Comment on The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback

• espentan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Apparently a foldable OLED screen is, typically expected to last at least 200.000 folds. That’s more than a 100 folds/day for 5 years. I’d take my chances on one, I think.

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  • wfh@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Unless you go once near a beach and a single grain of sand gets past the airtight bag the phone was in and the Totally-IP67-We-Swear phone chassis and is fucking destroys the screen from the inside, with a repair bill worthy of a new phone because “that kind of damage is not under warranty”.

    Source : happened to one of my best friends. Fuxk you Samsung.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Someone should make a folding dildo.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      that’s also a good reason to not have the screen fully close. less danger of stuff getting inside.

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  • criitz@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    5 years isn’t that long

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      yeah but you’re not folding it 100 times a day. if you’re an avid reader, you’re opening and closing it 10-20 times a day tops.

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Second question, if you’re going to read from one screen at a time, why have two screens?

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    • Matth78@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I guess this way you can also use it for manga or any other medium that sometimes use both page to display something.

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      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Alright, that’s a good use case, I like that.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If you’re going to read from one screen at a time, why have 2 monitors on your computer?

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      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        If I were to read a book on my computer, I would use one screen. That’s kinda my point. A second monitor does nothing for me in that scenario.

        But it folds like a book, and i see it being held like a book. If that means text populates in two columns like a book, and you read one column at a time, I really don’t see the point of the second side. You can just turn the page.

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