I can hear the sand crunching.
Huawei unveils world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate Design
Submitted 2 months ago by griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to technology@lemmy.world
https://spillsomebeans.com/huawei-mate-xt-tri-fold-phone-specs-launch-price/
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citrusface@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
My tender palm hurts just looking at this. I can feel the pinch.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Clearly, so they could make an !oddlysatisfying@lemmy.world animation. I mean, practicality is obviously not a factor here.
afox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Holding out for the Anne Frank Trapper Keeper phone.
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Do you mean Lisa Frank, the artist for colorful animals on school supplies, and not Anne Frank, the famous diarist who was killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust?
afox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Shit. That’s a big oops. Been a very long day.
restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Or, perhaps a mashup of both???
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Phones are becoming the new wallets to the point we need something slimmer to pay with soon again.
SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I already pay with my watch.
I don’t need anything that is between my phone and my laptop in size.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 months ago
My concession here would be wink devices, kindle voyage and an A4 device Fortnite taking. Don’t need them, but they are handy AF.
athairmor@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Phones are becoming the new wallets…
Now I want a phone case with a chain that attaches to my belt.
winkly@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Westworld here we come!
kudos@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Pedantic nit: this thing doesn’t have three folds, the name is nonsense.
antmzo220@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Pedantic return: it has 3 screens with 2 connecting hinges, this is a trifold.
trifold in American English (ˈtraiˌfould) adjective
- triple; threefold
- having three parts a trifold screen
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
And two fold is how many screens ?
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Trifold wallet tho
hellequin67@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Whilst I agree the technology is awesome, £2,000 for a phone, wow, no thanks.
latenightnoir@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Shit will ger REALLY real when we reach five-fold! Or better yet, touch-papyrus! Just roll that meter-long flab of screen up, and you’re good to go!
rednalsi@lemmings.world 2 months ago
i can only get so fucking soaking wet… literally can not wait.
iamanurd@midwest.social 2 months ago
The iScroll!
capuccino@lemmy.world 2 months ago
some origami sheet
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I wish this was closer to cheap than bat shit expensive.
Also, the only reason I’d want this is for native x64 emulation (which isn’t out of infancy) I had a laptop, my cellphone and my work laptop sprawled out today and this all could easily be 1 phone and 2 vms…
rednalsi@lemmings.world 2 months ago
yay, it solves every non-existent problems!
noredcandy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is cool but what I really want are rollable screen phones like from Earth Final Conflict.
restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I don’t understand the folding phone thing. It feels like tech now is all about creating ridiculous features and tech companies trying to convince us that we want them while ignoring things that would actually be worthwhile like repairable phones, headphones jacks and minimal bloatware.
reddig33@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I can actually see the value in a trifold like the one pictured. In your pocket it’s a phone. When you unfold it, it’s an iPad. You’re consolidating devices.
That said, I’m not a fan of folding lcd screen tech used today. It creases. I’d rather see three separate bezel-less screens that magnetically join to make a larger surface.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Phone companies, listen to me, BUILT-IN KICKSTAND
rigatti@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hey I actually like my phone kickstand. I use it… sometimes.
essteeyou@lemmy.world 2 months ago
All the things that used to break phones got fixed, mobile OS changes got smaller and smaller, designed obsolescence required something that would get people to buy a new phone every 18 months. So here’s a hinge. Here’s TWO hinges!
anzo@programming.dev 1 month ago
Exactly my feeling when everyone was jumping into touch screens.
(I was able to type SMS in my pocket, using one hand, while walking. Sure, it took a 100 meters a sentence but it worked.)
Anyway, a smartphone comes with many other differences, mostly advantages. This is another leap of quality for gaming, watching movies, filling government forms on old websites, etc.
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Companies don’t make as much money when it’s repairable. Washers and dryers used to last 20-25 years with a few repairs here and there. But companies weren’t making any money, so they started making unrepairable junk instead.
pycorax@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It is pretty useful and convenient if your use case suits it but I don’t think that fits the majority of people. For me my Fold 6 replaced my Kindle and Surface. It’s nice to able to open it up to read ebooks and manga since opened up, it’s pretty much the dimensions of a typical book. Also makes things a lot easier when I need to remote into a PC or SSH into stuff and is a really convenient sketch pad for ideas.
My Fold 3 lasted 3 years with no issues until I traded it in so I think they’re fairly well built.