Foldable smartphones have reached their fifth major generation, as heralded by Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Fold 5…
For me it’s definitely the durability concerns. I’ve valued my phone’s water and dust resistance since getting an ip67 phone years and years ago. My brother had a flip and a grain of sand in his pocket got under the display; when he closed the phone the display died. And they expect me to pay more for the privilege.
Plastic screens.
Glass scratches easy enough… But plastic? What’s this, a GameBoy? It’s not acceptable. In fact, not only plastic, but plastic that can be indented permanently by your fingernails and a super fragile panel living right below it.
An no, registering a trademark to call your plastic ultra thin glass doesn’t fix the issue.