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submitted 1 year ago by cloaker@kbin.social to c/android@lemmy.world

Foldable smartphones have reached their fifth major generation, as heralded by Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Fold 5...

For me it's definitely the durability concerns. I've valued my phone's water and dust resistance since getting an ip67 phone years and years ago. My brother had a flip and a grain of sand in his pocket got under the display; when he closed the phone the display died. And they expect me to pay more for the privilege.

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[-] prey169@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

They don't have the actual answer in their poll for me which is, you pay 1800 for the z fold but get the camera of the s23 basic model. Which is wild.

Give me the ultra cameras and I'll buy it

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the price is definitely the big issue with those for me. I love the form factor (especially the ones that look like the flip phones of old), but I'm not paying triple what a regular phone with similar specs would be just for that.

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

Exactly this. I actually loved using the ZFold 4 when I tried it out, but losing the quality of the main cam and 10x zoom was a huge bummer for the price I was paying.

The Galaxy Note series used to have the absolute best cameras that would eventually come to the S line. If you're going to charge a premium for a phone it needs to be the best.

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

Why? Are you in professional photography? All cameras after like 2020 are so good it hardly matters.

Source:I have a fold4

[-] prey169@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I use the 10x zoom frequently

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