Report: Apple is testing foldable iPhones, having the same problems as everyone else::Don’t expect these clamshell-style foldables in 2024 or 2025 or maybe ever.

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      9 months ago

      I live in Korea and I see the Samsung foldable phones in the hands of like every 5th person, so yeah I’d say they sell

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        9 months ago

        Interesting. Seattle, Washington pretty tech centric city, I’ve only seen the one guy. Mostly a 80/20 split between Iphone/Samsung flagship phones.

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        9 months ago

        That’s different than people asking for them. Between status symbols and advertising you can sell anything, weather it was asked for or not. On a real level the whole industry of advertising is to get people to buy things they wouldn’t buy otherwise.

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      9 months ago

      Yes! Phones with small screens are not useful. Phones which don’t fit in pockets are not useful. Flip phones solve the problem and I’ve been wanting one for twenty years.

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        9 months ago

        I think the solution is bigger pockets.

        I can easily fit my 6.43 inches phone on my pockets, but that might not be true with women clothes.

        Unless you want to have a tablet size screen in your pocket. Then I can see why foldable screens would be appealing