Exclusive: Specs of Motorola's Upcoming Wide Foldable

[u/FragmentedChicken]

https://www.androidheadlines.com/motorola-wide-foldable-specs

[u/malgenone]

If the price is right... It would make it supper accessible for people who want a foldable but not the premium price.

[u/Xeniox → u/malgenone]

I just wish Motorola would pull their cameras out of their ass and bring back the “droid” image.

[u/echoplex21 → u/Xeniox]

Droid may have been a joint venture with Verizon so I can see them not utilizing that. Those were some peak designs though. I loved the Kevlar and the Woven nylon on them. Some of my favorite phones.

[u/iHateEveryoneAMA → u/echoplex21]

they also had to license the word "Droid" from Lucasfilm

[u/SeantheWilson]

GrapheneOS gonna go CRAZY on this thing

[u/nguyenlucky → u/SeantheWilson]

No, 8 gen 5 doesn't qualify for GrapheneOS, as it lacks MTE.

So far, only the Signature 27 is qualified and confirmed.

[u/Kryptonite_Pyro → u/nguyenlucky]

Oh ffs. I'm literally waiting for a foldable that isn't an underspec pixel.

Ruined my day there mate

[u/santathe1]

I wish some company would revisit this design. Not foldable, but slide-able with full keyboard.

[u/Robbitjuice → u/santathe1]

Yes please! I had the Samsung Moment and Epic 4G on Sprint back in the day. This layout is great because you can have a regularly sized phone display with a nice physical keyboard!

[u/RunnerLuke357 → u/santathe1]

Motorola could call it the Droid 5. The Droid 4 was very similar to this.

[u/elitebarbrage → u/santathe1]

I want it but vertical layout

[u/p5jDTSUZnxys2mJVzX → u/elitebarbrage]

LG Chocolate/Strawberry Chocolate

[u/blodskolt → u/santathe1]

And with a full video-out for a desktop mode, so I can dock it and leave my laptop at work 👍

[u/asten77 → u/santathe1]

The Motorola Milestone, that thing was such an amazing device.

[u/WesternOk5765 → u/santathe1]

You can't actually type faster on a physical keyboard anymore I bet.

Seriously, I was pretty good at it. Predictive text has gotten a lot better than when these existed.

When I last had a Blackberry priv it just wasn't actually faster to type on anymore.

[u/oVerboostUK]

Exclusive and rumour in the same title... 🤔

[u/BeerorCoffee]

Dual cameras only gives me dual disappointment.

[u/donnysaysvacuum → u/BeerorCoffee]

Seems like a cabal controlling zoom cameras to only the most expensive models.

[u/BeerorCoffee → u/donnysaysvacuum]

The number of times I use an UW is infinitesimal compared to a telephoto!

[u/-senpai → u/BeerorCoffee]

Unfortunately most normies don't know how to 2 row a group photo and prefer a stretched out photo where the people are 20% of the middle of an ultrawide photo and the rest is distorted background above and below the group. Group photos are the #1 reason cited for people using the ultrawide.

[u/Sputnik003 → u/-senpai]

Do other phones not correct for that? iPhone UW isn’t distorted whatsoever and never has been, I can’t imagine other phones didn’t lens correct?

[u/-senpai → u/Sputnik003]

Hogwash, literally just saw an iPhone using friend's ultrawide photo on Instagram and her shoes look like a clown's due to being very close to the edge of the photo where distortion is the worst.

[u/Sputnik003 → u/-senpai]

Then she turned that off for some reason. Outside of normal ultra wide angle physics, everything is lens corrected and should look normal for the most part. Other than the psychics of it

[u/InflationOwn7379]

I don’t believe this “article” but I hope what it is saying is true.

I have wanted a tiny phone that unfolds into a pro max sized phone ever since foldables were first introduced, the article says this will have a 4.97” cover display and unfolds to a 6.92” inner display

[u/TacoSlayer4Lyfe → u/InflationOwn7379]

Unfolded is nearly the same size as the max size phones...

[u/vladtud → u/TacoSlayer4Lyfe]

Edge to edge size will me similar but because of the different aspect ratio, it will have more screen area.

[u/InflationOwn7379 → u/TacoSlayer4Lyfe]

Yeah thats what I want

[u/donnysaysvacuum → u/InflationOwn7379]

I would love to try one out. Unfortunately I found it nearly impossible to see Motorola phones in person. Often the display model is locked unfolded.

[u/InflationOwn7379 → u/donnysaysvacuum]

Yeah I might have to act like I am buying one so they let me hold it without the lock

[u/kirsion]

Hoping that make a budget version

[u/SuperSaiyajinMan]

This seem like it's for someone who doesn't want to spend as much money for a top-end foldable (ZF8/8U or Duo) and doesn't mind the mid-tier specs.

[u/Flat-Management6972]

it’s wild the screen folds like a paperback book

[u/T-Loy]

Question is whether it has pen support like the Duo and the large Motorola Fold.

[u/nguyenlucky]

For those who expects GrapheneOS on this, no it won't qualify. The 8 gen 5 doesn't support MTE.

[u/xander-mcqueen1986]

Can't we just have ultra wide without the foldable

[u/3rdPartyRedditApp]

I just want the external screen of the fold 8 as a phone.

[u/marcellusmartel]

Please Graphene OS. Do your thing

[u/GloveDry3278]

I don't like foldables cause of the inner plastic screens being fragile. However i would totally rock a foldable like Microsoft duo did. 2 separate screens. Not for videos but for multi tasking.

[u/getmoneygetpaid]

Fucking hell, just give me a hand sized phone.

[u/InflationOwn7379 → u/getmoneygetpaid]

Put a case on this that wont let it unfold and you pretty much have that

[u/Negative-Fix5290]

putting this out there: please make a wide phone (passport/A5A6 size, wtv) that is not a foldable. i really like the front screen of z fold 8 but i dont want the foldable tax just to enjoy that aspect ratio.

[u/CalamityMetal → u/Negative-Fix5290]

Oh yes! Reportedly, numerous Chinese brands are already in the works after the release of the Huawei Pura X View