Review: Why foldable phones are not useful.

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Foldable phones are officially real. Samsung introduced the first such device some time ago. A Chinese company stole the start just days before (or even one day). As much as I wanted to exist, I realize now that I've seen the first such device, but also 3D images with the one offered by Samsung, that I'm not a good idea at least not now. They are fascinating but not useful or easy to use.

Go to what I saw a video with the Royole phone when I realized it was wrong. The idea of a foldable phone that you can extend into a tablet is good. Big up! But the way manufacturers made these devices seems totally wrong to me.

From my point of view, there are some problems:

Thickness: when you bend the phone to use it in the small version it turns into a sandwich. You will actually have 2 phones on top of each other, and the thickness will exceed 1cm or even 2.
Weight: a phone has an average of about 170 grams. One tablet has somewhere at 300 grams maybe even more depending on the diagonal. If the foldable phone is OK to use in extended mode for working with two hands, it will not be very pleasant. You'll have a 300+ gram phone.
Hinge: Another thing that personally bothers me is the way you keep the phone in your hand in tight mode. On the right side you will have a sloping curved screen, and to the left the plastic edges of the device. Where do you put the fact that in the place where the screen bends, there will be a bump because you can not really deny it. See the picture below. So, no good to use.

The screen will be a problem because if it is of poor quality, it will not last too long. Although the manufacturers promise a lot of flexes (say good?) I do not think that screen will be reliable, and the colors, brightness etc will suffer around the bend. Surely this problem will be remedied in the second generation.
The software: surely there will be many bugs and Android needs to be well established. Applications need to be matched to the user's needs, to know when the phone is tight or not. I hope Google is already working on the new version of Android with the thought of these folding products.
The price of a screen if you break it or your accessories will be very expensive. Where do you find that you need a protective foil and I do not think there is still a flexible one.
The price of such a product: it is rumored to exceed the threshold of 1000 euros, even Samsung F will be nearly 2000 euros. It's normal to cost as much, technology is new. It will take 2-3 hours until these products are accessible. .
I repeat, I like the idea of a flexible phone. I want this, but I do not think the first products will be that good. At least FlexPai seems to me a bad joke after seeing some videos. Probably because of Samsung's appearance, it did not want to present their product totally.