• seiryth@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean I’m on my fold 5 right now while watching a YouTube video and responding to messages at the same time… doesn’t feel like a gimmack to me. In fact I kind of feel like it’s going to be hard to ever go back to a single form factor phone.

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      1 year ago

      Tbh you can do that on a regular phone using a popup player on YouTube (I recommend NewPipe).

      Now the true reason to be excited for fold phones is DS and 3DS emulation 🧐

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        1 year ago

        Kind of, yeah. But the foldable gives a tablet experience that you just fold and put in your pocket. It’s epic.

        Very true about 3DS…

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      1 year ago

      Not to mention my wife’s flip cost less than my s23 uktra, and probably less than the s23 plus. It needs a new screen protector, but its held up against open and closed drops, including on concrete

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      1 year ago

      I didn’t say folding phones are a gimmick, I said they’re fragile and bad value propositions.

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        Seems everyone who has one thinks they’re a pretty solid value proposition. You might just be looking at it throb contrarian tinted lenses.