Foldables are barely 1% of the market, but that's not stopping anyone but Apple.

Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing::Foldables are barely 1% of the market, but that’s not stopping anyone but Apple.

  • jmp242@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I have 2 uses for a tablet, and know 2 other uses. They’re pretty niche.

    1. you can use it to get AT&T to sell you an unlimited 5g data sim for $20 a month and pop that into a hotspot if you need to work while being driven in a car or in more locations than there’s necessarily easy or cheap wifi.

    2. Reading Manga / Comics. I do read some on my phone, but the ability to see the “full page” on a 6.7" phone aspect narrow screen vs a 10" wider aspect tablet screen is surprisingly large, and my eyes are getting worse, not better as I age. Teeny tiny is not the best experience.

    3. Using them as cheaper wacom tablets for drawing / artists.

    4. Work provided portable tools for all sorts of stuff that doesn’t have any SIM or monthly fee needed / requested, and something that inherently isn’t a phone.