• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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      That’s a $2000 gaming setup! ($1900 for z fold, $100 for gamesir controller.)

      I think I’ll just get a Powkiddy RGB30 with a square screen for $80.

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        I mean, it’s a phone + tablet first. The gaming is a nice bonus. Plus you really don’t need the fold 6 when the 5 will do just fine.

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          Fold 5 is still like $1000 refurbished. Again compared to $80 Powkiddy. Plus a few hours of gaming doesn’t take away from your phone battery life.

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            Why do you enjoy denigrating people’s choices? You’re not the only one capable of rationality. It might make total sense from their perspective and financial situation.

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              We’ve literally just recreated the meme here in the comments.

              “It’d be pretty cool to have a flip phone to double as a big emulation handhel…”

              Tuba on face

              “A PEWKITTY IS $80 AND YOU GET TO CARRY MULTIPLE DEVICES AND A MUCH SMALLER SCREEN AND…”

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              Suggesting a much cheaper alternative that has some benefits isn’t degrading anyone.

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                I didn’t say degrading, that wouldn’t even work grammatically. I said denigrating, “to criticise unfairly, disparage”.

                Learn something. And stop putting other people’s ideas down.

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                  “disparage”

                  Suggesting an alternative isn’t disparaging anyone.

                  Suggesting alternatives isn’t putting people’s ideas down.

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                    If you’d stopped at telling others what you’re doing. But no, you must feel righteous in criticising their choices of device, why they use it, and how much they spend on them.

                    People don’t owe you explanations for any of that.

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      You linked a Fold not a Flip. The difference is nearly $1000.

      That said the Fold is a solid choice but if you’re only going to play games, save a couple bucks and don’t get a 6. The improvements have been so incremental you might be able to make due with a 4 or 5.

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        Do emulators like lemuroid take up the whole screen on the inside of the fold?

        I was debating on a tablet or the pixel fold and I saw a video where it showed that the inside screen was basically two screens and man apps just displayed in the middle with black borders on either side.

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          That’s gonna come down to aspect ratio. The inner screen is 4:3 so it might come down to the game? This Gameboy color game doesn’t fill the screen but this emulator seems to be more for 3ds. I have the Fold4 for perspective.

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      This is similar to what I do. I have an old pixel 3xl and a Sunshine server running on my gaming PC. Moonlight is installed on the Pixel and I stream my games to it from the PC. I have a WireGuard VPN setup for when I am outside the house. It works very well!

      Edit: Inside the house, I have a Rasbery Pi 5 with Libreelec installed which has a Moonlight addon as well for when I want to play on my big screen TV.

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      I worked for a phone manufacturer that makes foldable for a while. I really got the strong feeling that those foldable displays make them extremely sensitive to any drops or abuse that a traditional chocolate bar would easily survive. And I’ve heard similar feedback from early adopters as well

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      I’m glad clip-on controllers exist now, I remember reading about them when using my Xperia Play a decade ago!

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      I have a surface duo 2 right now, and had the Motorola razor (rip the iconic chin design they ditched with the new models) before that. Emulating the ds on a flip phone is goated