First Cases for Apple's Foldable iPhone Surface Online

[ipedro]

What is it with people needing a case on everything? Cases on phones, cases on watches, cases on AirTags, do they put cases on their cars and on their couches? oh wait...

 

[Mansu944]

I thought Apple would had the balls to not put an outside screen. Well even they know people won’t use the bigger display.

Why would you not have an outside screen for notifications and the like. Why not reduce operations of the hinge?

 

[magbarn]

The best thing about the fold/ultra is it will make it easier to get the 18PM at launch.

 

[lilkwarrior]

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.

Phones are used for more things than just photos.

The gains in form factor, ergonomics, and productivity outweighs the missing camera parity for some people.

Enough people with foldable users being in the millions.

Even when it comes to photo-taking, having a better form factor to take group photos and edit them outweighs the parity with slab phones for some

 

[OldNewMBP]

What about a screen protector?

"That'l come in about an additional $200 or $300, sir."

 

[OldNewMBP]

What is it with people needing a case on everything? Cases on phones, cases on watches, cases on AirTags, do they put cases on their cars and on their couches? oh wait...

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What about a case for the whole house?

 

[usmaak]

Getting a good case for a foldable phone is tough. It’s one of the things that friends who have the Samsung Fold complain about. They break easily and cost way too much.

I always have some kind of case on my phone and always have. I have never had a case break on me. Friends with foldable phones can’t get more than six months out of a case without it breaking. And some of the cases have a frame that sticks on the small screen with sticky tape. 🤣

 

[frownface]

looks like they're really going for the passport design.

It's a matter of personal taste of course but i'm not a fan. same way i disliked the ipod nano 3 and waited for teh nano 4 instead.

 

[budselectjr]

Idk after seeing that mock up of the home screen I kinda want to sell my iPad mini and get one 😂

I like that it appears to be thumb driven.

Excuse me while I whip this out…

 

[svish]

Waiting to see the foldable. Disappointing if it is going to miss out on FaceID and telephoto lens.

 

[Tiger_Stud]

Well, aesthetically that thing is a nightmare!

 

[obamtl]

I love the form factor, but absolutely gutted Apple’s matched the industry’s move of degrading the camera system. Unfortunately, I’m a camera first user that loves photography and uses all 4 cameras on my phone extensively, so my red line has been crossed and I will stick to the Pro, even though I’d really have preferred the Ultra.

 

[Nyx1]

That's fugly hell nah

 

[whateverest]

Opinion Poll: Will iPhone Fold be selled more than iPhone 13 mini or less? 😉
Thumb up: More
Thumb Down: Less

 

[uacd]

What is it with people needing a case on everything? Cases on phones, cases on watches, cases on AirTags, do they put cases on their cars and on their couches? oh wait...

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Sofa needs few good jumps on it to break, a phone - just a single drop. Given the price (and it is already too high) people put case on it.

Also many people sell their older phones, so if it has no scratches they can sell it for more $$$

 

[uacd]

Phones are used for more things than just photos.

The gains in form factor, ergonomics, and productivity outweighs the missing camera parity for some people.

Enough people with foldable users being in the millions.

Even when it comes to photo-taking, having a better form factor to take group photos and edit them outweighs the parity with slab phones for some

Yeah, I’ve seen that Apple doesn’t care about photographers ever since they introduced the “computational photography”. Photos look like poorly generated AI images. No sensor noise, poor HDR, literally BLURRY photos, overprocessed plastic look.
Indeed, phones for geeks, not photographers

 

[slffl]

Oh HELL YEAH! God I can't wait for this!

 

[emulator]

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?

I doubt anyone but those who sell cases at  stores have early access, the rest of those 10k companies out of red china just steal it as usual and have zero interest protecting them.

 

[Blasterzilla]

What about a screen protector?

You should not have needed one since the iPhone 4S and definitely not since the iPhone 14.

 

[subjonas]

You hope it bombs? That is a very odd take. How would the success of an Apple foldable negatively affect you?

Odd because it makes no sense, yes. But very normal here in MR.

 

[iMattPro]

Is that the Game of Thrones BluRay Box set in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

 

[sledgehammer89]

iPhone Fold? Ok, the cheap one. I hope the better iPhone Ultra does have Telephoto and can run iPad apps in the inner display.

 

[Treskelion II]

So, from useful small-form device to rigid iPad 😂

 

[Juggernaut510]

So beautiful! 🤩 I am so excited. Thank you for sharing this. Soooo looking forward to hybrid iPhone and mini iPad in one pocketable device and its protection!!

Sucker! Apple loves you though. They are already preparing a $3,000 phone for you to buy next year.

 

[Juggernaut510]

Apple better not **** this up.

If I'm buying a fold, it's because it's essentially the ultra iPhone with no compromise. Having one less camera seems like a compromise.

Sucka!