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Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing::Foldables are barely 1% of the market, but that's not stopping anyone but Apple.

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[–] Phen 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tablets are much better than phones at trying to do things that are meant to be done in a full computer, while being much more more portable than computers. It'll never be as good as PCs but to some people that's not a big price to pay for the portability.

[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So virtual desktop?

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think people like tablets a lot more than virtual desktops judging by the sales numbers.

[–] Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

True. But more so you need companies to get into it. They are the ones buying. Plus you would computer-literate staff to get a router with the capability to run a secure VPN. I don't even know if it's possible. I don't see why not. But maybe bandwidth isn't capable