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YouTuber subjects the Galaxy Z Flip 5 to a week of continuous folding to see when it breaks - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Sanctus 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The hinge seemed to get unusable after it was doused with eggs and flour? I wonder why...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Given Samsung’s flip phone has an IP rating of IPX8, which means it’s protected against being submerged in water but isn’t protected against dust (for now), it seems likely the flour played a part in the phone breaking. But being able to survive 400,000 folds would still mean the phone should survive over 10 years of use if you unfold and fold it around 100 times a day.

Honestly I'm impressed it survived for as long as it did. I played around with a demo model last month, and I figured it'd break rather quickly even with normal use. But I guess the conclusion is as long as you take care of it, it'll be fine. Still think it's all a gimmick though.

[–] Sanctus 6 points 1 year ago

I bought the z fold for the gimmick. I love the gimmick. Its the Pokémon pagents of phones and I'm here for it.

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

If the hinge is the same design as the flip4 it won't take much to break it. I went through 2 of them with a fully hinge protected case and both times the hinge would get misaligned from a small fall onto carpet.