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I only know one guy who has a folding smartphone. It's broken now. What a stupid idea.
I've had mine for about 4 years now, I love it.
I've had the inside screen replaced once now under extended warranty. I'd still buy another folding.
Are the extended warranties still on the new ones? Seems like an important detail when thinking about purchasing one.
Lol, I'm on my second one, neither broke/is broken
It's not a stupid idea, being able to have a small tablet whenever you need is amazing
It's the only tablet I actually use instead of just collecting dust within a couple weeks of getting it because it's never where I am when I need it the most.
It's a great idea. I have the Motorola razr 2024 and it's a horizontal hinge like a normal flip phone instead of a vertical one. It's compact and I can use 100% of the smart phone features without even opening it. It's the ultra compact smart phone I've been searching for for years.
This seems like the better direction. I'd rather have a phone that turns into a pocket watch than a tablet that turns into a phone.
Now you know two who've had one. I'm typing on my Galaxy Z Flip3, which I bought in December 2021. No problems yet.
- Pixel fold here. Entire last week I opened it once.
I have quite literally never used the front screen on my galaxy fold 4. I hear the pixel has a more regular proportioned front screen.
The cover screen in my Flip3 is basically useless. It tells me the time. So I open the Phone every time I use it, dozens on times a day. It would be an under exaggeration to say mine's been opened and closed 13,000 times since I've owned it.
I've also hard dropped it (waist-high, onto concrete, 3 or 4 times, and I've never had it in a case. I've always dropped it closed, though, and I think that's contributed to how well it's survived. If it had a bigger outside screen like the newer models, something may have broken by now.
I'm on my second, first Fold 3 and now Fold 5. Assuming they continue to gain traction, I don't know if I'll ever go back to a non-foldable.
The only issue I've had is the internal screen protector (installed in factory by Samsung) started to peel up in the middle/fold crease. Got it replaced for free under warranty.
I'll probably use this one until it starts to show wear and look into a different brand to get away from Samsung. My current plans are something like a OnePlus Open or Pixel fold and use Lineage or Graphene.
Had it for 4 years its the best
I bought a 2 year old refurbished Z Fold 2 two years ago and it's still going strong. If you treat your device with respect you'll have no trouble.
I love my Z Fold 4. Never going back to a non-foldable ever again. It's so convenient being able to view websites in desktop mode without scrolling. Or view restaurant menus full-size. Or show a video or picture to someone on a giant screen that fits into my pocket. The possibilities are endless.
Fold4 here. Ditto. Awesome for web browsing, menus and the like.
Its a pocket tablet. I most often open mine to play games or read manga.
My only point of contention with unfolding the phone to browse the internet is that you have all tabs in front of you, not just the tabs in the tab group. Granted, this is mainly an issue for Chromium browsers, but it's still annoying
My wife has a z flip 6 and it works great. She has a 3 previously and never had any issues either
I have the same phone and I love it. So small in my pocket.
Wife has one and she loves it.
I think it's a fantastic idea. Wanted one since Samsung showed an S4(?) clamshell.
But they still have too many issues for me. I look forward to when it's a standard thing, so the OS and apps work correctly.
The ones I've seen end up with a big crease in the screen. Not enticing.
This has been solved for a while now at least for Samsung.
At about a year and a half now with my Z Fold 5. Echoing many of the others here. Still works great, opens flat, and I never want go back to a non-foldable.
I've had my fold3 over three years now. Once a year the inner screen protector has to replaced, that costs something like 25 euros. Apart that, the concept is great and I've had zero probs. As my phone is already like 4 years old overall, the camera on it not that great nowadays, especially in low light.
This. I rocked a 3 for 3 years. My inner screen peeled year one. Being a dummy, I thought it would be fine. The inner crease started to peel just a tiny bit after year 2. It was small and still worked great. I got full trade in value for it and my Fold 6 has 0 problems.
Unless you get a factory defect, folding phones are amazing if you're gentle with opening and closing them
I have a pixel fold. You know two people now.
Love my z fold 6. Getting the first foldable phone....yeah that would be questionable but they worked it out I think. I love mine.
I like my zfold 6, but the main downside is that it's made by Samsung. They've switched to a locked down bootloader of the past few years and you can't get GrapheneOS or LineageOS to run on it.
Because of this, once software updates stop being supported by Samsung, the phone increasingly become a security liability. Meanwhile my old S10e does support these 3rd party OS's so I can theoretically keep using it safely for several more years
Completely agree that's the rub. Samsung product.
Good idea, bad execution, at least at the start but I think they've improved a lot.