I feel like its a bad idea for people to buy these. I mean… the screen are weak plastics that can get damaged by a fingernail. Seems like an expensive buy for such a terrible durability. A terrible deal in my opinion.
What even is the use-case for these, anyways?
I have a Galaxy Z Flip 3, which I bought late 2021. The screen is fine, the durability is fine. I don’t have it in a case (I don’t use cases, because phones have gotten enormous enough, thank you). I’ve dropped it two or three times on asphalt, both open and closed. The metal is a little banged up on two corners, but it’s purely cosmetic.
When I replace this, it’ll be with another foldable, because folded, they fit in any pocket and are more durable than non-flip phones. I never worry than I’m doing to sit on it and break it in half, or something. When closed, the main screen is better protected than even with a case.
This phone has a tiny, almost useless external screen: it’s touch sensitive, but only runs special apps, and I mostly use it just to check the time. When I upgrade, new phones have larger, more useful screens which can run arbitrary apps; at that point, I’ll worry more about the external screen, but with a protector it won’t be worse than what I used before folding phones.
My younger brother’s family all have Samsung Fold phones - him, his wife, his eldest son. They don’t have any tablets in the house, because there Fold opens into a small tablet. It’s too big for my tastes, but I see the appeal of reducing the number of devices.
Folding phones are superior in all ways to non-folding phones, IMO.