Folding Phones: The Web Developer's New Nightmare

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Folding Phones: The Web Developer's New Nightmare

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Folding phones: "Look at our revolutionary technology!"

Web developers: *existential crisis intensifies*

Just when we finally convinced clients that websites don't need to look identical on every device, Samsung drops these origami nightmares. Responsive design was hard enough with rectangles. Now we're debugging layouts that fold like a lawn chair. Media queries don't have a "bent in half" setting yet.

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