I purchased a secondhand Google Pixel Fold to properly try the implementation...
The book-style foldable is a good first step in the innovation. And companies such as Samsung have made fair, even commendable, progress in refining the concept. But the design is several steps from the goal, a device that really is smartphone and tablet, a ‘true phablet’, if you will.
This is the next step:
Of course, as stated in the video, there are further refinements to complete, including price, but overall looking like good progress.
Anyway… This tri-fold, triple fold, dual fold, two-fold, brochure-style, what-have-you design is actually smartphone and tablet display sizes. Its small and largest display configurations are similar to iPhone Pro — I’d prefer iPhone X size when fully folded — and iPad Pro (10.5-inch). The single, book-style fold is more like iPhone Pro or Pro Max and not even iPad mini. Twice the display real estate sounds nice, although, most tablets have 3-4x the display area than a smartphone.
Will err is Apple planning to jump directly into the brochure-style design?
🤷♂️
(Probably not)
P.S. To me, the
modern day flip design is an inspiration of smartphone and hands-free selfie camera. Of course, one can’t blame companies like Samsung for developing such a design, product as there’s a large audience for that combination.
