Wait until you figure out how you interact with it when it’s closed.
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First Cases for Apple's Foldable iPhone Surface Online
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arthurgd3
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People were bagging on the first Surface Duo for having massive screen bezels but from a practicality perspective it makes holding it in an open position so much easier.
I wonder if it’s actually meant to be held in landscape. The way that’s shaped seems like it’s meant to be rotated to portrait when unfolded and used as an iPad Mini.
arthurgd3
macrumors regular
Oppo and Vivo have come close but no one has yet overcome physics with the thin (under 5mm when opened) body when it comes to putting flagship camera sensors in foldables. Until that happens, ain't no way I'm dropping nearly double for a foldable that's clearly weaker with cameras than a slab flagship.
Instant buy, no doubt - if it runs true iPad app inside. I hope it supports full HDMI output with Stage Manager, then this is the ultimate single productive device that I can totally carry with all the time.
x-evil-x
macrumors 603
How would MagSafe work on one side of the phone if they even have it? Wouldn’t the weight of the side of the phone turn it? Maybe that small vertical line magnet will hold it in place well enough. Or just MagSafe when it’s closed. Personally i want MagSafe on this open more than anything
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I actually wish Apple had iterated on the dual screen display instead of doing a fold. There is very little you unfold a phone for that requires one large screen. Having a dual-pane view, two iPhone apps side by side or a keyboard/gaming controls on the bottom in ‘portrait’ makes so much more sense.
There is a reason the Nintendo DS is thought of as the most innovative games console of its day.
DocMultimedia
macrumors 68030
I would love to have one of these, but I must have a decent telephoto camera. I also love FaceID; having to find and touch a side button is not attractive. It is looking more and more like I will be waiting until I can figure out a way to make these things happen. So, this year it will probably be a new iPhone Pro Max, and next year it will be the 20th anniversary phone.
iMac The Knife
macrumors 65816
I use the inner display on my book-style foldables approximately 70% of the time. Almost everything is better on the larger inner display, web browsing, viewing photos, Movies Anywhere, YouTube, Kindle, reading and responding to emails, etc. The Duo, for example, failed because it had to separate screens when unfolded, and no one has gone back to this design on a mass market smartphone since...to my knowledge anyway.
datsdatcharlie
macrumors regular
klasma
macrumors G4
dalestrauss
macrumors regular
klasma
macrumors G4
Either iFunSmart dropped the ball here, or the Ultra will have under-display Face ID after all.
Yeah but do you really think NDA can really stop a small case maker in China, which is like one of those out of 10,000 companies and factories from there?
klasma
macrumors G4
What happened to delayed gratification?
I'll buy one.
Its shape is better than the other folds, just like the iPads. It's specs will be impressive, minus perhaps the camera (which is crazy)
Big new product ATT will exploit, ....again.
Its shape is better than the other folds, just like the iPads. It's specs will be impressive, minus perhaps the camera (which is crazy)
Big new product ATT will exploit, ....again.
Hopefully the outer screen fully shuts off when the phone is opened.
Versus, say, displaying a big bright Apple logo that screams "Hey look everyone I'm carrying $2000!+".
alexandr
macrumors 603
alexandr
macrumors 603
alexandr
macrumors 603
Hard to say - It will likely be sold out for several months and the price is going to scare away a lot folks. I need to see it in person with the screen open to see how much information is presented for the remote support I do for clients.