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Amadeo's Pixel Fold dead after 4 days of light use (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"I didn't do anything to deserve this. The phone sat on my desk while I wrote about it, and I would occasionally stop to poke the screen, take a screenshot, or open and close it. It was never dropped or exposed to a significant amount of grit, nor had it gone through the years of normal wear and tear that phones are expected to survive. This was the lightest possible usage of a phone, and it still broke."

This can happen to any phone of course — there are numerous threads on reddit of faulty S23 phones that are only days old, and of course the first Galaxy fold phones were problematic — but still. Rough start!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Out of interest what about the tech is not all the way there yet?

The durability issue. I shouldn't have to rely on "getting lucky" if I want the display to not get a huge crease (or outright break, in the case of OP) - especially considering how expensive these devices are compared to standard phones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

But faults are not exclusive to folding phones. Almost every phone has sone lemons so no matter what you buy you still have to get lucky. The worry about durability isnt a real factor. Just watch jerryrigeverythings durability test video https://youtu.be/F8Thuw3qPGw Spoilers. It passed. And ive had mine for almost 2 years, dripped it numerous times (in one case i threw it to the ground becauwe something scared me whilst i had it ipen and the worst it suffered was a scuff to the metal frame)

The crease is an inflated concern. It doesnt affect useage, or functionality and is basically unnoticable when using the phone.

Have you ever had one of these phones? Have you used a galaxy fold 3? Or is the concern you have based on reviews or bad press? I assure you its all quite unfounded.