• daltotron@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think this would be awesome if they used the same aspect ratio paper does, 1 to 1.414, so you could open the phone and have a phone in the same aspect ratio but larger. You know, if we’re going to keep having nonsense screen aspect ratios where you can’t watch any videos without black bars or zoom, you might as well do something fun with it.

    Edit: it’s also really stupid that we’ve seen phones go from being folding, to smartphones, to slowly getting larger and taller over the years, to the point where now people are jonesing for this simply so they can have a more compact phone again. I doubt for most usage you’re going to use the inner screen at all, there’s pretty limited potential there in what you’re watching and doing. Watching a video is probably gonna hit you with omega black bars. Only way I see this making any sense is if you have a classic square to real phone clamshell design, GBA style rather than DS style, but that still doesn’t make that much sense to me.

    • OminousOrange@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I’ve got a z flip 3 (have had it for 2 years) and really like how compact it is. I don’t often use many of the special flip software features, but it’s quite handy being able to sit the phone upright for video calls/meetings or having it stand up sideways for a stable night photo.

      I don’t think I’ll go back to a typical brick phone after this one when it’s time to upgrade. The flip 4 and 5 both look quite decent and this cheaper one would be great as I don’t need a whole lot of extra power.

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      1 year ago

      Good god! That was a long-winded way to say nothing.