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No sane person buys a foldy phone, unless they completely fix the issue of it breaking because it got folded.
There are two types of people
In my experience people who love folding phones have habit of taking care of their phones that no one is sitting on it on the couch, that keys are not in the same pocket as phone, etc etc
Then there are people like me who don't want to bother with taking care of a phone. And we hate folding phones. I like that sometimes my phone is on bed and I am sleeping I don't have to worry about what if i roll onto my phone in my sleep. I know my phone will live.
Who the hell keeps their phone in the same pocket as keys? 😱
Before having wireless earphones I had habit off putting keys with wallet and phone on its own, but since I switched to wireless earbuds they don't fit with large ass phones, so I have to put them with wallet. I already broke one case of earbuds pulling out keys from the pocket that had everything. I switched to keeping my phone and keys in the same pocket.
I've been doing that for almost a decade now and I don't see the value proposition of folding phones yet where I can justify changing my habits again and taking care of yet another tool in my life.
Maybe one day if they had full computer with root privileges in my pocket, I'd consider changing my habits to carry that and make sure it is taken care of.
Anecdotal of course, but my flip phone has been great for mental ver a year, and my friend has had his for a couple, but ymmv
2 years on a foldable with no broken screens. It's been a few years from the cracked screens.
I'm on my second foldy with no issues, first was 0g Pixel Fold and now the Pixel 9 pro fold
did you replace it, if you had no issues?
T-Mobile has a Jump upgrade program, basically, you take a phone out on a 2 year Equipment Installment Plan where the cost is split on a monthly basis for 2 years.
After the 1st year, you can do a Jump upgrade, you get a new phone and as long as the phone your jumping from is in decent condition you send it back, and they wipe the remaining year off.
I average Jumping every year, the only time I stopped was when I was on a OnePlus 8T because they stopped selling their phones on T-Mobile, no other phone excited me except foldys but at the time it was only Samshits ridiculously skinny versions so I waited an extra year for the (at the time) rumored 0G Pixel Fold to drop.
Then I resumed my yearly upgrades to the 9 pro Fold and will again for the Pixel 10 Foldy (unless another root-friendly competitor starts selling on T-Mobile)
If you don't keep a device for at least 5 years you have no real basis to talk about its issues though, like of course it's fine when it's basically brand new the whole time you have it
Yeah people look at me like I'm bonkers when I tell them my xcover has lasted 6 years including getting run over in a crosswalk TWICE (and the screen only had to be replaced the second time after the otterbox took 100% of the damage from the first one). I feel like this replacing devices every year thing has to be terrible for society and the planet in like 5 different ways each.