Google To Reportedly Launch Foldable Phone in June (theverge.com) 43
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Google Pixel Fold could be available as soon as the second week in June, according to WinFuture's Roland Quandt. The reliable leaker tweeted on Tuesday that the phone will come with 256GB base storage and that you'll be able to get it in either a black / dark gray color or white. The foldable has been rumored for a long time, and there have been whispers that it would be announced sometime in the next few months. However, a January report from The Elec threw some cold water on that idea, saying that the screen wasn't even set to go into production until July or August.
Why foldable? (Score:4, Insightful)
Ok, a folding phone is kinda neat, I guess, but is there some actual real world value or purpose or functionality a folding phone provides?
I never understood why this was always touted as an important feature for a phone.
Can someone please explain?
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You tell me, you're way smarter than me!
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Careful, he might have another meltdown:
https://news.slashdot.org/comm... [slashdot.org]
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Idiot AC has saved link where a bunch of people stupidly shill for a corporation. Corporation says, "we don't kill birds, we have data no one else has verified that says so, buy our shit" and you swallowed it.
Ac was a good idea for you.
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The meltdown comment was a bit too spiteful, and I regretted posting it after hitting a submit - i.e., a bit too late. My apologies for that.
But you are completely misrepresenting what happened in that thread. The condensed version:
- You: The summary says X happened, and that's bad.
- Many others: No, the summary says Y.
- You: I'm going to double down on my incorrect reading of the summary, and add some insults.
It was interesting. But not interesting enough to bring up again ... this is just Slashdot, afte
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That's a high level interpretation which ignores the story itself. The summary is about how the same people who own the wind mill want us to trust them about how many birds they kill. What other companies would we trust with no third party independent verification?
The cigarette companies told us smoking was safe.
Car companies had to be forced to install seat belts.
Ralph Nader made his name going after the fucked up practices of the meat industry.
And on and on and on.
Yet we like wind mills so whatever they
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You missed the irony. But no surprise. Being smarter than you was a low bar.
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You could dial a number by feel alone without glancing at the device
The RAZR was terrible for this. The buttons weren't even connected in a straight row.
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Re:Why foldable? (Score:4, Informative)
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Pretend to have bigger screen? (Score:3)
Most people want the biggest screen they can have. Foldable screens let them pretend to have a bigger screen some of the time, but also easily transport a smaller version.
Software is brain dead. Rewriting apps to use 2 separate screens takes a lot more work than adapting to 2 sizes of a single screen, which they already do for tablet vs. phone.
I keep wondering if we're close to changing that with AI. Where our tools adapt to our wants and desires without someone else creating (and copyrighting) the recip
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It's funny that we seemed to have forgotten how everything works when we went to mobile devices. Desktop applications have had to deal with variable screen sizes since the first windowed operating systems came out. Web sites have also always had to deal with variable screen sizes, although a lot of websites didn't deal too well with this, but are getting better now.
It seems so weird that we can't have phone apps that deal well with different screen sizes. I have a tablet, and even though the ratio is the sa
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Well, I can tell you it is advantageous to have something that is compact in your pants that can become much bigger at the time you need to use it.
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That's what I tell the ladies but they always look disappointed when I whip out my phone.
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It doesn't increase in size enough? I've heard there are solutions for that problem nowadays.
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I never understood why this was always touted as an important feature for a phone.
It may be more of a gimmick at the moment, but if/once vendors get this right, a foldable phone may make a nice replacement for a tablet, especially for people that only need/use one periodically.
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not just your pocket, but also small purses & clutch bags. My wife wants a foldable primarily so it will fit in a small clutch.
I can't see her wanting a projector at all, ever.
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Can someone please explain?
No we can't. Explaining something as simple as wanting more screen space to consume content without taking up more space in your pocket requires a minimum IQ. Come back when you have the capability to understand such a basic concept and we'll explain it to you.
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Oh it's magic. When it folds it magically loses mass and volume. Got it.
Idiot.
Re:Why foldable? (Score:4)
You want someone to explain to you why a larger display on a mobile device is desirable? How'd you even find this site?
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I was on this site when it had a few hundred users. Could you explain why a folding phone is magically bigger and takes less space than a non folding phone? Is it like a Dr. Who thing? It magically shrinks and weighs less when folded?
Idiot.
bonus points if you're using a laptop. (Score:3)
Could you explain why a folding phone is magically bigger and takes less space than a non folding phone?
Yes I can, but I'm not sure I can explain it to you specifically.
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As expected. Ad hominem was where you should have gone. It was appropriate for you.
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Nah, an ad-hom from me is redundant in light of your self-own.
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Oh Jesus, really? What's next from you? "I know you are but what am I?" or maybe you'll go with the classic stick n stones?
If you had nothing to add you should have just skipped past and moved on.
Hint: you added nothing.
Re: bonus points if you're using a laptop. (Score:2)
Actually that's not true. ^ ;)
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As an (assumed) male, you have pockets and such in your available fashion choices.
Women very often do not get those, or if they do, the pockets are much smaller.
A folding phone may actually fit in smaller pockets. Not saying that's a market-busting feature or something, but it's definitely something that my 5-foot-3 wife has to contend with.
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Novelty. People now buy new phones less often, because what they already have is good enough to keep using for longer. And when they do, it's usually cheaper midranges rather than flagships, because again, those are good enough for most users. So manufacturers are pushing gimmicks like this to convince people to get the flashy new, expensive stuff.
How soon (Score:5, Funny)
before it folds?
This makes sense (Score:3)
Every since I used my first phone; back when they the rotary dial was a thing I always thought "This is nice but too bad it cannot bend!"
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Every since I used my first phone; back when they the rotary dial was a thing I always thought "This is nice but too bad it cannot bend!"
That phone may not bend, but Will It Blend? [youtube.com]
Every foldable screen I've ever seen (Score:2)
Maybe just an aesthetic issue, but didn't inspire any confidence in the screen quality. Have they gotten any better?
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