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I love the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, even though it can't fix the same old foldable foibles
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It's too darn expensive for what it does. I'll stick with my $350 phone and a laptop or tablet for now.
It's a phone that folds in half, the tech has been in development for something like 15 years. I swear I've been hearing about folding/flexible displays at CES since like 2004
After years and years of complaints of nothing but stagnant candy bar designs we get something new and fresh and now it's "too expensive" LMAO
A foldable costs more than my laptop and tablet combined. While being less resilient and less capable.
I'm not going to pay premium for a device that will break if it get exposed to dust.
I will pay premium for durability, fixability, modularity and for gnu/Linux that mobile device that can interface with android apps that society forces me to use.
Doesn't last as long as regular laptops either with how poor OS support is in comparison. Phones have felt like disposable tech compared to regular computing devices, since once a device stops getting security updates it's not really something you want use for stuff like passwords or banking like you did when you first got it. Phones need to get better in that area.
From what I understand the Samshit Foldables have achieved a dust resistance rating.
But in general, I think the dust problem is rather overblown. Just exposing it to dust isn't going to kill it IME, if you were like a construction worker or other industry where you're dealing with a very dusty environment to begin with then yea. But the average person should be fine with the occasional light dusty environment
I enjoy hiking and bake at home, both maybe cause dust like matter to destroy a very expensive device.
I know someone whose phone no longer folds because shit got in the cracks. Its common for regular people, not just construction workers.