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Apple is likely counting on iOS fans who have resisted the temptation of getting one of the top foldable phones already available as they wait for a foldable iPhone
I think that has more to do with the fact that folding phones are eye-wateringly expensive. I expect a folding iPhone to cost even more.
I expect it to flop. If it’s ever even released.
I'd hope Apple could engineer the hinge better than that.
I don’t understand how you can deal with a crease, it would drive me insane.
I'm a foldy phone user and the crease really does "disappear" with daily use
How often do you use it unfolded versus folded? Are there certain things you prefer one or the other?
Hope you don’t mind the questions! What model do you have?
Back when I had a folding phone (a moto razr for 6 months in 2021), you don’t really notice it when you are daily driving it.
My concerns lie with the durability of a foldable. My razr just one day had dead pixels show up and then a week later the entire digitizer of the touch screen stopped responding to touch input.
They've definitely become more durable since, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold is excellent IMO, though the aspect ratios are still kinda weird... probably my biggest gripe
I wouldn't want one as pictured because I wouldn't want to unfold it every time I needed to use it. It really needs another screen on the outside for use while folded.
They made a foldable instead of affordable.
I’m not sure where you live but my iPhone (bnib) cost me less than half a US dollar a day to purchase - and it’s only getting cheaper. I average about seven hours screen time a day and run everything through the handset. (Navigation, streaming, payments, hot-spotting, tickets, translation etc.). For what I get out of it it has to be one of the cheapest things I’ve ever bought…
50 cents per day for how long until you pay it off?
I paid about $560 in US money for the handset (interest free over 24 months - 77 cents a day?) but have now used it for about 3.5 years - currently works out about 44 cents.
Everybody I know who has a folding-screen has a giant crease down the middle of it.
It's glass that folds in half and has been in development for 15-20 years
It's not magic
so? either they have creases or they don't.
And the display and the touch. Foldable touch screens are an incredibly hard problem for sure from engineering perspective (which is also why i don’t have one yet)
Pass.
this rendering looks awful with no display of any kind while folded and apparently all the microphones and speakers inside the fold.
Apparently, the inner screen will come in at 12 inches, suggesting it's going to be larger than previously expected.
Okay but then the device would need to be at least iPad mini sized (depending on aspect ratio)? Unless it triple or quadruple folds. Probably a straight up wrong rumor.
I'm actually interested in a folding smartphone, ideally sized somewhere between a 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max, unfolding to something comparable to an iPad mini in screen real estate (aspect ratio would be hard to match though).
Main pain points with existing devices are durability, crease in the middle of the screen and weight, although we're inching closer and closer to a more ideal device. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is something I'd almost want.
I may be interested in the clamshell foldable if they never replace the 13 mini with another small phone. I don’t want these huge phones and especially not one that folds open into a tablet
Yes please