The one feature that keeps me from recommending flip phones
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Summary
The Samsung Galaxy Fold from 2019 was reviewed by several media outlets only for the screens to stop working after a few days, with reviewers stating debris and dust was becoming trapped in the hinge.
This put doubt in the minds of consumers about the durability of foldable screens, however, both Samsung and Motorola have continued to develop their flip-style phones, improving the screen strength and adding water resistance.
The appeal of flip phones is the novelty of their form factor, but the lack of dust resistance is a serious impediment to these devices becoming mainstream.
Motorola and Samsung’s flip phones now span a price range of 699to1,299, but the average consumer is still skeptical about forking out for a device with suspected durability issues.
Motorola’s head of smartphone planning, Minseok Kang, has stated that a dustproof foldable phone is possible, but difficult to achieve.