I like the concept of these phones, but I think it's still a few years off being viable. Half the price and improve the battery, then I'll be interested.
this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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Since gen 1 I've been saying "gen 5 is where I'll start to think about eventually buying one of these", and I feel exactly like this right now
I bought a gen2 and then upgraded to a gen3 for the splash protection.
I have no reason to upgrade yet. Battery is fine for me, and the durability has been great.
I could never go back to a normal phone.
I really like the concept, but i feel like the screen would scratch for anything. On most reviews I've seen that get marked by nails! I just know I'd crack mine with my fingers
The screen has a screen protector it comes with.
I've never scratched my screen in the years I've had mine.
What is your most used app/s on the internal screen? Gen 5 and I finally decided to give it a try due to the great trade in $1000 for a s20ultra .. but I'm having an issue finding a good use for the Internal screen just feels like a lot of the apps I use are stretched out. But the Notes app is a very nice experience with the pen on the internal display.
I use the internal screen for 90% of things. Mostly lemmy, photo editing, work email and texts , texts , you name it.
Half the price will come in about 8 months, Samsung does pretty deep discounting when the calendar year rolls over.
Battery life though, is the another issue. Fold 5 on GSMArena's review has slightly worse battery life than the Fold 4.
A phone that's so good? That slows down under load and has a mediocre battery? Without accessories, for 1800$? Is this a joke?
The best aspect of this trend is that we finally can buy devices without glass screens again. Plastic screens are so much more durable, especially if you are clumsy like I am. The prie is still to high though.
Plastic screens are so much more durable
Except when they foldable
Except in every scenario. Plastic back then was just as soft as it is now. The statement they made was just dumb.