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Foldable smartphones have reached their fifth major generation, as heralded by Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Fold 5...

For me it's definitely the durability concerns. I've valued my phone's water and dust resistance since getting an ip67 phone years and years ago. My brother had a flip and a grain of sand in his pocket got under the display; when he closed the phone the display died. And they expect me to pay more for the privilege.

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[–] Ogygus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Cost

durability

Size

difficult to repair (if not impossible)

lack of sdcard (on such a large body)

No open source ROMS

[–] itsmect@monero.town 1 points 1 year ago

I don't mind spending on good tools, but I won't buy a highly locked down device at any cost. An open source OS is a must, any new device will have to compete with my current phone that also has an SD card, headphone jack and is easy enough to open so that I can change the battery myself. Folding phones are inferior in all those aspects.

[–] Guster@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do you need SD cards in 2023? Most phones don't have this?

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To double or more the storage for much cheaper than the internal storage upgrades cost... is that not enough? Even the folds don't have more than 512gb and they cost over $1000. My sub $500 phone from years ago is running a 512gb SD card, which I can seamlessly slot into my next phone when I swap.

[–] Guster@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but why do you need Storage in the first place? I have always had less than 100gb and it's plenty for all apps etc. Everything else goes in the cloud

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For one thing- if you take lots of photos and videos.