- cross-posted to:
- tech@kbin.social
- cross-posted to:
- tech@kbin.social
“I didn’t do anything to deserve this. The phone sat on my desk while I wrote about it, and I would occasionally stop to poke the screen, take a screenshot, or open and close it. It was never dropped or exposed to a significant amount of grit, nor had it gone through the years of normal wear and tear that phones are expected to survive. This was the lightest possible usage of a phone, and it still broke.”
This can happen to any phone of course — there are numerous threads on reddit of faulty S23 phones that are only days old, and of course the first Galaxy fold phones were problematic — but still. Rough start!
I thought there were gimmicks too but I now think that somewhere down the line – once they’re more refined and less expensive – I’d like to get one.
I was tempted to buy the Pixel Tablet until I realized that I don’t want a second device. I’d rather like a multi-purpose device. And the Pixel Fold seems to have a great form factor to use it as a “normal” phone, and then switch to the large screen when you want to do something that you’d normally do on a tablet, just with the benefit of having all your settings, apps and recent notifications right there with you. It’s a seamless transition which is really neat.
I’ve been on the Galaxy Flip phones for a couple years now and I love them. I cannot see myself returning to a brick phone in the future. I think that as long as you treat the phone with a little respect, it will be fine. I’m not exactly gentle with mine and I have never had an issue.
I’m with you on the tablet thing. I even did buy a tablet many years ago, but barely used it. I think mostly because I didn’t want to deal with carrying around another device.