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Apple's 2026 Foldable iPhone Has No Visible Display Crease – Report
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What will that look like after one year? I have several associates who have folding phones. They like them, but there are noticeable creases that get more prominent with time.
I agree with you, though I also own a tablet. I’m more of a “right tool for the task at hand” kind of guy.
- Calls, or (texts, email, music, occasional browsing while away from home) -> iPhone (very much a tool, as you said)
- Texts, email, music, browsing, occasional sketch while at home -> iPad
- Any task that benefits from larger/multiple displays and/or precision typing -> laptop/desktop computer
- Watching TV show or movie -> TV
- Playing games -> console, PC
A foldable phone doesn’t fill the gap left by the mini
the mini isn’t just smaller in the pocket but more importantly in the hand
Should be able to hold a screen in one hand and reach anywhere on the screen with thumb
I think one of the main reason is people want access to a larger screen but in a smaller form factor. Doesn’t seem like a stretch to me.
Smartphones do already fill many roles: camera, music player, calculator, watch, alarm, flashlight, GPS, maps, mirror, compass, address book, radio, pager, answering machine and so on.
Then, why oppose to merge iPhone and iPad devices if we can just have one?
Isn't the giant glaring one, the UI interface of basically a 4x3 screen?
You could argue Apple would bring something to the table with the apps they make, but it will be a struggle for a few years handling the screen differences between an iPad and a phone, trying to find a new medium.
Video will have worse than usual black band.
By all means, make it, and we'll see what it does, but I see a bunch of compromise with iPhone apps with no iPad like equivalent.
Not so much “oppose.” I simply don’t like it. You are right about the fact that the iPhone does a lot, but for me, having to unfold to use, along with my perception of diminished longevity due to mechanical complexity, represent compromises I am not willing to put up with.
No way will I jump on a 1st gen. I'll leave it for a year or two until the issues are resolved.
Breh…I went from 14 PM 250 gig to 16 PM 520 gig or whatever it is…and this foldable will make my pro max look like an infant’s chewable drool toy. The real estate alone will be insane. Then you have the apple cool factor. They’ll make it so awesome to open and close. I’m thinking iPod wheel and how cool it worked or iPhone touch screen gestures…Apple is going to go full nuclear blast mode on this thing. You’ll get similar depth dimensions to your pro max (16 you have?) but will fold out to even bigger screen -if you want! Shoot you probably don’t even have to ever unfold it if you don’t want to LOL
Considering Apple's stance on the environment, I would think encouraging more people to return to yearly upgrades would be detrimental to the environment as more phones enter the market and this increases a higher rate of scrap and lithium demand. Unless of course the environment stance is just really good for marketing and bottom-line profit is the real motivation like we all realise it is?
I think a mature mobile market and a change to upgrade trends where people keep phones longer is a very positive place to be. Not to mention smartphones are not all that affordable at the higher end anymore and we are in an era where less people are focused on gimmicks and know exactly what they need from a smartphone, unlike the 2008-2015 smartphone race where real changes were being seen across the board.
I am glad there are rare sanity on Macrumors comments section. I was about to comment the same.
So what you're saying is I might as well do what I said and just not buy it. I am 42 years old so the 'Apple cool factor' and having something I don't need is a bit pointless.
You know foldables usually have a pretty big screen on the outside for quick use, right? ...right?
Ummm no lol what I’m saying is you won’t have to carry something much bigger than you already have yet will have tons more screen. Shoot I feel like I’m trying to sell myself on one hah
But like many have already said, would definitely sit out generation 1…
Ipad or iPhone: the apps will scale easily. How useful such a screen is, is to be seen... lot's of foldable reviewers say that the folded screen is used less than what they thought beforehand.