Many reasons
You don’t need to carry a tablet when at home in bed.
As I said before it depends on what iPad you have. I certainly wouldn’t take my 13 inch iPad Pro to hold in bed. If anything I have it on my side table to watch content but if I was going to bed to read or browse I would 100% take a foldable iPhone as my main usage device
But again that article is also flawed. Apple are halting production on the vision pro air and adding advancements to focus on the glasses which can be used differently. If the Vision Pro was lighter and was half the price this wouldn’t even be a talking point.Vision Pro was always a starting point to get in glasses down the road. Which is more practical than a headset
A foldable iPhone is 100% a worse iPhone than a non-folding iPhone and a worse tablet than e.g., an iPad. The compromises have been discussed at length in this thread.
You make statements without evidence to back them up. No, the AVP wasn’t always a precursor to glasses. You don’t know. And no, if the AVP was lighter and half the price, that doesn’t mean it would be successful. ZERO evidence for that. Evidence is to the contrary: META Quest which is much cheaper and has many of the features hasn’t captured a large market either.
No, you keep stating that as a fact when it’s an opinion and then waving away anyone who disagrees.
I thought the rumor was they were temporarily shelving headset work to get the glasses out the door. This is exactly what happened with the first iPad and the original iPhone. Obviously, Apple eventually came back to it.
You failing to accept facts is on you. It is objectively worse. It will be thicker and heavier than what the current smartphone technology is capable of, because the hinge, dual display layers, and reinforced chassis add unavoidable mass and bulk. While improvements have been made, it has less water resistance given the complex folding hardware and segmented seals. It has seams around the sides when folded and seams across the back when unfolded — these are structural necessities, not design choices. It also operates under a tighter thermal envelope, meaning processing power is limited compared to non-foldables due to constrained heat dissipation. And regardless of how well-engineered it is, the hinge remains a complex mechanical component that introduces its own long-term failure points.
The difference is that Apple hadn’t released anything when they took the iPad team and switched to making a smartphone. At the time, neither the iPad nor the iPhone were released.
If it’s, as rumored, roughly the same size and weight as a pro max, that is not an issue. It’ll definitely be lighter and thinner than carrying a tablet and a phone everywhere.
I trust Apple to design it well enough to last for my time frame of use. If they can’t do that then I fully agree with you it’ll flop.
I suspect the thermals will be fine, probably comparable to the iPhone Air, and the hinge will be fine for long term use. If not, then I’ll agree it’ll likely flop.
I don’t use a case, and haven’t for years. So that’s a non-issue for me.
You have missed the point. Right tool for the job. Tools need to be focused to be the best at what the tool is. Professionals use larger dedicated cameras for a reason. A smartphone has very defined use cases. So do tablets. Trying to combine them and making each one worse will be niche.
You could literally say the same thing about cameras on phones.
Cameras on smartphones are better for consumers because they are easier to use and produce excellent results.
You deny reality and facts. There is no evidence, for instance, that an unfolded foldable iPhone will be exactly the same experience as any iPad.
You’re confusing skepticism, particularly in a business context, with denial. I’m not saying new technology shouldn’t exist — I’m saying that every generation of hardware is constrained by physics and engineering trade-offs. Foldables today, and inevitably Apple’s future version, are compromised by design: a hinge, a flexible plastic display, a thermal envelope that’s smaller per watt than either a dedicated phone or tablet, battery size constraints, etc. Those are measurable, not opinions.
And there is no evidence that there won’t be any difference experience wise and because well It isn’t here yet and won’t be for another 11 months.
Trust me I do get your concerns and you have explained here why you feel like this and I get it. If apple can this foldable down as 9mm and 4.5mm when opened it will be thin enough to be a very manageable device in your pocket and using the device.
You’re right that we don’t know exactly what the experience will be, but there’s also no evidence suggesting it will magically overcome the same physical and ergonomic trade-offs every foldable still faces. The engineering constraints don’t disappear just because Apple enters the space.
