Comment on It's honestly good advice, but I much prefer original hardware when possible.

• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s a $2000 gaming setup! ($1900 for z fold, $100 for gamesir controller.)

  I think I’ll just get a Powkiddy RGB30 with a square screen for $80.

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  • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, it’s a phone + tablet first. The gaming is a nice bonus.

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fold 5 is still like $1000 refurbished. Again compared to $80 Powkiddy. Plus a few hours of gaming doesn’t take away from your phone battery life.

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      • StopJoiningWars@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why do you enjoy denigrating people’s choices? You’re not the only one capable of rationality. It might make total sense from their perspective and financial situation.

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• Exusia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You linked a Fold not a Flip. The difference is nearly $1000.

  That said the Fold is a solid choice but if you’re only going to play games, save a couple bucks and don’t get a 6. The improvements have been so incremental that you could get a 3 and be fine. The 4 is just an improved 3. The 5 is just an improved 4 really, but now it closes completely. The 6 has a much brighter screen, but otherwise also is just a minor improvement on the 5. The differences between each generation have been so incremental lol

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  • hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do emulators like lemuroid take up the whole screen on the inside of the fold?

    I was debating on a tablet or the pixel fold and I saw a video where it showed that the inside screen was basically two screens and man apps just displayed in the middle with black borders on either side.

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    • Exusia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s gonna come down to aspect ratio. The inner screen is 4:3 so it might come down to the game? I installed it from play store and it LOOKS like it should fill screen just fine. I didn’t load a game just the emulator. I have the Fold4 for perspective.

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• denshirenji@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is similar to what I do. I have an old pixel 3xl and a Sunshine server running on my gaming PC. Moonlight is installed on the Pixel and I stream my games to it from the PC. I have a WireGuard VPN setup for when I am outside the house. It works very well!

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• Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I worked for a phone manufacturer that makes foldable for a while. I really got the strong feeling that those foldable displays make them extremely sensitive to any drops or abuse that a traditional chocolate bar would easily survive. And I’ve heard similar feedback from early adopters as well

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• iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a surface duo 2 right now, and had the Motorola razor (rip the iconic chin design they ditched with the new models) before that. Emulating the ds on a flip phone is goated

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• smeg@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m glad clip-on controllers exist now, I remember reading about them when using my Xperia Play a decade ago!

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