Folding = moving part = another thing to fail.
“Long run” = assuming it lasts that long. Phones in particular get dropped more often as they are used the most often. Also the bigger and heavier is a phone the more likely it is to drop (less grip overlap) and when it lands it hits with more force (heavier = gravity) which can damage a corner. Check out drop tests. I prefer cheaper phones for this reason. In our family of 4 phones one of them breaks on average a year. I’ve never broken one myself but the kids have many times.
I always bring a tablet with me when I have a bag such as traveling, for these benefits:
- “spare phone” (Wifi only accepting) noting Google Hangouts can make calls from Google Voice in USA for free.
- I can place the phone on a window ledge and Wifi tether from the bed in bad Wifi bad cellular situations, I did just that in my trip to Vegas the wifi was very slow and T-mobile only got a signal when phone outside.
- its what’s on the flight table with all the crew and passengers chance to spill liquid nearby, on one occasion I got soaked by a pint of milk poured on my lap by an “oops” crew member (for which I got wad of drinks vouchers)
- sometimes do two things at once
The last tablet I got cost me $270, has 8" screen, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, SD slot, 4850mAh battery and a fast processor.
My last phone cost me $439 has 5.5" screen, 6GB RAM, 64GB storage, no SD slot, 3300mAh and a fast processor.
Phones in general are bad value from a spec per $ basis than tablets but very useful from a “always with” in your pocket but that bad value per spec means if I’m in a situation I can control to use a tablet I then use the tablet to make the phone last longer (e.g. by it having less situations to be damaged). So owning both extends in total my value.
Once you get to 8" tablet a keyboard case type can be a laptop alternative.
When you combine that with an Anker Powerport 2/4/5 to share charger it becomes quite a good compact resilient system.
I never owneed Samsung phone, every time I looked at specs for price I ended up getting Nexus (4,5 were excellent), OnePlus, Moto (E, G4 were good value).
I usually wait til this guy has done a teardown and drop test so I can infer how easy to keep the phone going a long time, I often do a 2 year battery swap to keep phones going to 4 years.