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What is a product that sounded promising but ended up being very underwhelming? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[-] cron@feddit.org 29 points 3 months ago

Foldable phones - at least the early generations hat lots of troubles with the hinges and scratched screens.

Still as of today, testers are undecided if these category of devices really has a benefit compared to just buying both a tablet and a phone (and still saving money).

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 months ago

The people yearn for flip phones

[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago

I want one but I use a lot of apps still so I wouldn't be able to replace my smartphone with it

[-] cron@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago

I think the previous comment was about phones like the samsung flip

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[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Nah it was about feature phones. Cool phone though, I'm glad phone manufacturers realized the Game Boy Advance SP's design is perfect

[-] cron@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago

Oops, sorry ^^

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Still miss my LG VX1 that closed with a nice

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 3 months ago

yeah its cost. If the cost could be the same or only a slight increase then I would go for fold.

[-] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well the folding aspect is pretty good.

Software otoh...

[-] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Fuck everything samsung touches for software but I love the zfold series. Only phones I've ever owned that I can carry without a case and not break the screen. Not sure if it's still a problem with other phones as I don't see as many cracked screens as I used to. I am clumsy as fuck amd drop my phone all the time but these plastic flexible screens never break. The early models were breaking from common use where the fold crease would break but they seemed to have improve that flaw. It also only happened to me after a year or more of heavy use and it was covered by insurance so never really turned me off to the phone.

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