| ▲ | boppo1 6 days ago |
| Folders seem gimmicky to me |
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| ▲ | km3r 6 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Im never going back to non-foldable. The ability to have a full sized phone take up half as much space in my pocket is amazing. Consistently more comfortable moving around. |
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| ▲ | brulard 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Maybe half length, not sure half space. | | |
| ▲ | eloisant 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Phones are already thin enough, I don't mind doubling the thickness. Length is the problem. | |
| ▲ | qwertytyyuu 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Yea the zfold style is the way to go |
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| ▲ | ricardobeat 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | That’s because most Android phones are tablet sized. We could simply have smaller phones. |
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| ▲ | baby 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Until you use one |
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| ▲ | dmix 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I tested the Samsung one in the store and that groove thing in the screen would drive me crazy | | |
| ▲ | baby 4 days ago | parent [-] | | I have a google fold 9 for a year and I've never noticed it unless I look at the phone from the side. It's interesting that this is the criticism that comes up the most here where it's already been a solved issue | | |
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| ▲ | sniffers 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | They have a nightmare of a crease. Every single one. Even slight warping causes me to recoil. No, I've used one, they are absolutely unusable for me. | | |
| ▲ | baby 6 days ago | parent [-] | | You can't see the crease anymore. Source: I own a pixel folding 9 pro | | |
| ▲ | sniffers 5 days ago | parent [-] | | If you hold it up to light to get a reflection, you are telling me there's zero perceptual warping of that reflection around the crease? None? It's as flat and perfect as a single sheet of glass? |
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| ▲ | humpty-d 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I'd agree if there were fewer compromises required to pull it off. | |
| ▲ | pwthornton 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | What’s the main use case of this? | | | |
| ▲ | jjtheblunt 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | so what do you use on yours with more dexterity than without it? | | |
| ▲ | baby 6 days ago | parent [-] | | watching videos and reading PDFs (whitepapers) are the two big upgrades, being able to take selfies and see yourself is often useful also |
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| ▲ | ls-a 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| We're already in the trifold era. Check this video to see some useful features https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp5i0jQggK4 |
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| ▲ | bigyabai 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| iPads seem gimmicky to me. Somehow, they sell... |
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| ▲ | __loam 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | It's great for watching shows on a stationary bike, reading manga, and as a drawing tablet. There's a bunch of artists that only use procreate. | | |
| ▲ | bigyabai 6 days ago | parent [-] | | It's a hard sell for curmudgeons like me with a laptop that does everything you listed and more. Maybe I'm the idiot, but you won't catch me dead paying laptop money for a neuter-computer. | | |
| ▲ | Miraste 6 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I don't think this is fair. Of the uses listed: iPads are better for watching shows on a stationary bike, since they fit on the bike iPads are better for reading manga, since you can hold them vertically and iPads are clearly better for drawing--you can't draw on a laptop. There are some hybrid laptops that do these things, but they're bad at them. Especially drawing, I've used enough HP convertibles with "stylus support" over the years to know that. | |
| ▲ | __loam 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Hey good for you man. It's still one of the most popular drawing tablets on the market. | | |
| ▲ | bigyabai 6 days ago | parent [-] | | The sous vide is one of the most popular ways to prepare a steak. It still doesn't replace even a 10th of what my kitchen is capable of. | | |
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| ▲ | skhr0680 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | This, especially nowadays that Mac OS has an ARM target, and there’s essentially (literally?) no difference between an iPad and MacBook hardware | | |
| ▲ | addaon 6 days ago | parent [-] | | > there’s essentially (literally?) no difference between an iPad and MacBook hardware Form factor. Touch screen. GPS. Cellular. Circular polarization. These are all literal hardware differences between the iPad and MacBook, and every single one of them makes the iPad suitable for my use case (ForeFlight running on an iPad mounted to the yoke) where a MacBook would not be. | | |
| ▲ | bigyabai 6 days ago | parent [-] | | You can get a laptop with all those built-in, though. The only reason the Mac lacks those things is artificial market segmentation. | | |
| ▲ | addaon 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Also, can you give an example of a laptop (or non-Apple tablet) with a circularly polarized LCD? I've never been able to find one, but it's not a spec that's often published… | |
| ▲ | addaon 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Sure, but none of them run ForeFlight, so… |
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| ▲ | lisbbb 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Schools--for better or for worse, schools buy gobs of ipads. | |
| ▲ | 8note 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | i see one at basically every store or bar as an easily configurable POS | |
| ▲ | brulard 6 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Are you serious? For anything that needs more screen estate - reading, browsing, photo/video watching/organizing, or simply if your sight is not as good anymore, it's so much better than phone. And with the pricetag around $350 that is amazing value. |
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