A small mobile tech company, Royole, has announced late last year their upcoming flagship, the Royole FlexPai, which demos a fascinating feature where it can be folded in half.
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Phone Features:
This particular flagship developer phone has phenomenal specifications and carries just enough power under the hood after taking a look at the official product specifications online:
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, an OctaCore processor rated at a 2.84GHz clock speed
- A 7.8 inch Flexible AMOLED screen paired with a beautiful 1920 x 1440 QHD resolution display.
- 6GB RAM base, 8GB RAM max
- 128GB storage base, 256GB storage max (SD cards are accepted for up to 256GB of additional storage)
- 2 digital cameras: 16MP + 20MP
- A 3970 mAh battery
To describe these mobile phone specs that the FlexPai offers, is to say that they are very competitive with other well-known smartphone manufacturers. But it all comes at a cost for this one-of-a kind feature:
It starts at $1300 or $1500 for the top model
The specifications do look tempting but the price tag will hold many potential buyers back. Now, I wouldn’t ever justify spending that amount of money for a phone that is still under testing, unless you are a developer and really want to experiment with it. And since it is a developer product, The Verge has reported during the phone’s demonstration that
Nick Statt, The Verge
The software seemed extremely sluggish, apps continuously opened accidentally, and the orientation kept changing randomly when one of the Royole representatives was demonstrating the folding process.
After hearing this I would suggest to all of you who would consider a phone like this to wait on it. New technologies and trends like this will take time to polish. So it would be indefinitely safer to wait and buy a stable phone as opposed to one like this. This phone will simply only get frustrating to have the phone do what it should, and trust me, I’ve unfortunately had my fair share of dealing with phones like that, and it is not a road I recommend taking.
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While the idea of a foldable smartphone is a noble concept, I don’t really see the practical use for it. I like my smartphone and wouldn’t want to deal with the hassle of this new type of physical format. The foldability also seems like it would leave more room for malfunctioning, based on how many folds. Honestly, what’s the use for this type of thing. You don’t need to answer this. Nice post.
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I like the feedback. These kinds of phones may as well be very expensive gimmicks after all. Thanks for providing another helpful view for the reasons why these phones will not be as useful as they aim to be.
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I like the idea of a foldable phone but I feel like it would cause a lot of problems with the screen. Regular smart phones seem to have a lot of problems with the screens so I feel like a foldable phone would have a lot of problems.
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