Weekly poll: how should our Phone Finder deal with foldables and their different dimensions? | Infinium-tech

We recently had a discussion at the office and wanted to get your input as well – what dimensions should a phone finder use for a foldable phone when you’re looking for specific dimensions (thickness, width, height)?

First, let’s examine the issue. We list two thickness dimensions for the foldable – one when the phone is opened and one when it’s closed. The closed thickness is about double the open thickness, but this is not quite accurate as the hinges add something extra and it varies from phone to phone.

Similarly, there are two numbers for width on book-style foldables and two numbers for height on flip foldables, depending on whether the phone is folded or not. Again, one number is close to twice the other number, but hinges complicate things.

The size of foldable phones changes, making things complicated

This is how Phone Finder works right now. When you use the sliders for thickness, width, and height, you get results based on the open state of the phone. Is this the best approach or should we change things?

For example, the first sub-10mm foldable was a major milestone. But as it stands, there’s no easy way to find foldables that are less than 10mm when folded – if you set the slider to 10mm, they’re all visible as the filter looks at unfolded thickness, which may not be what you expect.

You can’t even drag the slider to just 5mm (half the desired thickness). “Folded thickness is approximately twice the unfolded thickness” is a general rule of thumb, but in practice it doesn’t work very well for filtering search results.

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What about width and height for book-style and flip foldable respectively? The opening dimensions are important because they give you an idea of ​​how the phone will fit in your hand. The folded dimensions are important because they give you an idea of ​​how the phone will fit in your pocket.

So, should one look for folded or unfolded dimensions while searching for Phone Finder? Or maybe the folded thickness and unfolded width/height depend on the style of the foldable? However, this can be quite confusing, as the dimensions used in the search will vary from phone to phone – especially if you’ve got a mix of foldable and regular phones. What do you think? Vote below and share your thoughts in the comments.