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Apple's Foldable iPhone Display Tech May Set New Industry Standard
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You can use a mouse and keyboard with an iPad, so you could switch between the two if you wanted to run a full OS or switch back to touch for optimized touch experience. I also connect to Windows and Mac's through an app on my iPad and navigate around using touch which is not ideal, but that does not need to be the only way.
Yeah, not literally two OS's running together. But the normal iPadOS for the inner larger screen and a scaled down UI with an iOS-like dialer for the outer screen.
I find it very believable that Apple would wait for a step-function in screen tech before releasing a foldable.
Nobody. That’s why foldable phones have not sold well so far and will continue to sell badly. A folding iPhone is not going to change that.
What price-sensitive market? Everyone bitches about prices, and how expensive everything else, and how income is not keeping up with cost of living. But the market shows absolutely no indication of people not spending. Apple launched the utterly useless Vision Pro a year ago at $3,500 and up, which does basically nothing except make you nauseous while using iPad apps, and they sold somewhere around a million of them. Apple keeps raising the prices of iPhone and keeps selling more of them. There is no price sensitive market. A lot of people have a lot more money than people realize.
"The display is being described as a "bar-type" design, suggesting that when unfolded, the screen will appear virtually identical to a standard iPhone"
This implies the full, unfolded screen will be the size of a current phone. That means it's a clamshell like the Z Flip. Or a misprint.
This implies the full, unfolded screen will be the size of a current phone. That means it's a clamshell like the Z Flip. Or a misprint.
Anything bigger than iPhone mini in smallest state, will be too big for me.
Not expecting too much at this point from Timmy. But surprise me.
Fold-phones will probably be bigger than flip-phones. Hope they will do both.
A small iPhone flip mini, do it Apple.
Not expecting too much at this point from Timmy. But surprise me.
Fold-phones will probably be bigger than flip-phones. Hope they will do both.
A small iPhone flip mini, do it Apple.
Which is completely pointless, in my opinion. (My eyebrow raised at this detail, same as yours.)
A foldable should increase the size of a current smartphone when unfolded. Nobody is clamoring to fold their current iPhone in half.
I've seen several foldable phones. Having a screen double the width of a standard phone looks like browsing and other tasks would be that much nicer. However, I don't want to pay more than $500 for such a thing, so we'll be waiting for prices to go down. Apple's entry into this should push that along.
Just like they waited for a step-function in OLED, wireless charging, NFC, widgets etc.?
I’d assume they would build MagSafe into both parts of the phone or maybe just opened for a stand.
They haven’t with iPads though but id expect it with this
Because the solution is designed by apple, so apple is the inventor.
On the other hand, the article says the "branding" has been trademarked, not the product.
It is nearly impossible apple would get a solution on the market it woud not be copied on a year basis
The same way Samsung makes QD-OLED displays yet sells them to Sony. Due to their superior build quality, video processing and Sonys superior software they are better TV's than Samsung own QD-OLED displays although part of this is to reduce price compared to Sony.
I don't think foldable phones will take off but I can guarantee Apple will sell more then Samsung so it would be a larger order for the new technology. At the end of the day it's about money. Also, Samsung display is different the. samsungs phone department, just like their TV department is separate then their display department.
Contacts saying they won't. Also, Samsung makes QD-OLED and Sony buys them. Want to guess which is the superior display? There is no Samsung logo anywhere on the Sony. So even if they did it doesn't mean they could match Apple quality (not saying they couldn't) but I guarantee Apple will sell more then Samsung so higher volume sales. Samsung display is pretty much a different company than their phone department. Most companies are once they get that big. Same as LG.
The is nonsense. Apple isn’t developing the tech. Apple is just giving Samsung a list of features they want and Samsung is the one developing the tech to reach Apple’s wishlist. A 3-year-old can do what Apple is doing.
Apple is going to rebrand Samsung’s tech like “Retina display”. Apple didn’t do any developing.
Solution is designed by Samsung, not Apple. Apple just gives Samsung a list of features they want, something a child can do.
For sure they won’t but apple does its own marketing and they marketing terms for these parts. Same with the Ceramic Shield which is developed by gorilla glass.
Love the “Apple just sends a wishlist and waits” take — because defining bleeding-edge specs that require brand-new manufacturing processes is apparently something a toddler could do.
Apple may be fabless, but they’re not just throwing darts at a feature board either. They set the bar— thickness, brightness, power draw, integrated touch sensors — and Samsung Display breaks a sweat trying to hit it. That new foldable panel you’re hyped about? It didn’t exist in any Samsung product before Apple came knocking with their “wishlist.”
So no, Apple’s not soldering circuits, but let’s not pretend they’re sitting in a sandbox while Samsung does all the adult work. It’s a collaborative effort, and Apple’s role is very much at the innovation table — just not holding the soldering iron.
Then you line up and be the beta tester.
Point is Apple's ambitions have certainly gotten the better of them recently (Titan, Vision Pro, iPhone 16+AI, etc). It needs to be right this time, no compromise or excuses esp. on a $2000+ device. We don't need another round of Apple's supreme confidence colliding head-on with reality.
I generally have no issues with Apple hardware.
1) Project Titan was never released.
2) Vision Pro arguably suffers from a lack of apps, but I remember being impressed with my demo at the Apple Store, and there are people happy with using it as a portable monitor that can be stowed away in their bag when not in use. I guess it's just as well that my astigmatism is so high that Apple doesn't have corrective lenses strong enough for me. It gave me the perfect excuse to not splurge on one. 😛
3) Even if you turn off Apple Intelligence, you still have an iOS device with 8 gb ram. I am happy with my M4 iPad Pro.
In terms of build quality, Apple is usually a safe bet. What more the iPhone.
That’s a bit harsh on Apple. I’m sure 3-year-olds would specify features like a gazillion gazillion pixels and a chocolate-ice-cream output port 😁🍦