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Nobody wants to cut the edge, when it comes to foldable phones, it seems. Also, more than 5 yrs after Galaxy Fold (I've never seen or held one IRL): is it rea

Nobody wants to cut the edge, when it comes to foldable phones, it seems. Also, more than 5 yrs after Galaxy Fold (I've never seen or held one IRL): is it really that valuable to have "marginless" foldable displays? Often times, users will divide the screen into halves, at least, when using large resolution. And users are also not too interested in curved or mangled output surfaces, the ideal is an evenly lighted 2D surface. If you were working on military technology, that's irrelevant of course. Then, the consumer tech is just a small venture capital driver. No "foldable" real currently comes close to two flexable screens placed close to each other. Consumers have repeatedly rejected this hype. The only interesting value is in completely flexible material with fixed-distance OLEDs on it, and that's a very complicated engineering problem approaching a digital "invibility coat". In-between these extreme uses, I struggle to see the benefit of foldable screns. A cheap and robust e-ink screen would be a welcome exception, but I have no idea how much the science overlaps with marginless, foldable LED panels.

tuxracer 1mo ago
Foldable screens are amazing when it comes to looking at code changes in pull requests
- andrekandre 1mo ago
  true, though for me it’s an ipad mini, just small enough to fit on my pocket but big enough to read a whole page of code (and it only goes for a few hundred bucks vs thousands)
- spants 1mo ago
  ... and for older eyes.
shaftway 1mo ago
I used the Microsoft Surface Duo, and the experience was terrible. I carry a Pixel 10 Fold, and 90% of the time I use it closed. But when I want to watch a video, or I want to show someone something. The bezel very much ruins that experience. And the Duo went even further by having hidden pixels, which made some UIs completely unusable. That said, I hardly think that foldable is the peak. I'd prefer a rollable phone that I can expand the screen on, with maybe an edge display. And the price is the real kicker. For the vast majority of the Android population, a phone at a price point about $1000 is just a non-starter.

tuxracer 1mo ago

Foldable screens are amazing when it comes to looking at code changes in pull requests

andrekandre 1mo ago
true, though for me it’s an ipad mini, just small enough to fit on my pocket but big enough to read a whole page of code (and it only goes for a few hundred bucks vs thousands)
spants 1mo ago
... and for older eyes.

shaftway 1mo ago

I used the Microsoft Surface Duo, and the experience was terrible. I carry a Pixel 10 Fold, and 90% of the time I use it closed. But when I want to watch a video, or I want to show someone something. The bezel very much ruins that experience. And the Duo went even further by having hidden pixels, which made some UIs completely unusable. That said, I hardly think that foldable is the peak. I'd prefer a rollable phone that I can expand the screen on, with maybe an edge display. And the price is the real kicker. For the vast majority of the Android population, a phone at a price point about $1000 is just a non-starter.