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Foldables are going to miss out on this major Android 16 multitasking feature
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this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2025
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I have had a different experience and perspective; I had a fold 5 and now have a pixel 9 fold and I love it. I have bigish hands and appreciate a larger keyboard. I watch basically any content I consume via my phone and love the screen size, but I agree about the screens aspect ratio especially on the pixel. I enjoy having a bigger screen to game on and emulate non android games on. I installed moonlight and sunlight and, with the addition of a controller, can now PC game from anywhere without bringing a steamdeck or similar device, which rocks. I don't find it heavy or cumbersome but I also wear stuff with big pockets usually and I could see it being too much for someone who doesnt. I did have ux issues with both phones on occasion but more with the fold 5; I can full screen most games on the fold and it tends to work. I also like multitasking with it by putting apps aside by side, though I'm still getting in the habit of using it.
So it's definitely not perfect and probably not worth it for some people, especially given the price tag, but I'd say it's been worth it for me personally. I'd love for a foldable made by a different brand (not a fan of Samsung or Google) with a better aspect ratio for viewing 16:9, qi2, better fast charging, bigger battery, and hell better custom ROM support while I'm requesting miracles haha. That said I'm hoping this tech is still relatively immature and that we'll continue to see improvement in both hardware and resolution support and maybe I should be more cynical on that front.