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How does everyone here feel about foldable phones?
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this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
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I too can confirm this. I own the LE Ruby Red DS and the hinge on the right side failed. It lasted for quite some time but the stress factor was inevitable. I don't think the hinge it's self-failed but the plastic around it, if that makes any sense. I do hope that there is a return to folding phones only if for reducing the size of carrying around basically a tablet in your pocket. I currently have a s20/21 fe and the screen while nice, spacious and crisp is quite big for pockets.
Yeah it's the plastic around the hinge that breaks on the DS, it was much worse on the originals than on the DS lites.
The biggest issue with the folding phones though is that folding the screen in half is going to cause wear and tear on the display and it makes it easier for it to break along the seam. Only way I could see a folding phone working is if it had two separate screens like a DS/3DS.
I don't have an issue with phones being too big for pockets since I have plenty of room in my pockets, even for relatively large phones.