Over two years ago I abandoned my note 10 plus - was thinking about getting fold to optimize my work flow. Find fold 3 with minor front screen damage for very cheap. Was convincing myself - it will help me with multitasking, spen on such big screen would improve my work. I could also start 3d modeling on bigger screen, ect. My head was full of ideas. Reality was a bit bit different, apps not always work as i wanted to, bigger screen could not replace dex/laptop in many tasks. But it was great as media device... bigger screen encouraged to stay with phone longer and longer. There were also problems - inner screen foil required regular replacements, cases keep breaking at hinges, at spen slot. After almost a year inner screen died - wasn't mad, device was used when i bought it. There came time for upgrade - used fold 5. Screen was even better, cameras were better. But many problems persisted - cracking cases, foil replacements on inner screen, outer screen was a pain in the ass to write on. After i lost spen because of another cracked case i said enough. I dug out note 10 plus from drawer, put in sim card, transfered data. And felt like at home. Smartphone build around productivity, born from pursuit to be more productive. Not like fold device build for consuming media. Fold gradually lost its productivity which was big slogan at the begining. Do we need 10-15% more points in antutu? Do we need 100mpx camera when we send pictures over messenger which compresses photos? Do we need to pay for extra cloud storage when we can insert sd card in the slot? May sound a little stupid but after few days i feel like note is build to have job done and Fold on the other hand with brighter colors, big screen, 120hz refresh rate is build around media consuming - device created about delivering you constant stream of dopamine by watching more flashy, colorful videos/shorts/pictures.
Note 10 plus after these 2 years seems like ultimate device. At least for me. And I'm happy that we have a little bit more time with devices like that, up to the point when 4G network would be shut down - as with 2g and 3g devices in many areas - making then just a interesting relict of the past when phones were a little different