[duxup]

What's huge about it for someone who doesn't own a PC laptop?

Every example I've seen or tried using a fold-able was just a regular smartphone with a screen that displayed apps that looked like the app doesn't fit on the phone very well. The few that did fit didn't seem to provide any real advantage.

That and the fold-able users I know all run into reliability issues with screens breaking over time.

[vidarh]

For me, it's entirely ended my tablet use, and now rarely reach for a laptop. I still have a desktop with two large screens, but I don't feel a need for anything in between any more.

The screen is big enough for me that given it's always in my pocket it's far more convenient to grab my phone than getting up to grab my tablet or laptop.

[duxup]

What are you doing on your fold device that works as well on a tablet but not a phone?

[vidarh]

Everything. It's nice having more text and bigger images visible.

[arikrahman]

With my foldable, I find that I hardly use the full display and just use the main screen.

[trueno]

i think about how little i use my ipad mini and yeah, like. its so easy to idealize these pieces of tech in your head and dream up scenarios. reminded of my coworker when he got the surface duo and how much his meeting life was gonna change. he was back on an iphone in like a month, felt like at every corner he was trying to invent reasons to use it but i dont know. it's interesting, im a nerd and enjoy nerdy things... but computing experience in my pocket that's with me at all times straight up doesn't hit the same as i thought it would when i was a kid and thought calculator watches were going to change everything and the idea of a miniature laptop would be so cool. honestly music, gps, mfa apps, texting and phone calls and im not quite certain i need much else. i explicitly left out email there cause email is just better and less stinky for your mentals when you've explicitly chosen to sit down and read it (ie im on my laptop).

foldy iphone would be cool but i don't know i guess i'm just not creative enough to envision myself in scenarios where i want a bigger screen during my handset time anymore. if there was some sort of apple pencil as part of it that came with it, that actually changes the calculus just a smidge cause i enjoy doodling. i guess note taking "on the go" might mean something to some, but i supremely doubt apple is even remotely interested in bringing their pencil experience to the iphone.

[somenameforme]

In my opinion, touch screens are themselves an example of what you're referencing. Sci-fi always showed them as being not only universal but opening possibilities one could only imagine. In reality they pretty much suck for everything except minimal input/passive consumption, or for doing a poor job of pretending to be a keyboard. I really wonder if they'll stand the test of time.

[ncr100]

My Reality, not my idealism, with the '23 Pixel Fold:

It makes the screen bigger, which is great for photograph viewing at a further distance from the device, and generally larger amounts of text on screen, at the cost of a 30% heavier and more delicate device.

My eyes are 52 and they appreciate the larger characters, often times.

[vidarh]

I'm opposite. My phone is only folded while in my pocket.

[arikrahman]

I find myself unable to fold it in public as I'm worried it puts a target on my back. Albeit, with more folds coming to market it will be seen less as a premium.

[NetMageSCW]

That would be an Android issue - Android tablets have the same issues. An iPhone foldable will have a much more cohesive ecosystem just like the iPad.

[Aperocky]

I thought exactly this until I used it for >2 hours.

[duxup]

That doesn’t really answer the question.