Man I hope the Fold isn’t delayed, I held off getting this year’s Pro Max to wait for it.
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Crease-Free iPhone Fold on Track for 2026 Launch as Development Advances
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I’m semi-interested in this but feel it’s going to be too big as a phone and too small for a tablet.
Happy to be proven wrong if it’s priced right!
Happy to be proven wrong if it’s priced right!
Don't you have to be at least 13 to post on forums and social media sites?
Question is how scratch resistant is it. Most folding screens can be scratched with your fingernail. I really hope they solved that problem as well.
The inner screen is probably a plastic Hybrid but definitely not glass
Keep in mind no screen protector for the Fold
As someone who never liked using tablets I have no interest in a folding phone since all that it is is a folding tablet. It will be an insanely expensive folding ipad mini. For the people that want on of these upcoming phones were you also huge fans of the ipad mini?
It will be interesting to see how they accomplish crease free. It seems like there’d have to be some kind of crease by nature of what it is. The crease on the Fold 7 is a lot better than on the earlier iterations but it is still somewhat visible. On all of the iterations I’ve seen, it is less visible when viewed directly than it is when viewed from the side.
High chances that the eternally hyped iPhone (like mini, Plus, Air; etc) by tech rumors websites, this time the Fold one, will be another flop!
People just want the more mainstream thing.
People just want the more mainstream thing.
I have. And it's not great:
How easily can it scratch?
Very easily—much more easily than a standard smartphone.
While the "glass" inside is high-tech, the part you actually touch is soft plastic.
The "Fingernail" Rule
The most famous durability test for phones is the Mohs Hardness Scale.
- Standard Phones: Regular glass (like Gorilla Glass) scratches at Level 6, with deeper grooves at Level 7. Keys and coins generally won't scratch it.
- Foldable Phones: The inner screen typically scratches at Level 2, with deeper grooves at Level 3.
- The Problem: A human fingernail has a hardness of about 2.5. This means if you press too hard with your fingernail, you can permanently dent or scratch the screen.
Why is it so soft?
It comes down to the layers mentioned earlier. You are not touching the Ultra-Thin Glass directly. You are touching a protective polymer (plastic) layer that sits on top of it.
- Protective Layer (Top): A soft, replaceable plastic screen protector.
- Sacrificial Layer (Middle): A robust polymer layer that protects the glass.
- Ultra-Thin Glass (Bottom): The fragile glass core.
"250,000 sales in Western Europe in the first month" sounds like doing well to me.
I've never wanted to buy an Apple product less than this. And I've bought the cloth.
They're using liquid metal, not glass. Read the article. We get it, you don't like the look of iOS, and feel the need to take every opportunity to bash it, even when it's in no way relevant to the article.
The device nobody wants - just like the Vision Pro. Given media consumption on a folding phone is marginally better than a normal 'max' phone, unless this thing morphs into ipadOS when it is opened up with windows etc. it's going to suffer the same fate as the Vision. Nice idea, nobody will buy it.
I was very excited about this but now that I have my Air I am not sure. I feel like I am losing interest in smart phones in general. I like the idea though.
OMG I totally bought the cloth. It was terrible. It left a kind of odd film behind when you used it.
