Foldable iPad Now in 'Intensive Development,' Could Be Announced as Soon as Next Year

[Boil]

Gonna wait for the Apple Watch Ultra Pro Extreme...

Nanotechnology that goes from watch, to phone, to tablet, to flying tiny house...

 

[257Loner]

I doubt your doubt!

I believe your incredulity of his skepticism, but I find it dubious he was insincere.

 

[kc9hzn]

Don't understand why you'd want a tablet to fold. The crease will be more noticeable on such a big device and it's not like you want it to fold to fit in a pocket because it's too big for that.

That’s funny to me because I’d rather have a foldable iPad than a foldable iPhone. A foldable phone introduces considerable thickness, which means that they take up more space in your pocket than they otherwise would. A foldable iPad allows you to have a larger screen in a package that fits into smaller bags.

Basically, as long as your pocket is big enough to hold the phone’s screen, you’ll probably be able to fit it into your pocket with how thin modern phones are. And the iPhone 15 Pro is large enough for what I’d use a phone for. Any time I’d want a considerably larger screen, I would probably put that screen in a bag instead of my pocket. But, with a folding phone, it reduces the volume of your pocket more and means you can’t keep as much in it.

But, when it comes to a bag, thickness isn’t typically as much of an issue given how thick they typically are (and how much thicker they are than pockets). But the dimensions of the bag put a hard limit on screen size (you typically need a bag designed for it to fit a 15” laptop). With a folding iPad, you could have a 15” screen that fits into a smaller space than an iPad mini. Or you could have a 20” screen that fits into the space of an iPad Air.

 

[UltimaKilo]

Comments like this are so fascinating. I was an Apple Fanboy from 2003-2019. Owned just about every iPhone since the first one, had an iPad on launch day in 2010.

I've also owned a Galaxy Z Fold 2 and 3. Neither of them had a single issue with the display or took on any damage. In fact, the screen was MORE protected on those phones because it was closed most of the time in my pocket or when I accidently dropped it.

But most of all, I can only assume the complaints about the crease are from people who haven't spent much time with the device and just want a reason to hate it. It's such a non-issue and not something you even see at all when you're using the phone unless you're deliberately TRYING to see it. Acting like it makes the device completely unusable is really just telling us you've not spend a meaningful amount of time trying one of these devices with an open mind.

I have spent time with them, and I’m not a fanboy, in the least. They’re clunky as hell.

I just posted on the review video they just posted today that the tech was finally good enough that Apple should take a crack at one.

 

[redbeard331]

I'd prefer an expandable phone over a foldable, I'd like to just pull my screen out in any direction as needed.

 

[E.Lizardo]

It's funny how some of the same people who talk trash about foldables and also at the possibility of Apple releasing a foldable iPhone are some of the same people who can't wait for Apple to release a foldable iPad, which makes far less sense by comparison. You cannot make this stuff up!

Pretty sure you just did.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

It's funny how some of the same people who talk trash about foldables and also at the possibility of Apple releasing a foldable iPhone are some of the same people who can't wait for Apple to release a foldable iPad, which makes far less sense by comparison. You cannot make this stuff up!

There’s some of us though who think both are equally useless, so spare a thought for us too.

 

[j26]

I think many people would happily go for a flip phone when the tech is more refined and advanced, and cheaper - most hatred seems to be focused on the crease, or the lower specs, or vulnerability of the hinge, and on the price. These are issues that will all be solved as the market matures.

Book style foldables will likely have a smaller market as they are solving a problem only a limited number of people have. I'm probably in this bracket, but I'm not willing to pay the prices being charged at the moment.

Foldable tablets only address a niche demand, and it's likely to stay that way for quite some time.

That said, foldable tablets, where the financial risk is likely to be small and the engineering is likely to be somewhat less complicated, would be a very good place to prove the concepts and develop the skills prior to moving into phones. I'm unlikely to buy a foldable iPad as the price is probably going to be horrendously expensive, but I welcome it from the development point of view.

 

[Mac_The_Ripper]

Pretty sure you just did.

Very original. Nice work!