With Apple taking that long, Samsung will probably have a watch that folks out into a phone or iPad.
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Apple to Launch Foldable iPad in 2024, Analyst Claims
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High praise! My only concern is the "how long will it last" syndrome as I look to get 3-4 years out of a phone. I'll be keeping an eye on this...
Enjoy your phone!
You may be right, but I just don't see it. Once you start unfolding to gain a bigger screen, you start to use the device differently... and need a keyboard (with trackpad or mouse option), and then the awesome fold technology brings ancillary devices to make it more like... a laptop.
Please note: this is just an opinion or take. I am not claiming to understand anything about the market, trends, etc. Just calling it from my very, very limited perspective.
I tend to agree. More to the point, why can't they just accept the idea of a solid tablet and keep making them well.
y'all should add a script that replaces the word "analyst" with "dubious speculator"
the only difference between this guy and the folks on this forum is that he gets paid for daydreaming and guessing
the only difference between this guy and the folks on this forum is that he gets paid for daydreaming and guessing
Doesn't matter if it's Samsung, Apple, or my next door neighbor. I just don't see any value in a foldable device (as currently implemented and demonstrated) to me.
I actually can imagine folding it wrong ending up with two devices for 1 fold. That being said…they will appear soon after the device gets released.
As a Samsung Galaxy Fold 4 owner, I have to ask why a foldable iPad? At 20" size it's basically like a portable monitor and if iPadOS does not do something more at that point the user experience is just a large iPad.
I love the Fold 4 because it's a phone that can double as a small tablet. It has basically made me stop using my iPad because I can do most of what it does on the Fold 4 instead. I would not be able to do what an iPhone does with a foldable iPad.
I'm trying to figure out what are the usecases here. If we assume that the foldable iPad just looks like the concept photo in OP, what are the usecases where the foldability becomes handy? Sure, it fits into a smaller size for transport. Can you bend it half open and have basically a touchscreen laptop? Is that particularly useful over the current keyboard cover iPads?
I love the Fold 4 because it's a phone that can double as a small tablet. It has basically made me stop using my iPad because I can do most of what it does on the Fold 4 instead. I would not be able to do what an iPhone does with a foldable iPad.
I'm trying to figure out what are the usecases here. If we assume that the foldable iPad just looks like the concept photo in OP, what are the usecases where the foldability becomes handy? Sure, it fits into a smaller size for transport. Can you bend it half open and have basically a touchscreen laptop? Is that particularly useful over the current keyboard cover iPads?
Who the HECK would want a 20" iPad?
Say thats 16x9 aspect ratio, and you fold in half to an 'irregular' 9:8 ratio. That would still be an unmanageable 13.1" iPad. With either an unprotected screen on both sides when folded, or just inaccessible unless you fold it out to full size.
Or say you do a tri-fold; that could protect two of the screen sections and leave you with a more manageable device screen size with an approximate 5:3 aspect ratio. It would also mean that, at three times the thickness of a current iPad, it is thicker than the current macbook pro 16" by a good margin.
i don’t want this ! What a pile of ……. Stop whining, it’s not like a foldable iPhone or iPad means they stop sell the normal one. S22 , fold 4, flip it’s a choice FFS
Same here... iPad was never in my rotation of devices, and now when unfolded I have small tablet...
I agree it would make more sense to fold the other way so it's not the same length when folded. Then you can fit it in smaller bags. If my Z Flip folded the long way, it would still stick out of some pockets.
Agree, it's not bad on the Z Flip unless there's massive glare, but that's an issue in itself already, but I wouldn't want that on something you use to watch videos.
Sounds fantastic to me. People will be more likely to accept an experimental foldable ipad vs an iPhone. And working on a larger device is often easier at first due to less concern with space constraints.
I’d definitely be interested in such a product.
I’d definitely be interested in such a product.
Some can say they don't, but the issue comes when they start telling everyone else what to do
Folding any phone doubles its thickness. That means a substantial pocket bulge when folded, unless the unfolded thickness is halved—which leads to challenging engineering for both components and batteries. Add a higher risk of screen failure to that. I don’t see what problems the resulting device solves. But people are buying them, so I guess I’m wrong.
As for a tablet: I’m similarly unsure of the benefit. As long as a device requires a bag/backpack, what’s the benefit? If the idea is to somehow shrink the footprint of a small (mini) iPad to a pocketable device, I’d say that is a niche market.
All that said, I *would* like a 20” 16:9 iPad, and wouldn’t even need a fold. My compute needs are modest, and it would be a terrific device for consumption.
As for a tablet: I’m similarly unsure of the benefit. As long as a device requires a bag/backpack, what’s the benefit? If the idea is to somehow shrink the footprint of a small (mini) iPad to a pocketable device, I’d say that is a niche market.
All that said, I *would* like a 20” 16:9 iPad, and wouldn’t even need a fold. My compute needs are modest, and it would be a terrific device for consumption.
Who am I? I do not want to have to wear a backpack, with the need to take it off and put it on to access anything. I also would like a nice-sized device to be able to read a newspaper, book or consult a map? Answer: an adult who commutes via public transportation.