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Why did we never end up with a normal folding smart phone form factor? By which I mean take two square touchscreens and attach them with a hinge, like a pocketw
by somat 4y ago
Why did we never end up with a normal folding smart phone form factor? By which I mean take two square touchscreens and attach them with a hinge, like a pocketwatch.
Is the bar down the middle really too much of a hassle? I suspect it would not take too much engineering to make one with bezel free screens, you would still get a seam, but no ridge.
In most other metrics it would appear to be a winner, protects the screen, compact. Don't get me wrong the folding screen is an amazing bit of tech, but from the durability standpoint, i don't like it a bit.
- dijit 4y agoyou could even make the lower part touch screen, and use gestures heavily to avoid ever needing to touch the top screen; which would solve a lot of the one-handed usability issues with large phones forcefully; and be much better for battery life.
- ClassyJacket 4y agoBut then apps would have to be developed separately just for this phone, and I doubt anyone wants to do that
- mariusor 4y agoI doubt that it's not possible to write firmware/drivers to present the two screens as a single one to the OS and the applications. Early cheap 4K monitors were doing this quite a bit 4-5 years ago.
- dagmx 4y agoYou just described a Nintendo DS
- snovv_crash 4y agoI suspect pocket sand would scratch the screens.
- justsomehnguy 4y agoBecause Apple never did it. There was Android flip phones but they never caught outside Japan. https://www.gsmdome.com/sharp-aquos-sh-06g-announced-by-docomo-as-a-brand-new-kitkat-flip-phone https://www.gsmdome.com/sharp-aquos-sh-06g-announced-by-doco...
- jb1991 4y agothose are normal flip phones, not what the parent is referring to: >two square touchscreens and attach them with a hinge, like a pocketwatch
- debesyla 4y agoIsn't Samsung Flip exactly that? (Or am I misunderstanding something?)
- mtklein 4y agoLike a Surface Duo?