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When you open it, it becomes a tablet not a phone. And therein lays your answer.

That might explain my naivety here, I've never really gotten into using tablets for anything.

I am a tablet user but crease is a non starter. However I know people who like foldables in different ways, like financial stuff, they don't care

For most, if not all users, the crease is not something one notices during regular use. You just forget it's there when you look at content.

That said, with the Pixel's enormous crease you feel it if you touch the middle of the screen.

Depends on your use. If you draw or want high quality display with no weird reflections from your tablet then it's a non starter.

My mother uses it for everything. The small phone screen is hard for her eyes, she doesn't really need a laptop and the tablet is just right. She still carries a phone with her but I can imagine if she replaced both tablet and phone with a single foldable she'd be happy. On the other hand, she'd want it to last 5+ years and she'd never spend €1800+ on it.

And I've never gotten into using my phone for anything outside of calls messages and navigation. The web is the worst on tiny vertical screens.

Yep! Having just got the Pixel Fold 10. I've been wanting a tablet for casual browsing and video watching but I knew I wouldn't use it because it's not my phone. The apps data would be different logins are annoying. If I'm getting another device out I'll just get my laptop. This thing is great though. There can't be a more seamless transition. The multitasking is pretty good and with coding agents it's actually turned out fairly production to have two apps side by side.

a tablet with a crease right in the middle of a screen (FTFY)

You really don't notice it while you're using a folding phone.

someone said "tablet". When I use a tablet I personally don't just notice it, I literally can't stand any uneven surface under stylus or uneven reflections.

So the unfolded state of the folded phone is not a "tablet" to me. Maybe a tablet with a glaring defect... definitely not a tablet I could use as an actual tablet.

I can't tell if you've actually tried a finding phone or not, but that would help understand and place your comments better.

I have, I have a friend with a folding phone

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