jmgregory1

Kind of seems like the "big" deal and announcement of tens of thousands of well paying jobs in Wisconsin might have been nothing more than an attempt to provide both Trump and Walker some positive media buzz.  That may seem cynical to say, but there were a lot of people who questioned how a giant tv screen plant would ever make sense in Wisconsin and I guess we now have that answer - it doesn't make sense.

One of the big issues with foldable screen devices, which is not mentioned in the article, is that the screen cannot be glass even in this large radius hinge example.

Which means this device uses a thin film plastic screen, to allow it to fold.  And for those people not old enough to know what it was like using touch devices that had plastic screen surfaces in the past, there is a reason why almost all devices out there now use glass.  Not only will the plastic in the most stressed area of the screen eventually discolor, the whole thing is going to be far more prone to scratching - especially given the fact that the screen faces out.

I totally get the desire for a device that would allow you to double the size of the screen, but I think the better use could be in making a laptop / desktop device, where you could use it in laptop mode, where one section of the screen turns into the keyboard / trackpad and the other acts just like a conventional screen.  Or when in desktop / consumption mode, you fold it open flat to create one large screen.  In a case like this, you could have glass covering 90% of both sides of the screen, with the hinge area being covered in a clear plastic, since it wouldn't be touched normally anyway.

Nothing wrong with business friendly deals, but when the state of Wisconsin was selling this as some big boon for jobs generation, they were either fooling themselves or trying to fool the general population.

A few weeks ago, I took my X in to an Apple store get the screen replaced (as an AppleCare+ repair).  They did the repair, but afterwards in doing their QA/QC checks on it, it showed the light sensor not meeting spec.  So they just gave me a new X to resolve the issue.  It saved me both the $30 for the replacement and the hit of one of the two repairs you get with AppleCare.

I've been using YouTube dark mode since it was enabled on my X.  Can't say whether it reduces battery use, but it is easier to look at, especially at night.  As others have noted, I do shift to Smart Invert if I'm reading on my X in the middle of the night, as I often do.  In part it's easier on my eyes and doesn't wake my wife from the otherwise bright yellowish light.