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submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing::Foldables are barely 1% of the market, but that's not stopping anyone but Apple.

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[-] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago

I have 2 uses for a tablet, and know 2 other uses. They're pretty niche.

  1. you can use it to get AT&T to sell you an unlimited 5g data sim for $20 a month and pop that into a hotspot if you need to work while being driven in a car or in more locations than there's necessarily easy or cheap wifi.

  2. Reading Manga / Comics. I do read some on my phone, but the ability to see the "full page" on a 6.7" phone aspect narrow screen vs a 10" wider aspect tablet screen is surprisingly large, and my eyes are getting worse, not better as I age. Teeny tiny is not the best experience.

  3. Using them as cheaper wacom tablets for drawing / artists.

  4. Work provided portable tools for all sorts of stuff that doesn't have any SIM or monthly fee needed / requested, and something that inherently isn't a phone.

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