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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (8 children)

My folded phone is worse in every way to a regular phone. It is a gimmick.

And my pixel 9 pro fold is better in every way than the Samsung galaxy S20 5g. Especially for my use-case where I remote into other computers/servers quite often. Hell my samsung fold 4 was better too. Though I like the pixel more.

For me it's not a gimmick. It's significantly made me more effective at my job when bringing a laptop isn't a valid option.

[–] MidsizedSedan 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Do you run the stock OS, or GrapheneOS. Thier site says its available for the fold.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm on GrapheneOS. I harbor a deep distrust for Google overall... I couldn't have bought the phone if it didn't. I probably would have upgraded to the newest samsung fold if the pixel fold wasn't supported by grapheneOS.

[–] MidsizedSedan 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Im still on thr Pixel 7 with GrapheneOS too. Am open to try a foldimg phone, but i chicken out at the price. I can double the power of my PC for the price of a Pixel fold in AUS.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

That's a completely fair assessment. They're definitely still quite expensive.

But I already have a 7950x3d and a 7900xtx... My machine is as good as it's getting. I had the budget, and have some needs that the larger screen meets.

Has it been worth it? Eh... situationally it's been super nice. But I can't say it's been worth the extra $600 I paid above the next flagship spec quite yet. My first samsung fold though... Verizon paid for me previous phone and paid me more than I paid for it... So that one was definitely worth it.

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