Folding and flipping phones are getting seriously good

折叠屏与翻盖手机正变得愈发出色

Plus, in this week’s Installer: A new tiny e-reader, a word game from the word experts, life as a YouTuber, and more. 在本周的《Installer》中，你将看到：一款全新的迷你电子阅读器、来自词汇专家的文字游戏、YouTuber 的生活点滴，以及更多精彩内容。

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 137, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy phone season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) 朋友们好！欢迎来到第 137 期《Installer》，这是你探索全球最棒、最具 Verge 风格事物的指南。（如果你是新朋友，欢迎加入，祝你享受这个手机发布季。你也可以在《Installer》主页阅读往期内容。）

This week, I’ve been reading about Google Zero and armored cars for rich people, watching a lot of That’s a Bad Idea videos now that YouTube knows my love for Curry Barker, testing the new 2Do redesign for my tasks, watching this excellent doc about the legendary designer Susan Kare, obsessing over every sound on the Jauffre’s Sounds TikTok, sending myself lockscreen notes with the new Mononote app, and trying to vibe-code a searchable archive of everything that’s ever been in Installer. I think we’re gonna need more tokens. 本周，我阅读了关于 Google Zero 和富人装甲车的内容；由于 YouTube 已经掌握了我对 Curry Barker 的喜爱，我看了很多《That’s a Bad Idea》的视频；我测试了用于任务管理的 2Do 新设计；观看了关于传奇设计师 Susan Kare 的精彩纪录片；沉迷于 Jauffre’s Sounds 的 TikTok 视频中的每一个声音；用新的 Mononote 应用给自己发送锁屏笔记；还尝试通过“氛围编程”（vibe-code）来构建一个可搜索的《Installer》往期内容存档。我想，我们可能需要更多的 Token 了。

I also have for you a couple of exciting new ideas about phones, a tiny e-reader you might love, a fun way into the Linux world, and much more. Let’s do this. 我还为你准备了一些关于手机的激动人心的新想法、一款你可能会喜欢的迷你电子阅读器、一种进入 Linux 世界的有趣方式，以及更多内容。让我们开始吧。

(As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What are you watching / reading / playing / listening to / plugging into a generator this week? Tell me everything: installer@theverge.com. And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, forward it to them and tell them to subscribe here.) （一如既往，《Installer》最棒的部分就是你们的想法和建议。这周你在看什么、读什么、玩什么、听什么，或者在给什么设备充电？请告诉我一切：installer@theverge.com。如果你认识其他可能喜欢《Installer》的人，请转发给他们，并告诉他们在这里订阅。）

The Drop

精选推荐

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8. I haven’t held this new wide foldable yet, but almost everyone who does seems to immediately think it’s the right shape and size. Yes, it’s still twice the price it needs to be to really be competitive, but I think Samsung is finally starting to make a compelling argument for foldables. Also: love the purple. 三星 Galaxy Z Fold 8。 我还没上手这款新的宽屏折叠手机，但几乎所有用过的人都认为它的形状和尺寸恰到好处。没错，它的价格依然是其竞争力的两倍，但我认为三星终于开始为折叠屏手机提供了一个令人信服的理由。另外：我很喜欢这个紫色。

Tagline. Fun new game from the folks at Merriam-Webster in which you have to solve three puzzles with words made from the same seven letters. It is tough! It’s also a perfect middle ground between word games and trivia games, and I’m very much enjoying failing at it every day. Tagline。 这是来自韦氏词典（Merriam-Webster）团队的一款有趣新游戏，你需要用相同的七个字母拼出单词来解开三个谜题。这很难！它完美地平衡了文字游戏和问答游戏，我非常享受每天在游戏中“失败”的过程。

The Xteink X4 Pro. Tiny e-readers are officially a thing. (Even Boox is making one!) I could take or leave the touchscreen on the new $99 model, but the built-in light makes it immediately the best of the bunch. I cannot believe how many people tell me they love these little devices. Xteink X4 Pro。 迷你电子阅读器正式成为潮流了。（连 Boox 都在做！）对于这款 99 美元的新机型，触摸屏对我来说可有可无，但内置的阅读灯让它瞬间成为了同类产品中的佼佼者。我真不敢相信有这么多人告诉我他们有多爱这些小设备。

“Technically Competent: Installing Linux.” I love the McElroy family (MBMBAM forever), but I did not expect to be here appreciating their tech prowess! But this is a fun, funny video that is also a helpful and approachable intro to the Linux world. It’s nice to know dongles break for everyone, you know? “Technically Competent: Installing Linux”。 我很喜欢 McElroy 一家（MBMBAM 永恒），但我没想到自己会在这里欣赏他们的技术实力！这是一个既有趣又好笑的视频，同时也是进入 Linux 世界的一个实用且易于上手的入门指南。知道原来转接头对每个人来说都会坏掉，感觉真好，不是吗？

The Dink. Is this recommendation completely biased by my love for Jake Johnson and New Girl? Very much so. But I do think pickleball culture is a perfect setting for jokes, and boy are there not enough 100-minute comedy movies out there now. I’m in on this one. 《The Dink》。 这个推荐是否完全出于我对 Jake Johnson 和《杰茜驾到》（New Girl）的喜爱？确实如此。但我认为匹克球文化是笑话的完美背景，而且天哪，现在 100 分钟左右的喜剧电影实在太少了。我支持这部电影。

