> Might as well complain that using two monitors on your desktop is unusable because of the bezels.
There's a pretty important difference there - monitors don't draw content on the bezels.
If what you're doing is reading an ebook, what advantage is a folding phone supposed to have over a non-folding phone? Reading isn't an activity where you can use more than a small part of the screen at once.
That's actually the distinction I was trying to draw. Videos on unfolded phones draw content on the "bezels", so it's understandable why that sucks. But an eBook app can put text from two different pages, each on either side of the fold. The fold is no more bothersome than the binding on a physical book.
> Reading isn't an activity where you can use more than a small part of the screen at once.
So reading through War and Peace on your smartwatch screen before you fall asleep is a good idea? /sarcastic
Sure, your eyes are focused on a small part of the screen, but what ends up in your peripheral vision still helps you keep your place. You feel more "grounded", somehow.
Show multiple pages at once. Makes it easier to go back and forth. It's actually a huge QOL improvement such that I can't stand reading books on a normal phone anymore.
> Might as well complain that using two monitors on your desktop is unusable because of the bezels.
There's a pretty important difference there - monitors don't draw content on the bezels.
If what you're doing is reading an ebook, what advantage is a folding phone supposed to have over a non-folding phone? Reading isn't an activity where you can use more than a small part of the screen at once.