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It's the Verge. They want you to think everyone is following the trend, when most of the world don't care about foldable phones at all.

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The days of people actually obsessing about smartphones are gone. They are just tools.

The average customer just buys the latest Galaxy or iPhone without thinking about it.

I think there are plenty of people like me who would like to try one, but don't feel like spending multiple months of rent on the privilege of doing so.

I'm holding off for the coming while with the current RAM prices keeping phones incredibly expensive, but in five or six years when my current phone goes EOL I hope to see affordable options.

Second hand zfold 4 was 600 quid when I bought it a few years ago. Hardly "multiple months of rent".

A second hand pixel is a quarter of that. A four year old second hand phone being worth as much as a new midrange phone still makes these devices a bad deal, especially with the Z Fold 4 receiving no more security updates within a year.

It was an awesome deal because I love having a folding phone. If you don't then it won't be.

And it wasn't 4 years old when I bought it. It was a year old. My point is you can buy second hand of the previous model or so, a lot of people have FOMO and upgrade often even though newer Folds have only minor differences.

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