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Apple Patents Foldable Device With Movable Flaps to Prevent Display From Creasing
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It looks very steampunk. I'm hoping they have a version in polished brass with leather trim.
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"Oh, sir! I shall have no part of this!" Keeping with the Victoriana here.
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This is clearly for the new foldable/portable iMac or should I say iMacbook 😅
It's two seperare displsays. MicroLED... the pixels go right to the edge. The device is folding but the display is not, the two edges move apart so they don't bind when folding.
Well, I am someone who makes this kind of decision for other people all the time. And you ought to realize, these kinds of decisions (about what YOU want or YOU need) are being made for you all the time, by similar people.
You don't determine what comes to market. People who work in industry do. So yeah...who am I to say? One of many people who decide such things, all the time. No I do not work for Apple.
The "unmitigated gall" is that of the average blogger like yourself who thinks their opinion matters, or has anything to do with actually happens in the marketplace. Nope.
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Glad I'm not the only one wanting to solve this problem, but that's not even close. And the guy in the video basically acknowledges that, and the challenges therein.
Working with fabric is very difficult for a machine. The best we can do today are large industrial machines that can handle 1 type of material, and are hand fed flattened pieces by humans.
That doesn't mean your decisions are always correct, inspired, forward looking or visionary.
There's room for a lot of opinion on this particular topic and lots of interesting innovation out there that simply needs to be explored.
Where we are right now is by no means the end game and we aren't just going to keep iterating on slabs of metal and glass, as-is, forever.
Darth Tulhu
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Ah, foldables. Really cool, we're-in-the-future kind of tech.
Glad to see Apple is working on something. Hopefully, we'll see something from them that's better than what we've seen so far from other vendors.
Until then, I'd just love to see a notchless iPhone, and all their screened devices with much thinner bezels all around as well as USB-C accross the board.
Glad to see Apple is working on something. Hopefully, we'll see something from them that's better than what we've seen so far from other vendors.
Until then, I'd just love to see a notchless iPhone, and all their screened devices with much thinner bezels all around as well as USB-C accross the board.
Bingo!
I really want Apple's technology and unique approach to things to crack this market.
Sure.
Decisions will get made all the same, and not by people who look at a patent on a website and say "Cool!".
In this particular case, Apple has the cash, time, and resources to work on something like this, patent it, and prove to themselves why it should never be a real product. As they've done several, several times over with other experiments.
Your arrogance knows no bounds. You're barely worth the time it takes for me to click "ignore"
Reaching this conclusion is where you lose me.
For all we know, they have built prototypes that show amazing promise and the beginnings of a whole new way forward.
Honestly, from what I've read of your posts in the past, you are far too intelligent to be making such a bold denunciation on this - at least in my opinion.
Wrong question to ask...
A huge amount of truly innovative change results from technical inspiration, visionary design and pushing things forward in unexpected ways.
Very little that’s “great” and/or ”transformative” has resulted from “what people were asking for”.
Darth Tulhu
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The only thing I disagree on is the "this should never be a real product" part. It smacks of Ballmerism.
People out there (and in this forum) are excited for this technology, and other companies are trying it out, even if we can opine and argue that they're failing.
That said, you're definitely entitled to your opinion and again, I even agree with you given the current examples of folding tech.
An iPhone 11 Pro Max sized device that unfolds to be nearly iPad Pro sized, yes, I would take it...and most of you here would too. As long as it isn't too bulky/thick and holds up over time, there isn't much downside IMHO. I will check back on this thread in a couple of years, to see how mindsets have changed, and trust me they will.
So, in essence you're saying Apple is a patent troll?
Apple has had a series of folding devices called “laptops” for decades now. Folding display tech may find a home in this category by giving users a continuous display from input device to screen. There are plenty of uses for this technology outside of phones and tablets that we could use this creatively. Think Different.
Darth Tulhu
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Exactly. People failed to see the potential in the iPad when it first launched and dismissed it outright.
And for many of those same people, their preception was correct: they had no use for it, and STILL don't.
But for a great many folks, it changed EVERYTHING.
Just because a product isn't for you does not mean it should not exist. Funny how that fallacy extends to politics as well (often referred to as "otherism").
Think about how complex and large a system like this would be, not to mention the need for customization.
We are absolutely getting a folding iPhone at some point. And I’m thrilled.
HOLY FOLDY - how about a candy bar size device that houses the dang roll-up-OLED scroll-like screen/phone/tablet?! NOW that is something i want to see...
Most tired joke? I'd be interested in a poll. I think 'Safari is snappier!" should be in the conversation.