Splatoon Raiders. The Splatoon aesthetic, with paintball fights and hyper-colored everything, is very much my thing. Online team-based shooters… aren’t, really. This one is much more single-player, much lower-stakes, and much more my speed. 《Splatoon Raiders》。 《喷射战士》（Splatoon）那种带有彩弹射击和超高饱和度色彩的美学非常对我的胃口。在线团队射击游戏……其实不太适合我。而这款游戏更偏向单人模式，风险更低，也更符合我的节奏。

“It’s been a wild year.” I’ve really enjoyed C. Scott Brown’s YouTube channel, and really appreciated his raw take on his first year as a YouTuber. Lots of real talk about how hard it is to make it as a creator, the ups and downs of the life, and the deep strangeness of life at the mercy of YouTube. “It’s been a wild year”。 我非常喜欢 C. Scott Brown 的 YouTube 频道，也很欣赏他对自己作为 YouTuber 第一年的真实记录。视频里有很多关于创作者生存之艰难的真心话，讲述了这段生活的起起落落，以及那种受制于 YouTube 算法的深层怪诞感。

The Peak Design Field Bracket. A really clever camera accessory from a company that knows how to make ’em. Between the two models, it supports most cameras, and in addition to more easy vertical shooting it also adds Find My compatibility, new straps, and ways to add even more accessories. I’ve been starting to slowly shop for a new DSLR, and this makes me want a new one to play with ASAP. Peak Design Field Bracket。 这是一款来自深谙此道的公司所设计的非常巧妙的相机配件。它有两个型号，支持大多数相机。除了让竖拍更轻松外，它还增加了对“查找”（Find My）功能的支持、新的背带，以及添加更多配件的方法。我最近开始慢慢物色新的单反相机，这个配件让我恨不得马上买台新相机来玩玩。

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender. The Avatar lore is so deep that this new movie apparently has a whole “Previously On” sequence at the beginning! Love that. The consensus for this one seems to be something along the lines of “looks great, meh story,” which means it’ll probably at least be a good time. 《Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender》。 《降世神通》的世界观如此深厚，以至于这部新电影开头竟然有一段完整的“前情提要”！我喜欢这个设计。目前对这部电影的共识似乎是“画面很棒，故事一般”，这意味着它至少会是一部让人看得开心的作品。

Screen share

屏幕共享

I’ve been following the journey of the Light Phone since the very beginning. The Light Flip, which the company announced this week, looks like both its best idea and its best product yet. It’s a beautiful, $299 block of a minimalist flip phone, designed not to replace your phone but just to convince you to leave it at home from time to time. It’s not shipping until early next year, but I’m getting on the preorder list as soon as I can. I think Light may have finally nailed it. 我从一开始就一直在关注 Light Phone 的发展历程。该公司本周发布的 Light Flip 看起来既是他们最好的创意，也是他们目前最好的产品。这是一款精美的、售价 299 美元的极简翻盖手机，它的设计初衷不是为了取代你的智能手机，而是为了说服你偶尔把它留在家里。它要到明年年初才发货，但我会尽快加入预购名单。我认为 Light 这次可能真的做到了。

To mark the launch, I asked Kai Tang, Light’s CEO and cofounder, to share his homescreen with us. I told him I knew he was hiding a smartphone somewhere, and that I wanted to see it. He swears he’s not, he’s all in on the Light Phone life, and sent his homescreen in the smallest image file I’ve ever received. Here it is, plus some info on how Kai’s device is set up: 为了纪念这次发布，我请 Light 的首席执行官兼联合创始人 Kai Tang 与我们分享他的主屏幕。我告诉他，我知道他肯定在某个地方藏了一部智能手机，我想看看。他发誓他没有，他完全沉浸在 Light Phone 的生活中，并发送了他的主屏幕截图——这是我收到过的最小的图像文件。以下是截图，以及关于 Kai 的设备是如何设置的一些信息：

The phone: A Light Phone III. 手机： Light Phone III。

The wallpaper: There is no wallpaper or background setting on the Light Phone III. So it’s either matte black or light grey. I have it in black. I like my phone visually muted. 壁纸： Light Phone III 没有壁纸或背景设置。所以它要么是哑光黑，要么是浅灰色。我用的是黑色。我喜欢手机在视觉上保持低调。

The apps: Phone, Alarm, Weather, Directions, Music, Language. 应用： 电话、闹钟、天气、导航、音乐、语言。

Most of the tools on my phones are pretty straightforward: phone for calls and texts, directions / maps, music, etc. The “Language” tool is a customized tool we created for Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar’s pgLang back in 2023. The limited edition Light Phones that have this tool preinstalled sold… 我手机上的大多数工具都非常直观：电话用于通话和短信，导航/地图，音乐等等。“语言”工具是我们 2023 年为 Dave Free 和 Kendrick Lamar 的 pgLang 创建的定制工具。预装了此工具的限量版 Light Phone 已经售罄……