Don't expect these clamshell-style foldables in 2024 or 2025 or maybe ever.

Report: Apple is testing foldable iPhones, having the same problems as everyone else::Don’t expect these clamshell-style foldables in 2024 or 2025 or maybe ever.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      463·
      5 months ago

      For the love of god, yes. About half the time, I want a phone. The other I want a tablet. A foldable phone similar to the galaxy fold is exactly what I want.

      But I’m locked into the Apple ecosystem for multiple reasons. And no, “just get two devices” isn’t that great an option. I don’t use them at the same time, why not just have them be the same device? Also helps with the fact that I might want to go back and forth between something in both modes.

      • Pistcow@lemm.eeEnglish
        133·
        5 months ago

        Well, I just got the S24 Ultra and it’s darnn near tablet size. This dwarfs my previous Note. I’m just happy to finally have a flagship Samsung with a flat screen. Rounded screens suck.

    • ccdfa@lemm.eeEnglish
      192·
      5 months ago

      I live in Korea and I see the Samsung foldable phones in the hands of like every 5th person, so yeah I’d say they sell

      • Pistcow@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        Interesting. Seattle, Washington pretty tech centric city, I’ve only seen the one guy. Mostly a 80/20 split between Iphone/Samsung flagship phones.

      • agitatedpotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        5 months ago

        That’s different than people asking for them. Between status symbols and advertising you can sell anything, weather it was asked for or not. On a real level the whole industry of advertising is to get people to buy things they wouldn’t buy otherwise.

    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      112·
      5 months ago

      Samsung is up to Fold 5, so at least someone keeps buying them. Though they are also up to Flip 5, a concept so dumb I honestly won’t believe anyone wants or uses one, so who knows.

      • Pistcow@lemm.eeEnglish
        62·
        5 months ago

        I have seen 1 Fold in the wild, and even then, the guy’s screen was having issues.

        • Triple_B@lemmy.zipEnglish
          5·
          5 months ago

          I’ve had a Fold 4 for prolly 8 months now, no issues. But then, I baby my phone. No bigger screen issues either, but I clean it daily.

    • JoBo@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      Yes! Phones with small screens are not useful. Phones which don’t fit in pockets are not useful. Flip phones solve the problem and I’ve been wanting one for twenty years.

      • wreckage@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        I think the solution is bigger pockets.

        I can easily fit my 6.43 inches phone on my pockets, but that might not be true with women clothes.

        Unless you want to have a tablet size screen in your pocket. Then I can see why foldable screens would be appealing