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Exclusive: Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold won't ship until September
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Folding phones are still a status symbol of some kind and the actual utility of a large phone screen is lost on most owners. Once most of the R&D cost is paid off and the tech starts to plateau, it might get cheaper?
I see foldable screens as a work device. Sure, a portable movie theater would be a good perk, but it would absolutely rock as a commercial all-in-one console for a 3D printer farm or something. If there is enough commercial value in a device like that, $2k could be a bargain.
Why would a foldable screen be good for a 3D printer farm?
It's just the first example I could think of that involved a wearhouse, lots of machines that need to be tinkered with that use some kind of centralized management.
Essentially, it's tablet that fits in your back pocket. It would be useful to just tuck away quickly in a pocket to quickly fix a bit of filament or something.
74 year old dad said that he was looking at getting a modern flip phone, but then was disappointed to see their mod rage process with garbage tech, or top of the line tech and insane pieces.
I bought him a small AT&T prepaid phone that's a mix between the old dumb phones and modern smart phones that is interesting.
Yeah. Modern phones are awesome if you need to use every feature to its fullest. I love that I have the opinions to access my accelerometer or GPS independently. Since I do a bit of CAD work, having a high quality camera is awesome for photogrammetry. But see, there is a caveat: It's the right tool for me and worth my $1K to have an up-to-date device that has a reasonable bit of compute.
Otherwise, nah. I just got a resin 3D printer that only has a USB connector. No cloud, no wifi, no bullshit. It does its one job well and that is all I care about.
It sucks that most people are basically trained from birth that "more is better" or "brand new is better". It took me years to de-program myself from that shit.