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Apple Considering Foldable iPad, According to Supply Chain Sources

Foldable iPad makes a lot of sense to me, you can get a large iPad Pro screen, but only half the size when carrying it. Just hope that Apple will release only when the tech has matured enough that it’s reliable for 5+ year use
 
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Even a folded iPad would be fairly big. So, not sure what this would accomplish. Just like the Galaxy Flip is already small, so what's the point in folding it smaller?
 
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Not sure what functional purpose this design would serve. I'd rather see Apple going deeper into innovating Vision compared to iPad, which is approaching the ceiling of its potential usefulness as a touch-based platform different from other ways of interacting with a computer.
 
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I don't think Apple would go that route except for toying with it internally... judging by the way they develop (and most design trends,) they'll put their main money trying to reduce to ridiculous dimensions their Vision lineup so most people won't feel uncomfortable using them as personal computer replacements, making Macs and iPads (and probably iPhones) obsolete for being real, bulky, space grabbing objects.
Why would you buy a bendy screen, when you can project 6 of them in sizes you need, with the info you need, spaced however you want right in front of your eyes without no one seeing them, and without taking up real space, using better looking Ray Ban-sized Vision devices?
 
It's the usual response from the loyalists. Crap on this rumor, only because because they've already crapped on Android's Samsung's foldables. They need to maintain their image of being objective and balanced, otherwise they'll look like hypocrites. The reality is, they're excited as a pig in...mud, and will be the first in line to buy Apple's new foldable, and then immediately run down to their nearest coffee shop to show everyone their shiny new foldable as they do serious work, like browse social media.
 
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Rumoured starting price at $1800 for 12.9 inch OLED. Foldable? I mean from todays 1100 to 1800 is a big jump.
 
melgross said:
Some of you guys are very stultified. You can be sure Apple is investigation all possible configurations of phones, tablets and anything else they think might work. We’ll just have to see if they come up with something. The one thing we can be sure of is that they won’t have something unless they’ve solved the problems. If they do, then it will be a viable product.

I’m typing this in my iPad Pro 12.9” m2. I love the larger screen, but for some work I do with it, I’d like an even bigger screen. But anything above 14” would be too clumsy to carry around. But if it folded, I can see a 16”, which would be perfect. So if Apple fixed the fold problem and had a tough screen surface, which folding screens now don’t have, then I would be happy to spend the extra. My 16” M1 Macbook Pro cost several thousand, and that would be worth it to me for a large folding screen iPad. I know of others who feel the same. It wouldn’t be for everyone, but really, what it?

as for the rolling screen, iPhone or iPad, I just don’t see how Apple would work that out. The roll would be thick and clumsy. Then what would it be backed by when rolled out? Would there be some sort of back that would slide out behind it? Would dirt in the screen get in the rolls, scratching it? What sort of protective layer would cover it and be flexible enough to roll up in a tight roll? All of these questions need to be answered, and so far, following Apple patents in this, I haven’t seen any of them answered. So maybe it’s something Apple will never come out with. A folding screen is a much simpler solution.
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Latest rumors have Apple investigating a 20" foldable screen.
 
codewrangler said:
This would be a stupid product...there is no need for it.
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Especially given the increased fragility of such a design. Yesterday I accidentally dropped my iPad when the wind blew my hat off and it was in a Targus padded case along with that fairly rigid form factor, so no worries. But the same reassured thoughts to what a flexible iPad implies, I really be hesitant to even buy something that couldn't withstand the occasionally situations where you accidentally drop a iPad. :eek:
 
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This makes way more sense than a foldable phone. You won’t need the stupid outer screen which is one more thing to shatter when you drop it. Plus, you bought a folding device, why would you not won’t to unfold it all the time? That’s the whole point of the device.
 
El oh el. We all know what'll happen. The Apple Faithful will demonize, laugh at, make fun of and dismiss the idea of foldable devices.

Until Apple "invents" it ofc, then it'll be the greatest device known to man and a revolutionary product.

Same as it ever was....
 
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I can see the foldable iPad. One reason, finally a lap iPad in one piece just like a MacAir. Once folded, built in case for screen. The foldable iPhone not appealing. Now we talk pricing!
 
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