My inner screen finally broke a couple months ago. It is pretty scammy but it seems to have lasted a while. I'm curious how long the rest of the phone is going to last in this state because I'm not shelling out for repairs on a phone I bought second hand

Eh, the fold part has been durable for me, despite me constantly dropping it. Did manage to crack the non-fold screen though.

Eh, I've had two Razrs now. First one the outer screen died from a fall - it was the traditional style screen that wasn't durable.

Maybe it's worse on Pixels or Samsungs, but my anecdotal experience has been that the inner flexible screen has been better than the outer one.

New phone comes out (this case I-phone) then the first week is tech youtubers start glacing it to no ends (because money) & than the second or third week it's all about testing the phones durability.

YouTubers like to do live durability tests on new phones when released (think dropping from a table / hand height / etc).

Eventually most move to just “what would it take to break the phone entirely”?

It is literally the aspect ratio of every iPad, though 😅

Something like 16:10 or 16:9 would make it very square when folded. IMO the most satisfying aspect ratio would be √2:1, like A4 paper, so that the aspect ratio when closed and open is the same.

The problem with that is that nobody wants an 8:9 screen for the folded in form factor

I think the durability is the limiting factor in regards to foldable tech as it stands right now

I'm the kind of contrarian who thinks we should have stuck with 4:3 in general, it's a better framing for a lot of content and it also makes the vertical video problem a lot less annoying in my view.

New meaning for "apple crusher 5 million"