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Is there anything that only the rich can currently afford but that everyone will have in the future? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by nitneroc@lemmy.one to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When the very first cars were built, only the rich could afford it, but now a large part of the population (in developed countries) has one or more.

What do you think will be such an evolution in the future?

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[-] titaalik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry for wording my comment so weirdly. I just had to look up some phone’s names, since I‘m kinda put of the loop with the new models.

A Samsung Fold like phone I get. It is, like you said, a phone when folded and a tablet when unfolded. I see that being useful.

A phone in the style of a Samsung Flip I don’t get. That’s what I meant with the normal size when unfolded and small, thick square when folded part. It has a tiny screen when folded that barely seems usable. It seems like you get all the faults and none of the benefits with this design.

Excuse my poor wording again.

[-] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ohh, yeah to be honest I'm totally with you on the Flip lol - I guess it makes sense if you don't use your phone a lot and want something that is very easy to tuck away when not in use.

I'm not even sure they sell a lot of the Flips tbh, I've never seen someone irl with one

I could maybe see it if the whole front of the folded phone was it's one display, so that instead of a phone/tablet hybrid it's a microphone/phone hybrid sort of thing...

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