• OmegaMouse@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    I like the concept of these phones, but I think it’s still a few years off being viable. Half the price and improve the battery, then I’ll be interested.

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      1 year ago

      Since gen 1 I’ve been saying “gen 5 is where I’ll start to thing about eventually buying one of these”, and I feel exactly like this right now

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        1 year ago

        I bought a gen2 and then upgraded to a gen3 for the splash protection.

        I have no reason to upgrade yet. Battery is fine for me, and the durability has been great.

        I could never go back to a normal phone.

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          1 year ago

          I really like the concept, but i feel like the screen would scratch for anything. On most reviews I’ve seen that get marked by nails! I just know I’d crack mine with my fingers

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            1 year ago

            The screen has a screen protector it comes with.

            I’ve never scratched my screen in the years I’ve had mine.

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          1 year ago

          What is your most used app/s on the internal screen? Gen 5 and I finally decided to give it a try due to the great trade in $1000 for a s20ultra … but I’m having an issue finding a good use for the Internal screen just feels like a lot of the apps I use are stretched out. But the Notes app is a very nice experience with the pen on the internal display.

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            1 year ago

            I use the internal screen for 90% of things. Mostly lemmy, photo editing, work email and texts , texts , you name it.

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      1 year ago

      Half the price will come in about 8 months, Samsung does pretty deep discounting when the calendar year rolls over.

      Battery life though, is the another issue. Fold 5 on GSMArena’s review has slightly worse battery life than the Fold 4.