Pretty sure they aren't making these ever again. Honestly, kinda sad.

I think kinesis nicked the design?

Idk which is older but didn't they both blatantly copy the Ergodox layout?

I have commuted with an Ergodox and I honestly just find it a bit too large. If you are set on that many keys I'd suggest you check out SliceMK since they made a low profile Ergodox. I'm not a fan of ZSA since they are overpriced (cheap plastic) and haven't really ever done anything innovative IMO. Although I don't use it often my SliceMK wireless Ergodox is really solid.

Not when devices with rolling screens are on the horizon.

You underestimate the opportunity of selling a single device that costs significantly more than both combined (this one literally does).

Idk about no crease but Samsung's appear to be the most noticeable from what I've actually seen. I think other manufacturers have improved on this over time but I haven't seen anything newer than my Pixel Fold in person.

IIRC display and chip manufacturing are basically treated like separate businesses from the phones as a product. And all the other companies foldables are better than Samsung's (imo at least) because they haven't innovated or improved in several generations.

I'm not a Samsung fan by any stretch, but this I would love to see.

Android Automotive OS is a blank slate for car manufacturers to customize and claim is their own creation, consumers will never know it exists.

It's definitely not great, but considering one is for consumers and the other is explicitly not it's not that bad.

Well yeah, it's pretty common knowledge that all those cheap TV boxes running AOSP (not Android TV) are crap and should be avoided.

I like it. Not sure the search entry in the list needs to always be on screen but it's fine.

Tablet sized screen when you want/need it, normal sized phone when you don't, in your pocket all the time.

I think you mean "tri fold".

This thing costs $2800...

That's not how it works. Other apps (ironically including Google's RCS implementation) use the Signal Protocol. Simply using it doesn't magically make your app interoperable with every other app that uses it. And Apple would be the last company to go out of their way to make it work.

Nobody here is against open standards or FOSS apps. I am actually lucky/privileged enough to be able to write open source code for a living.

You seem to not understand the reality of the situation and that use case other than yours exist.

Huh? No it wouldn't. If Apple implemented the Signal protocol they would still have to publish an iMessage app to the Play Store for Android users.

Call Google's messaging app proprietary all you want but at least their implementation of RCS is E2E encrypted.

RCS is the wrong one to use

For you. I have relatives with iPhones I don't talk to frequently but when we get together and somebody takes a group photo it's annoying. Being able to just text a decent resolution photo without people needing to download an app is a win.

I'll continue to use Signal with friends and family I talk to regularly.

This. They fucked up the one thing that made the original the best Foldable ever made IMO. Hopefully they get it right next year.

What a life you must have. Must be nice to be so blissful ignorant and naive that you never once consider that you are wrong, not the entire rest of the world.

Yes. And a "bifold wallet" has a single fold that bisects the wallet into two haves. A "trifold wallet" has two folds that divides the wallet into three equal parts.

This is how these English words are used. Look it up...

I realized this completely misses the point, but the problem is actually dust not water. All these foldables are IPX8, meaning they are highly water resistant but not rated for dust and debris.

I completely agree with your repairability point btw.