• BK85@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Why would you want that if you can have something light that can be held in one hand?

    • bloup@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 days ago

      I read a lot of technical material that has lots of diagrams and it’s difficult with an E reader paging back-and-forth between the text and the diagram that I’m trying to understand

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        3 days ago

        Apparently a foldable OLED screen is, typically expected to last at least 200.000 folds. That’s more than a 100 folds/day for 5 years. I’d take my chances on one, I think.

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            3 days ago

            yeah but you’re not folding it 100 times a day. if you’re an avid reader, you’re opening and closing it 10-20 times a day tops.

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          3 days ago

          Second question, if you’re going to read from one screen at a time, why have two screens?

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            2 days ago

            I guess this way you can also use it for manga or any other medium that sometimes use both page to display something.

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            3 days ago

            If you’re going to read from one screen at a time, why have 2 monitors on your computer?

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              3 days ago

              If I were to read a book on my computer, I would use one screen. That’s kinda my point. A second monitor does nothing for me in that scenario.

              But it folds like a book, and i see it being held like a book. If that means text populates in two columns like a book, and you read one column at a time, I really don’t see the point of the second side. You can just turn the page.

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                3 days ago

                I mean it’s for the same reasons books aren’t the same size of matchboxes. A larger area makes it easier to read.

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          3 days ago

          Unless you go once near a beach and a single grain of sand gets past the airtight bag the phone was in and the Totally-IP67-We-Swear phone chassis and is fucking destroys the screen from the inside, with a repair bill worthy of a new phone because “that kind of damage is not under warranty”.

          Source : happened to one of my best friends. Fuck you with a folding dildo, Samsung.