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Matt ( leopardboy@netmonkey.tech )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

Counterpoint: Flip Phones Are a Dumb Idea

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Counterpoint: Flip Phones Are a Dumb Idea

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Matt ( leopardboy@netmonkey.tech )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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Link to: https://www.theverge.com/23757846/flip-phones-forever-motorola-razr-samsung
  • AboyBboy ( AboyBboy@pawb.social ) 
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    I would personally be more interested in flip phones if they could stop insisting upon the foldable screen and instead committed to giving it 2 screens with a thin bezel. That way you wouldn’t have to worry about a crease forming in the middle of the screen.

    • pbjamm ( pbjamm@beehaw.org ) 
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      The Pixel DS!

    • Radicalized ( Radicalized@lemmy.one ) 
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      Microsoft did that and it sold poorly.

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        Because it’s a Microsoft phone, not because it’s a bad idea.

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          It wasn’t like a windows phone, but both times it was underpowered and glitchy. But it did run android.

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            I don’t think running Android really helps. Obviously it’s a better actual OS than their Windows phone trash, but their reputation on mobile is a dumpster fire. They’d have to do a huge amount to just not make the name alone tank it.

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      Microsoft did that twice already and both were colossal commercial failures. Behold the Surface Duo

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