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But it's not though? Early generations, sure. But we're at the point now where dropping a folded phone really does not have much of a difference in chance of breaking in than dropping a regular candybar phone.
You're right in that technically it causes wear. In that regard, I suppose the fold mechanism would fail eventually. So it's not going to be your daily driver for the next 10 years. But no phone is. Modern folding phones absolutely do well for the normal life of a phone (4-5 years maybe??).
Ime, battery has been the first thing to shit the bed of any given phone (folding or not). Yes, you can get them replaced, but that's become either a complicated and/or expensive process nowadays. Your battery is going to become unusable before your screen breaks simply from wear alone.
Where credit is due, I think batteries have improved. I've noticed that the battery health no longer starts dropping fast after a year and a half (which was like a standard for me). When I got my phone, the battery health was already at 98%. I don't know why and I didn't really care as I got thru the days without needing to charge extra. After 2.5 years, the health is at 95% and I'm still not seeing noticeable degradation. Then again, I use battery health management system (smart charging and 80% charge whenever I didn't need to last longer) which wasn't a thing on older phones, maybe that's the reason
It's probably making a decent difference, yeah. But a lot of people don't use those settings. I never charge my phone to only 80%. I know it's an option, but it's just not enough charge for me.
And these folding phones get HOT AF. Know what kills battery? Heat. I've been on my current Flip for about a year and while the battery life has definitely never been stellar on these things, there are some days now where my battery doesn't last a full day's usage.
My Z Flip 6 died after a year even though I babied that thing. The screen would freeze or fail to turn on unless you warmed up the entire phone. I tried the press-to-reseat-the-cable trick. Nothing worked. Samsung wanted to charge me $400 to repair the screen because it was a month out of warranty.
This is why I have trust issues.
That is absolutely fair and valid. Lemons do happen. I just think they aren't nearly as common as people fear.
Yeah I know a few people who swear by their Flips and Folds, and I really did like that phone, but the experience soured me (ha - lemons) on the folding screen.
I was considering moving to iOS for unrelated reasons anyway, so for an extra 200 over the cost of the screen replacement I just made the jump. Side note: after 13 years of Android, iOS sure is quirky.