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Apple needs to get into the folding game and save us from years of bad phones

Samsung just took the wraps off its latest Galaxy S10 phones. When I first heard that Samsung was making a folding phone, I was excited. The idea that a phone could turn into a tablet intrigued me, and I closely followed the development of Samsung’s display technology leading up to the launch of the Galaxy Fold.

Then I saw the Fold, and, well, my excitement waned. After dreams of giant screens opening to gianter screens, the  has some clear first-gen compromises. The outside display is only 4.6-inches, which is

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