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RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by anemomylos@kbin.social to c/android@kbin.social

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The closed display halves almost touch, and that can smash debris into the screen.

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[–] jackmon@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the general direction things are going here, but this device really seems like a prototype they put out before the tech was quite there. I'd like to have a device that's the size and weight of a Pixel 7a (when folded). I don't think that's possible yet. So instead we get this monstrosity that's too wide, way too heavy, and way too expensive.

[–] WanderingPoltergeist@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Pixel Fold does seem like a customer funded tech demo device, enriching Google and allowing them to get real world usage data. They'd hopefully implement everything learned into the next gen device. I never buy the first version of any device as there are going to be teething issues which are unexpected by product testers.

It looks pretty, but I'd risk buying the latest Samsung Galaxy Fold iteration than this. As I have big hands, I've always preferred larger phones as smaller phones are awkward for me to use. I chose the Pixel 7 Pro as my daily driver and if they could emulate that with a future fold device and make it durable...I'm all in.

[–] ryan@the.coolest.zone 1 points 1 year ago

This plastic layer is critical to the OLED's survival, but it doesn't stretch to the edges. Every company that builds these screens leaves a margin around the perimeter of the display where there is no plastic layer, just a raw, exposed OLED panel peeking out into the world.

Question: why?? If the OLED panel is that fragile, and it is known that dust will be collecting in those little grooves where there is no plastic layer, and smashed in when the phone folds shut... Why not make the plastic layer go to the edge? Is there some sort of technical reason? Could the plastic layer not like go under a top bezel which reinforces it? Would that hamper our quest for "the thinnest phone imaginable" (I literally do not care if my phone is a few millimeters thicker)?

I want a foldable phone. I want a durable foldable phone that has enough battery life to get me through the day. That's all I ask.