But I digress, I just hope to shove my erect penis between the succulent, ridged folds and gyrate for a while for the sake of science.

          Woke fucking NSF cut off my research funding. Sorry. I’m currently processing some shit.

          • SpaceNoodle
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            Good luck on that funding.

            • a_non_monotonic_function
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              It’s difficult.

    • PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works
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      But the battery will have died before that

      • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        You know that you can charge it, right?

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          Holy shit. I am gonna save SO MUCH money on phones

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            Don’t feel silly, I just found out about this a couple of weeks ago. I’ve already saved a few thousand dollars—almost enough to buy more RAM for my boy Sam!

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    THIS iPhone Duo’s hinge…

  • Hux@lemmy.ml
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    You also have to shout, “THIS. IS. SPARTA!!!” every time you close it…

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      There’s a Shortcut for that

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