OnePlus Open is Awesome - What's Happening with Folding Phones?!

OnePlus Open is their first foldable. Technically. Kinda... and it's awesome.

Phone provided by OnePlus for review.

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[bwamo]

This is the most aesthetically pleasing foldable phone to me. They absolutely nailed the displays, something about them just looks so good.

[taha_boy]

In the UK, folding phones are becoming increasingly common to see with people, but the moment Apple steps in is when we see mass adoption in the US

[darrellmuringa]

Gotta give props to Samsung for pursuing this idea when it was still risky. Pioneering innovation

[rpospeedwagon]

For those wondering: if you frequently use PDFs and Word type docs for work, this is the phone to get. 95% of the time, I just use the outer display. But that 5% when I'm reviewing a PDF? Gold.

[NootNoot.]

That mic quality is really impressive. Always one of my gripes in any product, that everyone takes for granted. In a well treated room, it sounds great and transitioned well with your studio mic

[JonnyMack]

Man, once you pointed out those dead pixels, I had to go back in the video to see if they were there the whole time lmao! That's crazy

[Wrigglevision]

The microphone in that phone is the most unexpected hit. That sounded damn good.

[EdgeGaming]

Just bought one of these as my first foldable. Strikes such a nice balance between the Pixel and Samsung folds.

[Feng_of_Draugdor]

I actually think the Open is a great name for it. It is different from the standard fold/flip names from Samsung and Google, but still clearly communicates what it does and what it's really about, just like the Note line did before Samsung killed it and essentially renamed it the S## Ultra.

[joep]

Once the foldy guys come down in price, I'll probably check them out. It was hard enough spending what I did for my Flip5.

[PistolShrimpPimp]

9:00 I've been babying my Pixel and the inside screen has a couple little tiny dents from just dirt particles getting caught on it and closing my screen together. I think when the inside screen is way more durable and the phones drop in price it will be more common because it really is nice to use. Just worried that inside screen is gonna mess up or break at some point before it's even paid off.

[hurblegurble]

It's so weird, the Oneplus 1 had amazing camera shots of motion, I was overjoyed by how well it did, I took photos from moving cars and trains and it looked like I used a tripod and stood directly by the subject. It has only been downhill since there and it still baffles me they expect us to use a different mode, instead of just going back to whatever they did in the Oneplus 1. That phone will forever be the best flagship killer to ever have been rolled up, I was glad to be a part of that journey while it lasted.

[AbbreviatedReviews]

I'd love to have a folding phone like this, but I've spent years enjoying the moderate price of mid tier phones and tripling my investment isn't something I want to do. I imagine it's an easier choice for people that already buy $1000+ phones, but my journey from Nexus to Oneplus (when they were affordable) to Pixel has convinced me I can be happy with phones that are closer to $500.

[hampocampo]

The dead pixels are a dealbreaker, especially on a premium device. I feel like that should have been mentioned earlier and emphasized more.

[dauraktv]

Man, the way you open up with these videos and the things you say just hit the point immediately and is spoken so well. Absolutely incredible

[KCScorpion]

Folds are slowly getting more refined & cheaper. They probably won't top standard flagships anytime soon, but I think they will get more popular as years go on. I think this is the main reason Samsung merged the Note with the S series. 1 less model people had to choose from at the top. The Note & Fold were basically competing against each other since they released at the same time of year.

[Lawmakan]

I absolutely love the thrill of witnessing a new folding phone hitting the market. It's like a high-stakes poker game between Samsung and Oppo – always exciting to compare the cards they're playing. Now that hardware and hinges seem to be their forte, fingers crossed they'll also discover the secret anti-creasing elixir for those screens. Here's to hoping for a wrinkle-free future in the foldable universe!

[streep]

I was very close to buying a foldable last time I upgraded, but decided to just let that concept bake for another couple of years. They improve a lot still every generation and my hope is that in 2-3 years, they'll get to start fixing the durability issues and give them better cameras. Then I will buy one.

[Leo-rjie]

Tbh I noticed that throughout the last few years it has also become increasingly more common to see folding phones in the open in germany. Mostly the Z-Flip I would say but I have seem the fold a few times.

[kushagra]

Man the production quality of the video hats off to the team!! The outro song phasing in with at the end amazing! What was the song btw