{"id":13164,"date":"2024-09-18T09:05:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=13164"},"modified":"2024-09-18T09:25:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:25:24","slug":"why-foldable-smartphones-are-worth-considering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=13164","title":{"rendered":"Why Foldable Smartphones Are Worth Considering"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let\u2019s be real. The rectangular design of the quintessential smartphone is getting stale for lots of people, including this graying gadget reviewer. That\u2019s why the next phone I buy won\u2019t be another \u201csame, same\u201d iteration of the iPhone<\/a>. It will be a foldable<\/a>, a phone with a bendable display that flips open like a book to increase its screen size and closes up to fit in my pocket.<\/p>\n

These folding phones, from companies like Samsung, Motorola and Huawei, have been getting buzz since their debut in 2019<\/a> thanks to their novel design. But they remained niche because of issues with software and durability. And at upward of $1,500, they were too expensive.<\/p>\n

A shift is underway. The devices keep getting better, and some are becoming cheaper. IDC, the research firm, predicts that handset makers will ship 25 million foldable phones<\/a> this year, up nearly 40 percent from last year.<\/p>\n

After testing two different sizes of foldables that arrived in stores this summer \u2014 Motorola\u2019s small $700 Razr<\/a> and Google\u2019s jumbo $1,800 Pixel 9 Pro Fold<\/a> \u2014 I\u2019m convinced that phones with bendable screens will become mainstream in the next few years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Most of the issues have disappeared. The Razr resembles a compact mirror and unfolds to become a traditional smartphone. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold looks like a normal smartphone when closed up, but unfolded, it transforms into a tablet.<\/p>\n

Both devices demonstrate that bendable screens are no gimmick. They can become even more useful than a traditional smartphone. Above all, they are more than adequate devices for those wanting to try something different.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s be real. The rectangular design of the quintessential smartphone is getting stale for lots of people, including this graying gadget reviewer. That\u2019s why the next phone I buy won\u2019t be another \u201csame, same\u201d iteration of the iPhone. It will be a foldable, a phone with a bendable display that flips open like a book to increase its screen size and closes up to fit in my pocket.These folding phones, from companies like Samsung, Motorola and Huawei, have been getting buzz since their debut in 2019 thanks to their novel design. But they remained niche because of issues with software and durability. And at upward of $1,500, they were too expensive.A shift is underway. The devices keep getting better, and some are becoming cheaper. IDC, the research firm, predicts that handset makers will ship 25 million foldable phones this year, up nearly 40 percent from last year.After testing two different sizes of foldables that arrived in stores this summer \u2014 Motorola\u2019s small $700 Razr and Google\u2019s jumbo $1,800 Pixel 9 Pro Fold \u2014 I\u2019m convinced that phones with bendable screens will become mainstream in the next few years.Most of the issues have disappeared. The Razr resembles a compact mirror and unfolds to become a traditional smartphone. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold looks like a normal smartphone when closed up, but unfolded, it transforms into a tablet.Both devices demonstrate that bendable screens are no gimmick. They can become even more useful than a traditional smartphone. Above all, they are more than adequate devices for those wanting to try something different.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13166,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13164"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13167,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13164\/revisions\/13167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}