Any foldable phone is going to need the display on the outside of the fold, not on the inside as the drawings indicate. I want to quickly check for messages without having to pull the device completely out of my pocket and open it up. Unless they are going to put a separate display on the outside too (more money, thicker, and higher power consumption), then there will be no way to see or quickly respond to messages.
The engineering challenges are very substantial. The principle benefit would be to put a much larger screen into a traditional iPhone-sized package. Putting today's screen sizes into smaller packages doesn't seem quite as compelling, but you never know. Like Steve said, we won't know what we want until they show it to us.
However, in the end, if it's an iPhone, then it needs to be held to an ear during a conversation. If it folds out to double the size of a plus-sized iPhone... not so easy to hold to your ear. Presumably, for that usage, it'd be used while folded, and only unfolded when a larger screen is desired...
Anyway, we can all come up with reasons we think it wouldn't work. It would be very intriguing indeed if it did work well, and that everyone, once they saw it, could see how it would improve their usage experience.
This is insane! Thank you for the link. I've never seen this before.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA !!!! I love it.Intentionally?
I love how these suppliers blab about possible upcoming products. You can bet that the Android manufacturers read this report and are having meetings this morning.
It is pretty crazy, isn't it? The architectural applications for OLED alone will be impressive.
Here's LG's + LuFlux's actual presser from their expo in Germany last week, with lots of additional photos.
Looks straight out of the future. Only, it's now!
https://exhibitorsearch.messefrankfurt.com/images/original/userdata/bata/135714/5aaf94185344a.pdf
This is why this rumour is not coming from Ming or mark
foldable oled can be obsolete after 500 foldings
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA !!!! I love it.
Foldable displays is just a demonstration of the possibilities of new technology in displays, i see it for wristbands and making them part of your attire but for phones or anything bigger, forget it, will just be silly !!!
yes but remember that you still have 1 year warranty, and if these breaks so often in that 1 year..not good profits for apple...so i think this will remain just a prototypeReasons to replace phones more regularly seems like something desirable for the modern Apple
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One of the major TV manufactures demoed a gigantic TV screen with this technology that rolled up and basically disappeared when not in use. I forget which right now but I just saw this story (with pics) in the last month or two- maybe a CES demo? The estimated price was insane as it always in when something is brand new and gee whiz wow. If it gets some legs under it, pricing wouldn't stay insane.
Edit: it was LG. Here's a story about it.
I love how these suppliers blab about possible upcoming products. You can bet that the Android manufacturers read this report and are having meetings this morning.
Meetings ? Whoop-de-doo ! Do you know how long the hardware development aspect of something like this takes ? If Samsung, HTC, LG, etc decided to immediately pursue this type of design, they'd be 1-2 years behind Apple right from the start.
This. It's been possible to fold iPhones for a while, if one is determined enough, the problem is having them work when you unfold them.Intentionally?
I love how these suppliers blab about possible upcoming products. You can bet that the Android manufacturers read this report and are having meetings this morning.
The iPad is a useless device. Does nothing a phone can't do and does less than a laptop can. It doesn't bridge the gap nor does it solve any problem.
And yet Apple consumers still buy it.
Yeah, I also seriously doubt a foldable iPhone could arrive in only two years. Not earlier than 2022 or 2023. To be honest, I would probably wait for the 2nd generation with such a radical shift in design and manufacturing of a smartphone. I would be surprised if there were no issues with the first generation.Not going to happen. At least not with a time to market of two years.