Correct. Can you take your iPad mini with you in your pocket though? I thought so
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Foldable iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 Both Expected to Have 'Crease-Free' Screen
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We shouldn't be surprised because Samsung, and LG to a lesser degree, has been manufacturing iPhone screens for at least a decade I think.
Agreed. I hated Touch ID. It never worked if you had sweaty hands or wet hands. It was always just hit and miss. I find Face ID is perfect. No issues at all. I would not go back to a phone with Touch ID.
This is the foldable smart phone I've been waiting for. No crease, iOS and Apple's ecosystem. As Apple does, they look at so-so attempts over the years by competitors, perfect or improve what they think needed improvement, and waited for when they could actually make a foldable worth selling, not just based on the fold gimmick. I think it will sell really well if they do it right and utilize the displays well in all orientations.
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Someone said "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should"
Which is exactly what applies to folding phones.
The technology came first - an OLED panel is a piece flexible plastic - so since day one of OLEDS someone's been going "how can we make money selling this??"
They've tried rollable screens, rollable TV's, foldable tablets and foldable phones - none of them have caught on in any significant way. It's a terrible idea and the iPhone Air will be a more popular device.
We don't know what they have int eh works that they have not shown the public. I really like iPadOS 26, though the multitasking could be better if Snap was there like on Windows or even MacOS today. But for the folding iPhone we are a year from seeing what the software looks like. I have used Samsung’s software, not the current version, but previous versions. I did have a Fold 4 for a year and I really liked the device. But iOS apps are just better in almost every way (in my opinion, so my perspective only, the same app on iOS is almost always better than the same app on Android, including Google’s own apps). My iPad (Pro 13 and Mini 7) are just about as good for multitasking as my Mac, Windows, and Fedora Linux are.
Liquidmetal will finally get used after all these years, and I can see it being part of the hinge.
What I'd like to see - an eink display in folded mode, and a no-crease oled in unfolded.
Isn't that what a company which has screens as a primary product that they sell to many different vendors be expected to do?
Totally. All I'm saying is Apple has watched 7 generations of Folds and was able to see what worked and what didn't, at Samsung's expense.
The different divisions of Samsung might as well be different companies, to Samsung's screen division Apple is a customer not a competitor. It'd be like assuming Samsung's home appliance division sits up at night thinking about Apple.
OOOOO, SO EDGY!!!! I have another one! You know what doesn't need gas??! A horse drawn carriage?? ffs people will hate on anything just becuase they're not the target demographic and something isn't being made JUST for them, then they'll buy it anyway.
I love how now that the thickness issue has been taken care of, folks have dropped that as an argument and now focus soley on the crease.
But But but but, the crease!! Won't you think of the children!?? If they see a crease, the sky falls and it's as if someone doo doo-ed in their cheerios.
But But but but, the crease!! Won't you think of the children!?? If they see a crease, the sky falls and it's as if someone doo doo-ed in their cheerios.
Too expensive for me at first, but I'm thinking this, or a roll up screen, is the future.
It looks like Apple's foldable iPhone will have some "crease-free" competition.
Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today said Samsung's next-generation Galaxy Z Fold 8 will use the same laser-drilled metal display plate as the foldable iPhone, with the component to be supplied by South Korean company Fine M-Tec.
Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 7 still has a visible crease in the middle of its inner screen. However, Kuo said that Apple's stricter crease-free requirement for the foldable iPhone has essentially raised the bar for foldable devices, so it sounds like next year's Galaxy Z Fold 8 will feature a "crease-free" screen as well.
Earlier this week, Kuo said the laser-drilled metal plate can disperse the stress generated by bending, allowing for a "crease-free" screen.
The foldable iPhone's inner screen will be supplied by Samsung, according to Kuo, but it is the Fine M-Tec plate that will enable the "crease-free" feat.
Kuo said Apple is aiming to start mass production of the foldable iPhone in the second half of 2026, so the device should finally launch next year. He expects the device to have a 7.8-inch inner display, a 5.5-inch outer display, two rear cameras, one front camera, and a Touch ID power button instead of Face ID.
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For me, the future (5-10 years off) is a really good pair of AR glasses that work great but don't look dorky replacing the phone's display.
Similarly Sony sells camera sensors to companies who compete against Sony's camera division.