That phone is pretty much the most innovative smartphone of all time. But on youtube there’s a video stress-testing how it would hold up to real life conditions… and it gets completely destroyed by a handful of sand. Same applies to pretty much all foldables: if you get any sand or dirt in the folds, you can easily destroy the screens.
Yea, I just want a good, small form-factor smartphone with excellent battery life, a decent camera, and a nice screen, really. Foldables are both way overkill for that and not as durable.
phones have become status symbols; what’s why apple is going to start making folding iphones too.
i bought my gen-alpha grand nieces/nephews some motorolas last xmas and they rejected them because they wanted iphones.
i was disappointed at first, but then pleased to learn that i lit a fire that forced my their parents to buy expensive AF iphones to quell the rabble and none of the motorolas helped subsidized the $6,000+ cost. lol
Sad, would’ve loved a moto. My phone is nearing 5 years old, at which point I’ll probably grab a used Pixel and throw GrapheneOS on it, wish Chinese phones weren’t so legislated against in the US.
wish Chinese phones weren’t so legislated against in the US.
tell me about it; i’ve got a redmi that’s become an expensive paperweight because of it and despite the fact that it’s comparable to a pixel 8.
i’m forced to make due with a VASTLY inferior “american” phone (and for the same price). i’m waiting for the day that graphane/postmarket/lineage/etc. starts supporting my redmi model.
I’d really like a smaller phone too, and I think that some of the better companies like Oneplus are starting to offer smaller variants (Oneplus 13T and 13S just got released a few months ago, and they’re 6.3" whereas most now are 6.8").
Besides that tho I’ve found OnePlus and Xiaomi phones to be pretty unbeatable the past few years, for battery life and fast charging.
Would be nice if phones from PRC-based companies weren’t so legislated against in the US Empire. I think OnePlus isn’t as blacklisted from bands as Xiaomi or Huawei, so that might be the direction I head, but for now it seems safest to just go for a used Pixel and throw GrapheneOS on it, unfortunately.
They for sure do cost too much but for the first time in about a decade they made a phone I think it’s actually cool consumer tech and something that I want
God I want one of those tri fold Huawei phones but you just can’t get them in the US thanks a fucking lot US government
That phone is pretty much the most innovative smartphone of all time. But on youtube there’s a video stress-testing how it would hold up to real life conditions… and it gets completely destroyed by a handful of sand. Same applies to pretty much all foldables: if you get any sand or dirt in the folds, you can easily destroy the screens.
Yea, I just want a good, small form-factor smartphone with excellent battery life, a decent camera, and a nice screen, really. Foldables are both way overkill for that and not as durable.
phones have become status symbols; what’s why apple is going to start making folding iphones too.
i bought my gen-alpha grand nieces/nephews some motorolas last xmas and they rejected them because they wanted iphones.
i was disappointed at first, but then pleased to learn that i lit a fire that forced my their parents to buy expensive AF iphones to quell the rabble and none of the motorolas helped subsidized the $6,000+ cost. lol
Sad, would’ve loved a moto. My phone is nearing 5 years old, at which point I’ll probably grab a used Pixel and throw GrapheneOS on it, wish Chinese phones weren’t so legislated against in the US.
tell me about it; i’ve got a redmi that’s become an expensive paperweight because of it and despite the fact that it’s comparable to a pixel 8.
i’m forced to make due with a VASTLY inferior “american” phone (and for the same price). i’m waiting for the day that graphane/postmarket/lineage/etc. starts supporting my redmi model.
Would be nice…
I’d really like a smaller phone too, and I think that some of the better companies like Oneplus are starting to offer smaller variants (Oneplus 13T and 13S just got released a few months ago, and they’re 6.3" whereas most now are 6.8").
Besides that tho I’ve found OnePlus and Xiaomi phones to be pretty unbeatable the past few years, for battery life and fast charging.
Would be nice if phones from PRC-based companies weren’t so legislated against in the US Empire. I think OnePlus isn’t as blacklisted from bands as Xiaomi or Huawei, so that might be the direction I head, but for now it seems safest to just go for a used Pixel and throw GrapheneOS on it, unfortunately.
They cost waaaaay too much. Most flagship phones do.
Still using my two year old Xiaomi Redmi Note 12. It was super cheap, relatively. Like about 12 times cheaper than the Huawei tri-fold.
They for sure do cost too much but for the first time in about a decade they made a phone I think it’s actually cool consumer tech and something that I want
(People’s Republic of) Samsung is supposed to announce one of those soon. Though who knows if it’ll even be available outside of Asia.
I don’t want a Samsung
No one wants a Samsung, it’s the Burger King of tech