Samsung cant use it on their phones if the idea is Apple's.
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Apple's 2026 Foldable iPhone Has No Visible Display Crease – Report
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Oh you better believe it every first GEN product is the guinea pig product
Second of all they better make it for like a book the up-and-down folding is absolutely useless
Let’s think how was Steve Jobs would solve this oh let’s just make two different displays two separate displays and figure out a way to put them really close together problem solved minor crease where the display meets the other display I’ll buy it What are the advantages it’s cheaper it’s more durable And if you’re really smart about it you can just sell two iPhones
Apple has this problem Where the market is over saturated How do you solve that let’s sell two phones to everybody
Anyone who has no interest in a foldable..
Not every product is for everyone
Not every product is for everyone
Like a door bellAnyone who has no interest in a foldable..
Not every product is for everyone
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Bring it on, Apple.
I don't need it, but I may want it if done right.
I will never rage against more choices.
I don't need it, but I may want it if done right.
I will never rage against more choices.
This is still gonna be a hefty chonker going by the description above. Apple need to make a 2.5" square iphone, that opens out to a normal sized phone.
I prefer as few mechanical and moving components as possible
It’s usually always the components that move, that break first. The only exception being the battery.
It’s usually always the components that move, that break first. The only exception being the battery.
I agree. It’s one more action to access your phone and presents a weak point in its design, both the display, the hinge itself and any wires or connections between the two half’s
Rubbish lighting.
There’s no fold or crease free screens and it is doubtful Apple’s will be too. If anyone claims crease free it is only when the device is new and not after a few months or a year.
The only way to get “almost” crease free if if both sides of the display are glued to one flexible bending back.
Or a self healing material for the screens, which doesn’t exist yet and it is uncertain how they can prevent aging even with self healing.
I don't - the mini feels dated and clumsy in comparison to the Samsung Fold and a device this size is much better as one than 2.
"Apple has decided to eliminate the crease at all costs, regardless of price" - glad those pay over time companies are proliferating. Gonna need them to afford the iFold. Curious how thick thin it'll be. The Find N5's dimensions are a good target for Apple's first product.
Well, that’s good. I still have concerns about durability, I mean these things are a lot more susceptible to debris getting in the hinge than laptops. And they’re thicker in your pocket when folded. That might be uncomfortable.
And odds are, it’ll be more expensive than buying an iPhone 18 Pro and iPad Mini separately.
And odds are, it’ll be more expensive than buying an iPhone 18 Pro and iPad Mini separately.
Well if the last part is true I’ll wait a few years, no problem; a tablet for me is merely nice to have.
And the Air is closer to a thousand in Europe. Can’t even find refurbished and a generation older for that 500 here
And I don’t like the iPad because for the 500 bucks it costs here I expect a way better display than the one it has and it can’t do video editing so I’d have to go to my pc to edit my iPhone videos anyway.
A foldable iPhone will have a 120 Hz display as there are no manufacturers for those kind of displays that only do 60 Hz and instead of the outdated iPad plastic laminated displays it will have an extremely thin glass layer. It will also be way more powerful than a regular iPad. So to me at least it has a lot of potential whereas the regular iPad to me has only one use case.
So we’ll see! I’m not in a rush but I am excited to see what Apple can come up with!
It's a certainty that Apple has put this material through at least 100 days of folding to see if it develops a crease. More likely they've done at least two or three simulated years of folding, or more.
Yeah, the foldable phones have their "WoW" effect, but this effects rapidly fades away on the 100th time you have to unfold the phone with two hands to do what you want, sometimes dozens of times a day. And then there is the thickness which after few weeks becomes a bit frustrating and uncomfortable, especially if you use regular trousers. Yes, you get a bigger screen, but that's it. You gain nothing else positive, and you have all the downsides and cons. The issue for me with foldable phones is not technical (the crease is barely noticeable as you pointed out), it's about its practicality, usefulness and convenience compared to a regular phone.