griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHuawei unveils world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate Designspillsomebeans.comvideomessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down110
arrow-up178arrow-down1videoHuawei unveils world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate Designspillsomebeans.comgriffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square102linkfedilink
minus-squarekudos@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoPedantic nit: this thing doesn’t have three folds, the name is nonsense.
minus-squareantmzo220@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoPedantic return: it has 3 screens with 2 connecting hinges, it is therefore trifold. trifold in American English (ˈtraiˌfould) adjective triple; threefold having three parts a trifold screen
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd two fold is how many screens ?
minus-square🏝Skoob🏝@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago2, with 1 hinge. It’s like a normal phone but the screen number increased twofold.
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBifold means something that folds into two parts. Consider the bifold wallet or bifold door.
minus-square2001aCentenaryofFederation@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe suffix “fold” in this instance refers to the number of parts, not the number of folds. As confusing as that is.
Pedantic nit: this thing doesn’t have three folds, the name is nonsense.
Pedantic return: it has 3 screens with 2 connecting hinges, it is therefore trifold.
trifold in American English (ˈtraiˌfould) adjective
And two fold is how many screens ?
2, with 1 hinge. It’s like a normal phone but the screen number increased twofold.
Bifold means something that folds into two parts. Consider the bifold wallet or bifold door.
Trifold wallet tho
The suffix “fold” in this instance refers to the number of parts, not the number of folds. As confusing as that is.