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Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by frollogaston »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #66
frollogaston wrote: post #54

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$1900 for green bubbles is crazy. My wife's iPhone 6 still trumps this.

What a shallow way to judge a device. Especially when bad bubbles are Apple's fault.

Texting is the single most important feature on a phone.

Also it's not Apple's fault that MMS was terrible for years and now RCS is still terrible. Google also tried to make their own proprietary chat and failed... like 10 times. But more importantly, I don't care, this is not my battle. I'd use WhatsApp if that's what people did here, not that I like it any better.

Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by frollogaston »

annzabelle wrote: post #70
SchemaLoad wrote: post #65

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Not really, there are a couple of new products like that but they are fairly uncommon and inconvenient. I think there is a real movement to want to use social media and phones less, but I think it's is more likely to come from Apple implementing tools to help break social media addiction than buying a flip phone.

I've looked seriously into doing this, and there are just too many situations where I'm expected to have access to a particular app or website on my phone in day to day life. Maps are also a killer feature, and I use instagram messaging with some friends here (expats with unstable phone numbers). The best I've had was to turn my phone greyscale, which really helped me cut back on any short form video consumption, but…

You could get a bad smartphone. For a while the iPhone 6 Batterygate Edition really made sure I'd only use it for essential stuff, cause even typing on the keyboard was a waiting game.

Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by mapontosevenths »

annzabelle wrote: post #70
SchemaLoad wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really, there are a couple of new products like that but they are fairly uncommon and inconvenient. I think there is a real movement to want to use social media and phones less, but I think it's is more likely to come from Apple implementing tools to help break social media addiction than buying a flip phone.

I've looked seriously into doing this, and there are just too many situations where I'm expected to have access to a particular app or website on my phone in day to day life. Maps are also a killer feature, and I use instagram messaging with some friends here (expats with unstable phone numbers). The best I've had was to turn my phone greyscale, which really helped me cut back on any short form video consumption, but…

I use a thing called Brick. It basically locks all the 'fun' stuff down using the phones built-in features, but you can unlock it by scanning an nfc tag thing.

I leave the brick in my car. I can still scroll if I want, but I have to intentionly get up and move to do it. Most of the time I decide it isn't worth it.

It cut back usage like 99%.

Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by phinnaeus »

frollogaston wrote: post #50
Mogzol wrote: post #44

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Moving away from the tall narrow foldables that open to a square, to shorter, wider foldables that open to a rectangle, like the Galaxy Z fold 8 and the rumored iPhone foldable.

Oh. Well that removes the one reason I might care for a foldable, to fit in my pocket or hand.

The biggest benefit of the passport-style foldable is it might actually fit in your hand. Modern phones haven’t been ergonomic since the iPhone 13 Mini.

Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by shaklee3 »

frollogaston wrote: post #71
Dylan16807 wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What a shallow way to judge a device. Especially when bad bubbles are Apple's fault.

Texting is the single most important feature on a phone. Also it's not Apple's fault that MMS was terrible for years and now RCS is still terrible. Google also tried to make their own proprietary chat and failed... like 10 times. But more importantly, I don't care, this is not my battle. I'd use WhatsApp if that's what people did here, not that I like it any better.

RCS is not terrible. Apple's implementation of RCS is terrible.

Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by Dylan16807 »

mrcwinn wrote: post #16
getpokedagain wrote: post #4

Lol at the verge paywalling

This is the same site that ran a front page saying if you vote for Trump you are literally a racist. I liked it better when it was just headphone reviews and holiday gift guides to pump their affiliate revenue. XD

I put those words into google and found nothing, care to point at the article you mean?

Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by oblio »

toasty228 wrote: post #39
rf15 wrote: post #25

> trapped in a shape everyone else seems to be moving on from. Really not sure if we were ever there. Foldable phones still feel like a novelty that is expensive and fragile, among other tradeoffs. Also moving on to what, exactly? The regular slate form factor is what people buy, and have been for years at this point.

It's feels like 3d TVs and AR headsets, they're trying to find a new customer base to milk but it just isn't here

> Global foldable smartphone shipments have grown from roughly 2.8 million units in 2020 to an anticipated 20–25 million units in 2026.

Foldables will slowly become the standard phones, probably over a decade or so.

Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by squigz »

SchemaLoad wrote: post #65
VCFundedGenYer wrote: post #52

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The younger generation is moving back to 2000s style flip phones with no smartphone features. Which honestly I support. I still have my LG VX8100 and wish it would work on modern networks.

Not really, there are a couple of new products like that but they are fairly uncommon and inconvenient. I think there is a real movement to want to use social media and phones less, but I think it's is more likely to come from Apple implementing tools to help break social media addiction than buying a flip phone.

> it's is more likely to come from Apple implementing tools to help break social media addiction

What have they implemented?

Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by frollogaston »

shaklee3 wrote: post #75
frollogaston wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Texting is the single most important feature on a phone. Also it's not Apple's fault that MMS was terrible for years and now RCS is still terrible. Google also tried to make their own proprietary chat and failed... like 10 times. But more importantly, I don't care, this is not my battle. I'd use WhatsApp if that's what people did here, not that I like it any better.

RCS is not terrible. Apple's implementation of RCS is terrible.

Android users still go on WhatsApp for group chats instead of using RCS. I'm in an RCS group chat with some Android users, and they're always missing messages even between each other. So no I don't buy it. Same with MMS, Google and other phonemakers always blamed Apple, but nobody actually wanted to use MMS even in a full Android group chat.

Maybe RCS between Pixel phones is ok, because that's not the same thing, it goes through Google's servers only. And that was also the only way you got E2EE in RCS until very recently.

Re: Pixel 11 Pro Fold feels like the end of an era

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Post by jay_kyburz »

Mogzol wrote: post #44
frollogaston wrote: post #38

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I'm confused, what is everyone else moving away from, folding phones? The same article said Samsung is still making folding phones and Apple is about to release one.

Moving away from the tall narrow foldables that open to a square, to shorter, wider foldables that open to a rectangle, like the Galaxy Z fold 8 and the rumored iPhone foldable.

I want an ultra wide foldable with the hinge on the short side. Like a flip phone
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