Apple Has Sent Folding iPhones to Foxconn for Testing, According to Chinese Report

Yes, Apple, we’re confident you can do this better than anyone else. But that doesn’t mean you should.
 
I hate the idea of a folding phone. I dont want something that thick in my pocket, but if there's a market... whatever. Go for it.
 
Ironman226 said:
Apple should have create and sell a developer glasses and screens with blue light protection. As a developer, I am all day long infront of multiple screens and my eyes suffers. I would pay extra money for that.
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So you haven't heard about TrueTone and NightShift?
 
Not for me, but I will still be interested to see Apple's implementation of it and whether they can improve on some of the remaining rough edges!
 
Stella said:
If folding screens evolve, I can see this happening. iPads and iPhone will be one product: folded up, it works like the iPhone, unfolded, it behaves like an iPad.
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Can this foldable phone be folded twice or even thrice then, to eventually reach the size of my 12.9“ iPad? ;-)
 
While I think this tech is awesome, and I appreciate the effort companies are exerting to make this tech usable, I just don't see it as the future.

I think smartphones are a mature product, and the wheel does not need to be re-invented.

Wearable AR is where it's at.
 
az431 said:
So you haven't heard about TrueTone and NightShift?
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The result of those features isn’t a technical reduction in blue light, but rather a filtered amber version. While it’s a significant step in the right direction, Apple’s feature doesn’t efficiently block all blue light.
 
The public still isn’t convinced about foldables yet. It’s a cool demo to show off, but nothing that says “I really need this thing”.
 
I don't see the point of these folding phones, except to reduce the odds of someone not buying a new one after a year.
 
'a projected release set for September 2022'...
which makes it a test case.
It has nothing to do with an usual production prep; probably this is related to flexible displays for the Glasses and somebody hasn't understood this.

The cheers for flexible phones lasted for a few days [MFGA (Make Fexible Great Again)], after which most people realized what a vague and abstract idea it was. This is the case in many things...

After all, Apple only filed strategic patents on flexible displays, and that is common practice.
2 other companies burned money and resources in this race of senseless products, and thus embarrassed themselves lastingly. No, they were not pioneers, they were mindless driven.
 
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FelixDerKater said:
I don't see the point of these folding phones, except to reduce the odds of someone not buying a new one after a year.
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They are amazing, instead of needing 2 devices you only need one. It is also very nice to have something similar in size to the iPad mini with you in your pocket.
 
Typical MR stuff.

Today:
“I don’t want or need this, it’s stupid. Regular phones are fine, no one needs a folding phone that becomes a tablet. It’s stupid and it will be too expensive.”

October 2023:
“tracking my new folding iPhone on flightaware and it’s stuck in Incheon! Aaaaaaaaaa! I’m gonna sue UPS for emotional damage!!”


(all of this has happened before and all of this will happen again, and again.)
 
adamryan1983 said:
I think folding phones are one of those 'just because you can doesn't mean you should' types of technology.
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I down voted your reply, but was also going to post my own thing, so may as well "kill 2 birds with one stone"...

Is your reply based on any particular experience? If you're going off how Samsung has fared in this arena, bear in mind that first release iterations tend to be more rough around the edges, so we'll likely want to wait until we're in 2nd to 3rd generations of these things (these apply to various Apple devices as well).

For me, the appeal would be having a device that folds up into the size of a phone, but could unfold into the size of a tablet. It'd be like a "best of both worlds" type situation.
 
I think it's a gimmick, and I think it's pretty pointless.

But I thought the iPad was a gimmick and I've owned 3 of them, use my iPad Pro more than my MBP and bought my wife one. She almost never touches the laptop anymore.

So what the heck do I know?
 
🍎, if you can just get through the M1 series first please....‘am getting the Air but need that re-designed 🖥 sooner rather than the “latest” later
 
adamryan1983 said:
I think folding phones are one of those 'just because you can doesn't mean you should' types of technology.
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Loving my Galaxy Fold 2, it was the only thing that could rip me out of Apple's ecosystem as I loved my iPhone. It's an absolute game changer for myself. It's always fascinating to see the luddite comments when a new paradigm arrives.
 
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