Thomil's Random Ramblings

Welp, this is a blog post I wasn’t expecting to make. Ever since October 2023, I’ve been using a Galaxy Z Flip 5 flip phone as my daily driver, taking it with me from New York to the North Cape. Throughout that time, it has taken everything that daily use could throw at it without ever slowing down. Well, in early March 2026, the Flip finally decided to fold. A seal covering one of the hinges broke away, which exposed the screen and allowed dirt to get into the interior. A few days after the seal broke, the screen followed. The device is still functioning, but the screen is dead. So long and thanks for all the flips 🫡 Under normal circumstances, this would be an unpleasant speed bump but nothing more. Unfortunately, I’m currently unemployed and broke, meaning I don’t have any funds available to get another folding phone. I was due an upgrade because my mobile contract was up for renewal, but all of the devices I could get for free were regular smartphones. I was briefly torn between...