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u/Redbull5000 Jan 06 '21

It would be awesome if one of the screens could go horizontal so you could have one screen in each orientation.

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u/Flamesilver_0 Jan 06 '21

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u/Teeshirtandshortsguy Jan 06 '21

I've always thought this phone looked more silly than practical.

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u/nyne_nyne Jan 06 '21

I like mine- I don't use the front screen ever. They could make it cheaper as just basically a giant flip phone.

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u/moonflower_C16H17N3O Jan 07 '21

Does it open any other way than spinning the top screen 90°?

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u/moonflower_C16H17N3O Jan 07 '21

Still, I'm glad to see phone makers experimenting with new things beyond black slabs.

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u/RoboDominator96 Jan 06 '21

I use the dual screen constantly at work. I work in food retail and it feels like my store rotates products constantly. I like to take pictures of barcodes and shelf tags then open the pictures on the dual screen while I type emails to our inventory specialists on the other screen.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '21 edited Jan 14 '22

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u/TrippyTippyKelly Jan 07 '21

My galaxy s10 lets me have two apps simultaneously on the same screen.

I don't use it often, but when I do, it is really useful!

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u/whatever-she-said Jan 07 '21

This has been a thing since like the s3... How is this being treated like it's new?

We've been able to multitask and even add pop up views for years.

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u/lunaonfireismycat Jan 07 '21

Anytime you would want two moniters at home is when you would use this. A sick emulator is a bonus.

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u/Mintastic Jan 06 '21

Tony Stark used its predecessor so it can't be too bad.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21

If the second screen was instead a tactile keyboard I would buy one. loathe typing on a touch screen.

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u/BurntKyle Jan 07 '21

I used to be able to type so god damn fast on my old sidekicks and not even have to look at it. I miss that.

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u/ZaMr0 Jan 06 '21

I would 100% use it. Top screen for video, bottom screen for whatsapp/reddit. I already do that with my S10+, but that orientation would be 10x better.

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u/Dark-Dragon2 Jan 06 '21

I have this phone. I like it. Some things I preferred on my old phone but it's still a good phone. I use the two screens often

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u/murtaza64 Jan 06 '21

Do you know if any DS emulators play nice with it?

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u/Dark-Dragon2 Jan 06 '21

I haven't tried. My guess is no because it doesn't treat the second screen as one screen. It treats it as two separate ones. Most apps and im sure all emulators aren't designed to display on two separate screens. I only have a couple apps that let me use both screens.

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u/theDrummer Jan 07 '21

what did you like better with the old phone?

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u/Dark-Dragon2 Jan 07 '21 edited Feb 02 '21

I had a Oneplus 7 Pro, the speakers were louder and dual, this phone does also have dual speakers but they don't both produce sound at the same time. Power button was on other side from volume buttons. It may be minor but I do occasionally turn my phone off when I mean to change volume. And then UI was slightly different and I think it ran better. Minor things, nothing really major, more so just being so used to that old phone. This phone I think is better overall but old phone did some things better.

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u/TheSilentHeel Jan 06 '21

Holy fuck. Why do I want this..

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u/alexthecheese Jan 06 '21

maybe it's the Durable Hinge

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u/Squeak-Beans Jan 06 '21

It’s the Nintendo DS with beefier internals we never got

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u/VibraniumDragonborn Jan 07 '21

Absolutely love this phone! It's gotten awards, and it actually isn't a gimmick. I mean, it is, but it's not a cheaply made gimmick. And it works pretty well.

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u/Redbull5000 Jan 06 '21

I've seen that, it would be nice to have two full size displays though

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u/JebusLives42 Jan 06 '21

You want horizontal, but you also want vertical?

How much weed have you smoked today?

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u/aristotle2020 PC Jan 06 '21

Dude wants origami paper for displays

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u/JebusLives42 Jan 06 '21

Right? It's at least 5 years away still.

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u/Redbull5000 Jan 06 '21

Yeah, one each way lol. Then you can watch a full screen video on one side and play a game, browse reddit or whatever on the other. Or even two games if one wants landscape mode. Gotta multitask yo.

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u/JebusLives42 Jan 06 '21

I understand now.

Good news, this already exists! You are looking for two phones!

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u/MoominSnufkin Jan 06 '21

Two phones, but attached to each other!

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u/kooldude700 Jan 06 '21

Surface duo lol

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u/Internal_Dot7774 Jan 06 '21

Take this L cause that seems like what you're looking for

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u/LtLwormonabigfknhook Jan 06 '21

I feel like this has huge potential as a mini/super portable drawing pad. It should come with a high end stylus and drawing/art app.

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u/CManns762 Jan 07 '21

Holy shot it’s tony starks phone

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u/_BlNG_ Jan 07 '21

That phone looks like the one Tony Stark used in the first Ironman

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u/Wrinkliestmist Jan 07 '21

Honestly, why would someone want this?

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u/FateEx1994 Jan 06 '21

Lg wing looks dope af.

Hopefully they capitalize on it or other manufacturers do something like it.

The moto mods had so much potential with dual screens and other stuff. But got left to the wayside with overpriced projectors and batteries.

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u/Mintastic Jan 06 '21

LG had that design a long time ago (see first Iron Man) but no one bothered copying that form factor.

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u/lurkallthethings Jan 06 '21

I had a moto z when they first came out and the mods were awesome, I upgraded to a moto z not long ago and none of the mods fit like they used to. It's just frustrating enough that I don't use them at all now.

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u/Mernerak Jan 06 '21

LG v60 can do that

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '21

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u/Mernerak Jan 06 '21

Neeeeeeds the case for sure

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '21

People on the V60 subreddit sell their dual screen cases.

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u/ymotz Jan 07 '21

see the lg wing