If it comes with desktop mode, I will buy it
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2025
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Damn, another vertical fold. Still waiting for a horizontal fold a la the razr 2024
I will never understand the appeal of that kind of foldy phone beyond "nostalgia"
At least with book style foldables you can go from phone to tablet size screen which has far more utility IMO
I've been using it for half a year and it's great. I rarely even open it. I use all phone functions from the top touch screen.
It satisfies the "small phone" market that no manufacturer caters to. It's so compact and easy to hold without being a "dumb" flip phone. Full utility is always a flip away, but it turns out you don't need that utility for most things.
I don't really need to do anything that requires a double sized screen, I use my computer for stuff like that.
Edit: I actually don't have any nostalgia for flip phones. I had one, but I hated it because it was fiddly and hard to use, I preferred the brick phones or sliding phones. So that doesn't play a part in this phone at all. My "perfect" phone would be a nearly square phone like the razr 2024 but without the interior screen, but only if it supported all apps in that format. It's close now, but maybe 1 out of every 30 apps just doesn't work at all on the outer screen so I have to open it.
If I could have a small, square phone with a double sized battery or something so it was the same thickness as a closed razr 2024, it would be the perfect phone. Small, out of the way, but still lets me get done what I need to get done. Not for consuming media, but for utility.