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[โ€“] ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm having trouble conceptualizing what this would look like. Is it a giant monitor that can also be a laptop? Aren't all laptops/notebooks by definition foldable anyway?

[โ€“] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm having the same trouble. Also, I really don't get the whole craze with folding devices. To me, it just seems like one more (expensive) point of failure on an already fragile device. Or maybe I am just old - So get off my lawn! ๐Ÿ˜†

[โ€“] ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wouldn't mind a foldable phone once they get the kinks sorted out and the price comes down a bit.

[โ€“] Aggy@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Linux on the WAM show recently talked about how much he loved his foldable phone. I'd love to try one out myself but I'm with you on price. $1800 for a phone is way too much. That's a months rent for something I'd be terrified to drop or get stolen

[โ€“] Graphine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Except Apple will just make it even more expensive than now, starting it all over again.

And I say that as an Apple user.

[โ€“] Num10ck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i think the keyboard/touchpad/armrest side would be all screen. if they include lidar then it could do goggle-less 3D spatial computing. harsher to type on though.

[โ€“] fluxion@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like an awesome portable big ass screen/computer, with a shitty laptop mode built-in

[โ€“] Num10ck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

maybe they have some new tech to make a screen feel like a keyboard.. and maybe some killer apps would justify it. Media creation/editing software might be better without a keyboard and double workspace.

perhaps something like Lenovo's foldables, for example the Yoga Book 9i.