griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoHuawei unveils world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate Designspillsomebeans.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1204
arrow-up1204external-linkHuawei unveils world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate Designspillsomebeans.comgriffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squarekudos@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoPedantic nit: this thing doesn’t have three folds, the name is nonsense.
minus-squareantmzo220@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-29 days 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-square2001aCentenaryofFederation@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 days 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
The suffix “fold” in this instance refers to the number of parts, not the number of folds. As confusing as that is.
Trifold wallet tho