<![CDATA[be honest.]]>be honest. when you first heard about or saw foldable mobile devices, likely years ago, how did you feel?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/e72eed99-f718-4b5c-9715-66f375dfd99e/be-honest.RSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 12:21:46 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2026 09:19:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:45:44 GMT]]>@datn In school I had a Sharp EL-9000 calculator. Foldable. Eventually the folding circuitry failed. Any folding electronics I see today, I remember the loss of my favourite calculator.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/controlc/statuses/116414686442182690https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/controlc/statuses/116414686442182690Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:45:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:58:16 GMT]]>@datn I was pretty excited, and I've now had a Z Flip (currently on a Z Flip 7) of some form for years now. Still really like the form factor, and haven't had any issues with the fragility

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/erictgilmour/statuses/116414263889277718https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/erictgilmour/statuses/116414263889277718Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:58:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:46:38 GMT]]>@datn Oh, so they finally went for it… Missed the news…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://visitors.sk/users/wra/statuses/116414218138842914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://visitors.sk/users/wra/statuses/116414218138842914Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:46:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:28:58 GMT]]>@datn .0

Old-school flip phones are fine.

Foldable screens are a stupid form of planned obsolescence. I have absolutely no interest in them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Sir_Osis_of_Liver/statuses/116414148687694356https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Sir_Osis_of_Liver/statuses/116414148687694356Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:28:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:02:26 GMT]]>@datn @wra LOL!

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/AngelaScholder/statuses/116414044308479360https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/AngelaScholder/statuses/116414044308479360Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:02:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:01:14 GMT]]>@catmisgivings sorry for my lack of clarity -- i did mean just the more recent smartphones with folding displays 😕

Dan Patch (@datn@xoxo.zone)

sorry for the lack of clarity, folks. I should have said "smartphones with foldable displays" -- I was too close to the recent news that Apple is going to make foldable smartphones.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116414039624858171https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116414039624858171Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:01:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:58:44 GMT]]>@datn Good catch 😄 My old Nintendo DS was going “I’ve been amazing all this time!”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brunoscheele/statuses/116414029820776109https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/brunoscheele/statuses/116414029820776109Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:58:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:56:29 GMT]]>@datn@xoxo.zone Foldable device, great, space for physical buttons. Foldable screen, not for me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fuzzle.me.uk/notes/al4xhqkrxjhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fuzzle.me.uk/notes/al4xhqkrxjThu, 16 Apr 2026 10:56:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:55:29 GMT]]>@datn I'm abstaining because I wasn't in the market for a cell phone when the Motorola StarTAC came out

Some of my favorite handsets have been clamshells

I'm intrigued by recent folding phones but I tend to keep my phones a really long time so I've stuck to the glowing glass rectangle variety because I think they would last longer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stranger.social/users/catmisgivings/statuses/116414017021270936https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stranger.social/users/catmisgivings/statuses/116414017021270936Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:55:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:55:00 GMT]]>@datn

A solution that didn't have a problem. Extreme engineering challenges FOR WHAT⁉️ Boardroom porn. Make phones thin in a race to the bottom, then fold them to make them twice as thick again, where did that logic come from?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hnapel/statuses/116414015095773020https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hnapel/statuses/116414015095773020Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:55:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:54:15 GMT]]>@datn my first mobile phone was foldable, and that was about 20 years ago, it was great but also normal at the time 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/116414012170059254https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/116414012170059254Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:54:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:43:23 GMT]]>@benc @datn As long as there is JB Weld in the world, we will keep repairing those hinges.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/thelastpsion/statuses/116413969450201551https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/thelastpsion/statuses/116413969450201551Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:43:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:41:42 GMT]]>@datn Psion series 3, in Byte magazine... and even then it was the hinge and/or ribbon cable that kept breaking.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.hawaga.org.uk/users/benc/statuses/116413962816770105https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.hawaga.org.uk/users/benc/statuses/116413962816770105Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:41:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:41:33 GMT]]>@datn I'm a combination of 2 and 5. It sounds like it would be really useful to have, but I would worry about lifetime.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/WataruTenkawa_1/statuses/116413962202344491https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/WataruTenkawa_1/statuses/116413962202344491Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:41:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:38:35 GMT]]>@datn My vote applies to flip phones. I had one for a decade, still the phone I had the longest. Still regret having to replace it because the battery died.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vektorgarten/statuses/116413950552240651https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vektorgarten/statuses/116413950552240651Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:38:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:28:56 GMT]]>@mainec the former. i meant to say "smartphones with foldable displays". sorry for the lack of clarity!

Dan Patch (@datn@xoxo.zone)

sorry for the lack of clarity, folks. I should have said "smartphones with foldable displays" -- I was too close to the recent news that Apple is going to make foldable smartphones.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116413912594702063https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116413912594702063Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:28:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:25:15 GMT]]>@datn do you refer to foldable smart phones or do you refer to foldable feature phones?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fromm.social/users/mainec/statuses/116413898116667485https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fromm.social/users/mainec/statuses/116413898116667485Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:25:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:21:11 GMT]]>@Anke you and me both!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116413882131777968https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116413882131777968Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:21:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:17:13 GMT]]>@datn That might be cool, but I worry about the devices being overly fragile.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.scribblers.club/users/Anke/statuses/116413866519857281https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.scribblers.club/users/Anke/statuses/116413866519857281Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:17:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:56:39 GMT]]>@datn Just gimme a device that runs ONLY WHAT I TELL IT TO, please and thank you!!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/116413785650418419https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/stonebear2/statuses/116413785650418419Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:56:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:48:02 GMT]]>sorry for the lack of clarity, folks. I should have said "smartphones with foldable displays" -- I was too close to the recent news that Apple is going to make foldable smartphones.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116413751815612046https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116413751815612046Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:48:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:46:28 GMT]]>@wra my bad, I should have been clearer. I was riding on the context of today's news about Apple's foldable iPhones 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116413745631566469https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/datn/statuses/116413745631566469Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:46:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:39:17 GMT]]>@datn “Foldable mobile device” and “years ago” got me confused, sorry 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://visitors.sk/users/wra/statuses/116413717410844331https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://visitors.sk/users/wra/statuses/116413717410844331Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:39:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to be honest. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:38:58 GMT]]>@datn I had a Motorola Moto Razr and I'm not gonna lie I more than once screamed at it to pretty please beam me up.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116413716120065746https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116413716120065746Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:38:58 GMT