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Apple Preparing 'Most Significant Overhaul in the iPhone's History'

tonmischa said:
While it might be very innovative, we'll have to wait and see if people are willing to pay $2,000 or more. Especially in the current economic climate.

I am tempted because of the small size (when folded), but the price is simply too high for me.
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You forget instalments

People are going for that especially if it’s nought percent interest

I do it all the time
 
turbineseaplane said:
Sure hope they’ve read the room better than they did with the Vision Pro and iPhone Air.

If not, this will be mega dud #3 in as many years.
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If we're talking "flops", can't leave out the iPhone Plus and iPhone Mini. Apple makes unpopular products every once in awhile, but I for one am glad they try things. They're often the products I enjoy the most or find the most useful.
 
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Hard pass... I've never liked the idea of a foldable screen... I hate when i have an artifact from a scratch, I don't want to look at a crease or a surface that isn't perfectly flat.... let alone I don't trust the longevity of these things.
 
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the Fold will be cool, and will likely sell better than Samsung’s folding phones. However, I doubt it will ever have a lot of market share simply due to price and fragility.
 
I am still going back and forth between getting one.

I always wanted an iPad instead of a phone, but the supposed price scares me.
 
I just had an idea: What if the two cameras on the “back” are actually normal and telephoto, and then put the wide angle where the FaceTime camera goes? Because it would also be on the “back” when flipped open. Only thing is, I’m unsure if they can get a telephoto in something that thin. But even 3x/6x is better than nothing, even if it can’t quite match the 4x/8x on the Pro.

That would certainly be an easier pill to swallow for me, as that’s one of my biggest holdups. That and how water proof it is. I often bring my iPhone to the pool when I take my kids swimming, just leaving it in my swim trunks pocket, but I could always add a cellular plan to my Apple Watch Ultra and just leave the fold at home entirely. And I can write off the expense up to $2500 for a phone for my business. It’s starting to sound tempting.
 
EugW said:
It seems a friend of mine will pay anything to get this form factor, whereas for myself, I'm not interested in it at all. This form factor appears to be very divisive.
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Everything is lately, because everybody is so obsessed with their own opinion.

(Not a knock on either you or your friend! haha Just the way we all kind of are these days.)
 
IMO, the only reason to buy anything other than an iPhone 17e is if you want a "better" camera. Will the iPhone "fold" have a better camera? I seriously doubt it.

Note what Steve Jobs said during the introduction of the original iPhone, he said first thing is that it had to be a great phone. Now, I think the situation for the high-end is that it has to be a great camera, otherwise there is very little reason to upgrade. If you really, really need something bigger you're better off pairing your inexpensive phone to an iPad or even a MacBook Neo.
 
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WarmWinterHat said:
Interested in a flip, but not a fold. I just don't need or want that much screen space on my phone, nor do I want to spend what they are going to (over)charge for it.

Curious how they make it work, however...others can spend their money and report back!
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Hold it sideways… flip phone. You’re welcome.
 
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Reading these comments, you'd think there weren't already not only foldable phones, but highly praised and loved ones out there in the market. So you say today it's not for you -great. You do you (and your credit card when you're queued up to buy one despite the hate today). It is for a lot of other people.

Same with a touchscreen laptop. We shouldn't all be the same using the same thing. Didn't Google rip Apple on that for years, and rightfully so?

If anything, this is underwhelming because it's soooooooooooooooo behind at that point. Not one rumored feature isn't a complete copycat and even then, lagging behind what Samsung and others are already doing. Hoping for the old Apple magic where they copy and do it better - but it's been about a decade or so since they've done that, or really even had a genuinely new product.
 
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Lounge vibes 05 said:
Huh?
This comment literally makes absolutely no sense.
Just because Apple has changed the multitasking paradigm several times does not mean that they have never “gotten it right”, what a silly statement.
Also the original iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007, sold its first million units by September, and 4 million by that December. That’s a lot of people buying it in its first six months.
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Agree with the other guy. Apple has never gotten it right - its a disjointed, jarring mess that's just gotten less messy. It's a lack of "courage" really - they try entirely too hard to not blend Mac and Mobile even though its at a point where that really would make the most sense in the year 2026.

The OG iPhone is also a stretch comparison. First off, it had unlimited data (for like five seconds before AT&T said .... uh oh... what did we do here....), and there wasn't really any competition for it. It was a totally new product category - totally new device. The rushed to market copycats were awful - I bought Samsung's and made Sprint take that POS back. Same with the iPad.

Apple also benefited heavily from the competitors. Everyone was trying to out feature/innovate one another, and you ended up with LG, TLC, Samsungs, (even Palm and Blackberry outside Android), and many others all doing different things with physical keys, screen only, custom forks and skins and a confused UI mess that often led to performance issues. Today, there's really just Samsung to compete with in the US with only Moto and now TCL really offering anything as everyone else exited the smart phone market. The dumb, always behind on features iPhone was at least consistent, easy to use - even if you were forced to be the same and not be able to do much to make it uniquely yours or were walled off into insanity in Apple's walled garden. Most people aren't tech people, especially in the first years of iPhones - and it let Apple dominate, but not because the iPhone or its echo system were technologically better. Even today, IOS is inferior in many ways to Android, but they got the lock in when it mattered. Android still rules marketshare with 70% globally.
 
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vegetassj4 said:
They must be about to release emoji pro™, magical new folding emoji that are light years ahead of the competition. Packed with more emotion than ever thought possible or even imagined. They designed from the ground up for Apple Intelligence, they will be the most pro emoji we've ever created. Not only do these emoji live on the fold, they break the mold. You are going to love it.
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I typically just roll my eyes of these stereotypical Android fanboy / Apple love2hateya mock posts, but this one is so over the top that it actually took a scarny laugh out of me 😅🤣
 
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