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Phones started skimping on ram, removed sd card slots, still put on insane markups for added storage (like seriously, companies still want hundreds more for a 512GB phone when the larger chip costs them like $10 over a 64GB.), removed the headphone jack, left batteries non replaceable, refuse to have bigger batteries, and have peaked on resolution and refresh needs.

The last couple years have provided Jack shit to make anyone with half a brain want to upgrade. Let alone the idiotic pricing. $1400 for a cell phone? That's more than what companies are wanting for 80" tvs and gaming laptops now days. I can buy a 4,000 pound beat up used vehicle that still runs for $1400.

The idea is great but without devs focusing on making good use of it... Smells like 3D TVs to me

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Foldables, which have a screen that opens like a book or compact mirror, barely exceed a 1 per cent market share of all smartphones sold globally almost five years after they were first introduced.

“We will continue to position our foldables as a key engine for our flagship growth with the clear differentiation, experience and flexibility these devices have to offer,” said Samsung.

Other handset makers such as Motorola, China’s Huawei and its spin-off Honor are also pinning their hopes on the product helping to revive a market that suffered its worst year for more than a decade.

Every other big smartphone maker has followed Samsung into the market, including Google’s Pixel Fold and Chinese alternatives from Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi.

“We believe foldables are the future of smartphone devices, just like electric cars were to the auto industry,” said Bond Zhang, UK chief executive of Honor.

Counterpoint Research estimates about 16 million foldable phones will be sold this year, just 1.3 per cent of the 1.2 billion smartphone market total.

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I know we're supposed to be talking shit about foldables but I'd rather remark on how badly I want a rollable phone

I feel like the percentage of the market that wears button down shirts but also needs a smart phone for business, that is also small enough to close the flap so the phone doesn't fall in cow shit or go up the grain auger, is comparatively small. It's really annoying they haven't changed those pockets from cigarette pack size to smart phone size.

I do not like foldable I do not like them not one bit.

Fetch.

I hope all these big companies pump billions into this tech and lose it all.

looks like shit.