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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago* (6 children)

If you're buying a foldable you don't give a fuck about money. $2000 is about market rates for this type of device rn:

And it's clear that all foldable screens explode in 2-3 years of regular use, so you're pretty much setting 2 grand on fire anyways just to look cool.

At least I "trust" apple to actually replace your phone when that happens.

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[–] arsCynic@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

And it’s clear that all foldable screens explode in 2-3 years of regular use

Where did you get this info?

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

From the manufacturer's use guidelines and warranty periods. They tell you to keep the phone away from dust and liquids (good luck with that in your pockets) and the warranty on Z Fold series is 2 years in the EU and 1 year worldwide. I'm yet to see one make it past 4 years with no screen defects throughout, i.e. there are currently very few users of Fold4 who haven't had the screen replaced. Then again the average phone lifespan worldwide is 3 years (which sounds crazy to me, I used my last daily phone for 6 and would keep doing it if I didn't want to install Linux on it), so I suppose it checks out.

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[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago

They tell you to keep the phone away from dust and liquids

iPhone Duo is IP68 for dust and liquid, rare among foldables. As I understand it only one of the Pixel foldables is rated the same.

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[–] arsCynic@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago*

They tell you to keep the phone away from dust and liquids

Sounds true for all non-construction worker specific phones. Also, that's a big leap towards "explodes". I have a colleague who has his flip phone for quite a while now and it pretty much functions as it did in the beginning. I bought mine second-hand and so far so good. Reviews online seem to back up that these are actually built pretty solid and do not just "explode".

I don't trust Apple to be pro-consumer.

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[–] beep@piefed.world [S] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I personally don't find foldables to be useful at their current price range. But more importantly:

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago*

I agree with you 100%. I don't think they are "useful", they are a waste of money, a toy and/or a status symbol (I guess). If you're gonna buy one, might as well buy the one from "waste of money/status symbol" company.

Also from the same website you've linked: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Samsung