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Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing::Foldables are barely 1% of the market, but that's not stopping anyone but Apple.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The only advantage I see are movies, but then again for a static display I can just use my laptop or a TV.

I guess gaming could be something, if you're into that. Personally all those microtransaction BS makes me steer clear of wanting any games on my phone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tablets are cheaper and lighter than laptops so if someone just wants to watch videos while traveling or commuting, a tablet is often a better option than a laptop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What not get a tablet/ laptop hybrid. Two birds one stone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a tablet with a keyboard case

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Well no. Like the Microsoft surface. It's a laptop that can be hard as tablet. As powerful enough to do plenty of computer tasks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Imo movies on anything smaller than 40" with a sweet sound system is blasphemy.

And I don't play many games these days but when I do it's on a proper PC for pretty much the same reason (plus the micro transactions as you mentioned).

Also, touchscreens drive me nuts for anything more advanced than like browsing Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's nice for the few non shitty games that also scale well on the display.

Also watching videos while doing chores, quite convenient.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How are you watching videos while doing chores?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Dishes being an obvious one, just looking up every now an then, I mostly listen/watch long form yt