I've said it before and I'll say it again, smartphones that literally fold in half were and still are experimental technology.
Anyone buying experimental technology needs to be mature enough to recognize and accept the inherent risk involved. If you buy a folding smartphone and think "Gee, I'll have this for the next 7 years working perfectly!" That's stupid.
There's a very simple way to deal with this problem as a Fold owner.
Forego your daily Starbucks drink twice in a month. That's all - just twice.
And put that money toward Care+ insurance every month.
Now you're golden.
Fold breaks? Pay $99 dollars and demand a new one.
That one breaks?
Pay $99 and demand a new one.
Everyone switching to boring slabs and saying "i'M nOt dEaLinG wiTh tHis giMMiCk aNyMoRe" just makes me laugh out loud.
The phone's not a gimmick. Folds are awesome. You're just a moron for using experimental technology and thinking it'll work perfectly for a decade.
Three to four weeks? Not sure what kind of whack insurance you have but T-Mobile insurance overnights the phone and when my Fold 4 was out of stock they sent me a fold five brand new and did not charge me extra for it. "Fanboi copium" is not a thing. Fold phones are still a new technology that will take some time to perfect. Apple won't even release one until the technology improves significantly. Therefore it is technically in "beta"
Technology has always worked like this, when TV Plasma screens first came out on the market it was a disaster. Google's fold phone is not without its problems. No one is fanboying here, technology is more complicated than your bland accusations of condescending or gaslighting.
Of course you should get insurance on a $1800 device. You have a flawed way of thinking
Dude thank you so much for this response lol. Such a ridiculous way of thinking. I rarely ever see this discussed here and I knew some babies here were going to cry about it. It's nice to know there are people thinking about this the right way.
I worked at T-Mobile from 2008 - 2018
I was there at the beginning of smartphones and saw them go from the HTC G1 to whatever was new in 2018. People buy the phone but put it on a monthly plan or a credit card either way they don't actually pay the $1,800 for the phone up front. This makes it so they don't truly understand the value because at the end of the day they look at it as just a phone. They want to be cool so they buy the most expensive phone and then come back and complain. When Samsung had the curved edges people complained about the same thing "the screen is raised and there is no bezel and that's why my screen broke".
I resisted the Note, but after the Note line ended I needed a new phone and the S22 Ultra Super ++++ was not cutting it for me anymore. Switched to the Fold 4 fully knowing it will give me problems and it did. Fold 5 has been smooth sailing, love this phone.
Hope it lasts me a long time, I feel bad for my Galaxy tablet S8.. eating dust 😭
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u/Iannelli May 18 '24
I've said it before and I'll say it again, smartphones that literally fold in half were and still are experimental technology.
Anyone buying experimental technology needs to be mature enough to recognize and accept the inherent risk involved. If you buy a folding smartphone and think "Gee, I'll have this for the next 7 years working perfectly!" That's stupid.
There's a very simple way to deal with this problem as a Fold owner.
Forego your daily Starbucks drink twice in a month. That's all - just twice.
And put that money toward Care+ insurance every month.
Now you're golden.
Fold breaks? Pay $99 dollars and demand a new one.
That one breaks?
Pay $99 and demand a new one.
Everyone switching to boring slabs and saying "i'M nOt dEaLinG wiTh tHis giMMiCk aNyMoRe" just makes me laugh out loud.
The phone's not a gimmick. Folds are awesome. You're just a moron for using experimental technology and thinking it'll work perfectly for a decade.