On Ditching Folding Phones

Back in 2021 I bought into, literally, the new world of folding phones with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3.  I wrote quite a bit about that phone here.  A phone that was a tall but narrow brick of a phone but then unfolded to turn into a small tablet.  The compromises were real, but it felt like the path to the future of mobile devices.  While I still believe that these kinds of folding devices do have a future, the persistent durability questions around the complex construction, fragile displays, and moving parts has led to a very bumpy road. And after 3 broken devices in 3 years, it is a train I am hopping off of, for now.

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Tech News Roundup for October 6, 2022

So, a lot happened in the last week and a half since I last did this. There are many things I haven’t talked about, some that I may get to another time. For today there are new Google products, the iPhone 14 Plus reviews hit, USB standards have slightly new names, And Elon Musk and Twitter has taken a turn. Generally the Pixel announcement would stand on it’s own, but today it gets folded into the rest of the news. Let’s dive in.

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Tech News Roundup for September 1, 2022

It feels like companies are trying to get their news out ahead of the Labour Day Weekend as well as the Apple event coming next week. There is much to talk about today. ARM is suing one of its biggest customers, Snap is laying off a huge chunk of its workforce, we have folding PC’s, new controllers, and the Twitter edit button is finally coming… eventually. That and a couple more things I’ve been interested in.

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