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Gadgets · by Finn Brown · 2026-10-14

Do foldable phones make sense yet or are they still a gimmick?

Durability and creases keep improving, prices slowly dropping. Anyone daily driving one?

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Comments

Urban Fern · 6 likes

I'll wait for one more generation, then decide.

Tiago Costa · 4 likes

That's what I said three generations ago lol

Noah Meier · 3 likes

Battery life was my issue, always ends the day under 20%.

Paper River · 2 likes

Price per feature is still bad compared with a normal flagship.

Isha Menon · 0 likes

Yeah you pay for the hinge.

Amina Okafor · 2 likes

Repair costs scare me off. One drop and it's a laptop-priced bill.

Emir Kaya · 2 likes

Insurance is basically mandatory.

Gentle River · 2 likes

Flip style is more practical, fits in jeans pocket finally.

Piotr Zieliński · 6 likes

Pocket size is the killer feature.

Theo Bennett · 0 likes

Daily driving one for a year. The big screen for reading and docs is genuinely useful.

Lina Keller · 10 likes

Barely notice it after a week.

Haruto Sato · 1 likes

How is the crease on the inner screen?

Isha Menon · 0 likes

Apps still not optimized for the wide format in many cases.