• kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    14 days ago

    A friend enjoys their Motorola razer a lot, the bigger ones seem a bit like a laptop replacement to me. The screens look really fragile though they really need to figure out a way to make a foldable glass to up the durability

    • Rojo27 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      14 days ago

      They definitely are, which is why I’ve never seriously considered getting one after the initial hype died down. Its a neat concept, but getting stuck with $2,000 paperweight is not.

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        13 days ago

        the price is definitely a big issue too. if it was like 500 bucks for a large screen (razr isnt my vibe, slab is fine, folding out to a big screen seems somewhat useful) id consider it

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      14 days ago

      I’ve had folding phones for the last ~4 years and haven’t noticed any fragility. Only one I broke was when it fell out of my pocket when I fell off my one wheel, but I think that would’ve destroyed any phone.

      I think the inner screens are probably more durable then glass as they’re plastic and can bend a bit without shattering like glass does. They’re more vulnerable to scratches but that’s what the screen protectors for

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        13 days ago

        They are extremely fragile, even if you haven’t noticed. The folding screen will just fail after a limited number of cycles due to material fatigue, this is pretty much unavoidable. It’s a cool but inherently stupid design, at least with current material science.