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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is really weird design.

It looks like they’ve taken an iPad Mini and made it foldable with an extra display for when it’s closed?

I like the look and size of it when open; it essentially replaces the Mini. But I can’t think of a reasonable use case for a “passport sized” device that’s got the 2D dimensions as a passport but the thickness of a mid-sized paperback. And that screen becomes an outer surface… so it’s going to get dinged up a LOT.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

And that screen becomes an outer surface… so it’s going to get dinged up a LOT.

That's literally every single phone in existence right now....

but the thickness of a mid-sized paperback

It's 2.5mm thicker folded, than a regular iPhone pro is.

It looks like they’ve taken an iPad Mini and made it foldable with an extra display for when it’s closed

Yeah that was the idea.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago

“Foldable iPad mini that becomes an iPhone while folded” is probably my ideal take on the folding phone.

[–] Rusticus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

What idiot would ever put a screen on the outer surface?!?!?

/s