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Re: Google Pixel Fold

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Post by caddemon »

CameronNemo wrote: post #101
pstanger wrote: post #37

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hi, I want these folding phones. Though I took advantage of the ridiculous trade in offers that Samsung usually promotes with. Everything is just nicer on the bigger screen: messaging, browsing, videos, gaming. And that screen is always in my pocket. Can't read the QR code menu at the restaurant? Here, look at my pocket tablet. The technology is still in an awkward phase but I think slab phones will be obsolete in 5…

I don't want to have to lug a tablet everywhere, like some fulltime scribe.

Check out Samsung's zFlip form though. I think if foldables take over the small flip versions will always maintain enough of a market to also exist.

Re: Google Pixel Fold

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Post by rtpg »

itsyaboi wrote: post #273
rtpg wrote: post #266

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Is there a place that has empirical data on this stuff? Like what battery factoids are still true with the latest devices or not? I would honestly love for phone manufacturers to outright build in some software to build in best practices if they actually exist. Don't let me charge to 100% at first or something!

Get into the quadcopter hobbyspace, you will learn more than you ever wanted about battery chemistries.

I just want to know how much of this stuff is “batteries in the fridge” stuff

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Post by LegitShady »

manningthegoose wrote: post #9

I just don't understand who wants these foldable phones, especially at the $1799 price point. I guess a use case is wealthy frequent travelers who don't want a separate device with a larger screen to watch movies/videos on the go? Someone help me out here.

I want the foldable, but at that price point I don't.

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Post by jacooper »

First grapheneOS compatible foldable!

Other than that meh, phones are very limited, and I would rather invest in anything than spend my money on a (very finicky and unreliable) social media machine.

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Post by caddemon »

davemp wrote: post #257
jclardy wrote: post #35

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Yeah - I understand the technology is complex, but if you think about it you can buy a iPhone 14 Pro and an iPad Pro 11” for the same price as a single foldable. Maybe it is too soon for foldables, but usually “all in one” devices trend towards being cheaper than buying the devices seperately they are supposed to replace, since they are usually lesser versions of each device (IE a super thick normal phone, and a smal…

The iPhone/iPad will also have 2-5x the lifespan of foldables too from what I’ve heard. Neat devices but not really pragmatic.

Foldables are emerging tech right now anyway, they're probably going to see way bigger improvements in other functionalities over the next 5 years than the iPhone has in the last 5 years. I think if you're buying a foldable at this stage you're probably not attached to keeping it more than 2-3 years in the first place. In the future I'm guessing their durability will also be much better.

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Post by tombert »

blep_ wrote: post #88
anonporridge wrote: post #83

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You'd be dumb not to take 0% financing. Put the money you would have spent buying outright in a savings account yielding 4%.

Where did you find a savings account yielding 4%?

Not exactly a “savings account”, but Treasury Bills have routinely beat 4% for quite awhile, nowadays getting upwards of 5.25% for 13 week ones.

They can be purchased quite easily from the US treasury website, or investment sites like Fidelity.

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Post by caddemon »

cdibona wrote: post #122
ChrisClark wrote: post #107

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Fail? They are launching the Fold 5 in a couple months now. I'm still on the 3, I've had it for about 1.5 years and I use it every day. I love it, especially with the pressure sensitive pen. It's still working great, so I'll probably wait for the fold 6 or 7.

I have the fold 2 and I absolutely love it, been using it almost nonstop for a few years. When the 5 comes out I'll replace the 2 for it. The 2 is just showing some wear at the bend point on the screen, the flip I've replaced the protector once but it went smoothly at the Samsung store. I think the google/nexus/pixel fold looks nice, but the pixel reliability track record has been pretty grim, so maybe I'll give it a…

You have a fold and a flip? Is it pretty seamless to switch which one you will use as your phone on a given day?

Re: Google Pixel Fold

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Post by tombert »

noncoml wrote: post #40
JLCarveth wrote: post #27

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> or $74.96/month with 24-month financing I couldn't imagine financing a phone

If it’s interest free, I’d be happy to finance even my morning coffee. Who doesn’t like ~10% discount?

I mean, it’s pretty easy to find credit cards that have 0% interest for 18 months. I tend to get one whenever I need to make a purchase that will take more than a paycheck to pay off

Re: Google Pixel Fold

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Post by s1mon »

lmm wrote: post #277
atourgates wrote: post #21

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It's more than the price of a nice smartphone, and a nice tablet. An iPhone 14 and iPad Pro are gonna' run you $1,600, and be more useful in most cases. I mean, sure, you're not going to fit an iPad in your pocket, but do you really need to? And when it's out, it's more productive to have a separate tablet and phone, than just one device that's trying to do it all. Folding phones are a neat idea, and as a technical a…

> And when it's out, it's more productive to have a separate tablet and phone, than just one device that's trying to do it all. Not convinced. Having to move back and forth between two devices is a pain. Just like how a powerful laptop with a docking station is much nicer than a cheap laptop and a desktop, even if the former costs more.

> Having to move back and forth between two devices is a pain.

I do that a couple times a day. Almost everything that I do with these devices stays in sync through various accounts/cloud in the background. Admittedly I'm just doing this at home, but when I travel, I pretty much always bring my iPad (in addition to the iPhone and my Apple Watch which are on me as long as I'm dressed and awake). I don't have it set this way at the moment, but you can even have any app that you install automatically get added to the other device.

It's very different than a typical laptop/desktop situation since those are harder to sync (depending on what OS/apps/files/etc are involved). However if a lot of what you do is in the cloud, then maybe switching between laptop and desktop is more fluid.

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