The Mive Folder is a new flip phone from Korea that might help eliminate a lot of bad habits for some people... if only it worked properly. It was really fun...
I was rocking an S22 for a while too and almost bought one of these. I have up on the S22 because of a few restrictions related to android versions.
Now I’m using the razr 2024 and LET ME TELL YOU. It’s so good. It’s a vertical flip phone but it has a square screen on the exterior. Now let me tell you my secret. I never open the phone. I never need to. Almost. But it makes the phone a mega-compact. It’s not perfect but it’s the closest thing to a “small smartphone” that I’ve been able to achieve and better for me than something like the S22. I highly recommend trying it out. It’s also very cheap.
Don’t get the fancy version, just the standard razr 2024.
I’d considered the Razr but was uncertain on the durability of it. Reviews were about 50/50 last I read.
That’s awesome you mentioned using it closed most of the time. I’m tired of the “tall, skinny rectangle” form factor (and not being able to use it one-handed despite having not-small hands lol). Since smaller phones seem to be extinct, it’s cool there’s a middle ground in being able to use it that way.
I do need to make sure I can find one that’s bootloader unlockable. Kind of a hard requirement for me and necessary to de-google it to my satisfaction. It’s not listed as supported by Lineage, but I’ll browse XDA and see what they’ve been able to do with it.
I was rocking an S22 for a while too and almost bought one of these. I have up on the S22 because of a few restrictions related to android versions.
Now I’m using the razr 2024 and LET ME TELL YOU. It’s so good. It’s a vertical flip phone but it has a square screen on the exterior. Now let me tell you my secret. I never open the phone. I never need to. Almost. But it makes the phone a mega-compact. It’s not perfect but it’s the closest thing to a “small smartphone” that I’ve been able to achieve and better for me than something like the S22. I highly recommend trying it out. It’s also very cheap.
Don’t get the fancy version, just the standard razr 2024.
I’d considered the Razr but was uncertain on the durability of it. Reviews were about 50/50 last I read.
That’s awesome you mentioned using it closed most of the time. I’m tired of the “tall, skinny rectangle” form factor (and not being able to use it one-handed despite having not-small hands lol). Since smaller phones seem to be extinct, it’s cool there’s a middle ground in being able to use it that way.
I do need to make sure I can find one that’s bootloader unlockable. Kind of a hard requirement for me and necessary to de-google it to my satisfaction. It’s not listed as supported by Lineage, but I’ll browse XDA and see what they’ve been able to do with it.
Thanks!
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Yeah, then I guess I’ll need to keep looking. The hardware can be great, but not when I can’t do what I want with it. Thanks for the insight.
XDA does show some people are able to bootloader unlock and root (which is basically all I need), so I may keep tabs on it and go from there.
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Ah I haven’t tried unlocking the bootloader so I can’t help you there. I hope it’s possible because this is such a good phone for small phone lovers.