I see lots of kids with them
I’ve played around with one a staffer had and didn’t see the appeal
Edit: by kids I mean 20s/early 30s
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I’ve played around with one a staffer had and didn’t see the appeal
Edit: by kids I mean 20s/early 30s
A foldable anything is not big on my list, but I would like to see the Apple iPhone support the Apple Pencil.
I do considering sales and marketing for mobile devices was kind of my job for the last 10 years.
you realize what site you are on right?
there's a good portion of folks here that will buy whatever apple sells if they can afford it
I know that anything that can be used to trash Android and Samsung is valid in here but i will say, i used a Fold 5 for around 20 minutes and very quickly, the “horrible crease” became invisible to me.
I wouldn’t get one because i dont like Samsung's OneUI and the crazy price, but the crease wasnt as bad as you state.
Visit an independent Samsung retailer. As I mentioned before, they are appealing devices but have a terrible reliability record. I agree with everything else you said and would consider one if it weren’t for that.
I know you’re going to say, “But that’s what I want.” You and I both know you don’t need to have cellular on the iPad.
Very subjective
I would never want another iPad w/o Cellular - I use it all the time on my Mini 5
Why not use your phone as a hot spot? The first iPad I bought had a cellular radio in it. I bought it “just in case” something happened where I couldn’t connect to my phone, and never needed to turn it on. Even after traveling across the United States and China.
Yes you do, in order to have the same features across the devices. You can't use a wi-fi only iPad Mini when your not on wi-fi and I'm not talking about tethering it to your phone because that's not the same , but you can use a foldable phone when you're not on wi-fi.
Except the foldable market as a whole has steady growth. Samsung has just had more viable competition and therefore lost some market share. This stat implies that fewer people are buying foldables, but that is not the case.
Phone sales have shown that people want large screens in their pockets. I would love to be able to unfold my iPhone to the size of an iPad. I haven’t handled a foldable yet but they’re too expensive to have compromises like a screen crease or overall durability.
I know quite a few people at work who have the Samsung foldables and really like them. One guy is still on a gen 2 and has had no problems. I like the form factor as it would suit my use case perfectly and would get one if Apple made one in a heartbeat as it would fit in my Apple ecosystem. I don't get all the negativity. Don't like them? Don't buy one. I don't like the mac mini, but if it works for you go ahead and get one!
Watch what happens when Apple release one. All of a sudden it will be the 'thing' to have, just like the watch was when it came out.
Is this a real question? Do you think people only use their phones to check TikTok, instagram, text and call.
Absolutely.
In Europe Android seems to be more popular than iOS (I have started seeing more and more iPhones lately), and most people buy cheaper Samsungs (which are great budget phones) or Chinese brands (such as Redmi, Oppo and whatnot).
Oddly enough, I have neveer seen anybody with a Samsung S22,23,24 Ultra; from what I'm gathering, people who have $1000+ to spend on a phone go with an iPhone, and wouldn't get a foldable from an other brand.
Each nation has its own situation.
I think any Apple foldables are rumourware*.
*: invented by the so called “supply chain analysts”
*: invented by the so called “supply chain analysts”
Sort of… my point was simply that the phone part of the device most certainly doesn’t need or rely on screen real estate. I do know that phones are used for many things beyond your list of options, but things like foldable screens (and much larger screens) are ultimately attempting to turn the phone into another device… which in my opinion speaks to a different issue altogether. Ultimately, a foldable screen could provide more screen real estate, however, I don’t think it will ultimately solve the problem of trying to have a single device provide the same functionality as a tablet or laptop.
Apple has had a reasonably significant number of patents granted on foldable through the years, so you know there’s at least a few folks relatively high up interested in maintaining and funding R&D in that direction even if you ignore the supply chain rumors.
I think it’s likely Apple’s working on a folding phone personally