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Motorola partners with GrapheneOS for future phones (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 12 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Nice. The upcoming Razr Ultra flip phone. Those are nice. Pretty much exactly what I want. An outside display that can pretty much do everything and an inside display that’s very wide for streaming PC games from my desktop. Movies too look great with the nearly 21:9 inner display.

Hoping to see low end devices too. Would love a trial phone. Those Razr flip phones are expensive. Would rather wait for those to be less than half the price used on ebay

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    my two cents, be careful with the folding phones. those inner screens are plastic and scratch super easily. you can't really put a screen protector on them and cases leave the hinges exposed. all the while it's one drop or close away from a screen replacement so expensive you'll just go buy a new phone.

    the part alone for one of the razr ultra displays is about 350.

    some people really like them but I personally think they're poorly marketed as an every day device. I would love to see graphene os improve the options for the people who do really like the foldables.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    I love my foldable and am kinda excited at the idea of graphene OS!

    I do worry about the cost, of repair or replacement.

    I'm fortunate I can do my own repairs, but still the parts are pricey as you say.

    For me the utility of the big screen is worth it!

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Depending on how you use your phone this concern may not be as big as you think, flip phones spend the vast majority of time with the screen closed and protected. My partner got a 2024 Razr and has been using it daily for 1.5yr without any scratches or other screen related issues (there's some expected slowness from the clunky MTK processor of course). I was skeptical of the durability at the time but for $450 with an 18mo warranty including accidental damage figured it was worth the risk. The technology is much more mature than I realized.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I have and still enjoy my fold, but I took into account the cost of insurance when I got it because I knew the inner screen was susceptible to damage. Had it for two years and just having some minor issues at the edge where it folds now, probably going to about land close to evenly on the cost to insure over the 2 years vs out of pocket repair. They are getting better with the tech tho, and with wider adoption I expect repair costs to decrease in the future. Triple folds are now going to be the area where you're asking for trouble.

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