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Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing

I've been daily driving a folding phone for about 3 years now, and honest to God I'll never buy a normal phone again. It's a laptop, tablet, phone, and notepad (stylus) all in one. I couldn't imagine going back.

Also, being able to open two full screen apps side by side becomes essential after you start to rely on it for work.

I get that they are expensive, but the price will come down eventually and the form factor is game changing from a usability perspective.

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Apparently there is a trend where companies in China are making AI generated product ads, and then trying to cobble together a real version of the product made as cheaply as possible after the order is made. The planet money podcast from NPR just did an episode on this

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For what it's worth, I decided to skip the fold 1 because of all the complaints about the sensitivity of the screen and how easy it was to break. I've been running the fold 3, and now the fold 5, and it's been a tank, even with my two and four-year-old drawing on it using the stylist all the time. I think the newest versions have come a long way since the first version