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The foldable iPhone will be expensive because of the enormous margin apple plans to use. There are no other reasons.
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Foldable iPhone Could Cost $2,400
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The foldable iPhone will be expensive because of the enormous margin apple plans to use. There are no other reasons.
Get a iPhone pro and an iPad Pro for the same cost.
Apple's foldable iPhone could be priced at $2,399, according to an estimate shared by analyst Arthur Liao at Fubon Research. There have been a range of price estimates, from as low as $1,800 to as high as $2,500, and the latest estimate falls on the higher side.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said he expects the iPhone Fold to cost between $2,000 and $2,500, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman expects it to be somewhere around $2,000.
The foldable iPhone will be expensive because of the premium components that Apple plans to use. The display panel and hinge will push pricing toward the upper end of market expectations, Fubon Research suggests.
Demand for the device will depend on the price that Apple sets, but Fubon believes that Apple could sell around 5.4 million units in 2026. Global smartphone demand could fall during the year, and foldables will be the "only spotlight" in the 2026 smartphone market.
The report says that Apple is also working on camera upgrades for 2026, with the first variable aperture lens planned for the iPhone 18 Pro models. It doesn't sound like the iPhone Fold will get the variable aperture lens that Apple is developing, but rumors indicate it will have a dual-lens rear camera setup with Wide and Ultra Wide lenses along with two front cameras.
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Think it will be priced at $1999. With memory upgrades, if can go upto $2499. Waiting to hear more about the foldable.
1699 would be the max otherwise I will change the strategy and go direct Chinese maybe have an older Max to interact with my mac.
If it has 16GB RAM and runs macOS, has 2TB of SSD, a USB-C to HDMI dongle, they can price it anything they want and it will sell like tacos. Imagine carrying that in your pocket. Plus a folding bluetooth keyboard and small flat monitor in the thinnest briefcase you can find, and boarding your flight to Japan. Effortless. Work on your slides. Land. Waft though customs. Send your suitcase to the hotel from the airport. Then a train. Arrive at your talk 10 minutes before it's due to begin. Whip that phone out. A long, super-thin Sony HDMI cable. Plug it in, pop up your slides and address your audience. Control everything on the phone. Right now, big backpack or shoulder bag. Heavy MacBook Pro and a/c adapter. Bluetooth pointer. Need wifi at destination. Need outlet. Been there many times. Gets old.
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Apple doesn’t have to nor is obligated nor does it make business sense to only make hardware for normies.
A healthy successful manufacturering business makes products for a broad amount of users that also includes prosumers and above
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Interesting take…my guess is both the inside and outside screen use a different iOS than we’re used to…it’ll be like a cross between iPad OS and iOS…call it foldOS…this helps differentiate the two phone styles…not trying to have one better than the other but just two different experiences.
…One that can fold and unfold to a massive phone screen with amazing responsiveness and a satisfying snap/click…and the other with all the newest bells and whistles as far as cameras are concerned, maybe even better battery life and performance (Pro line with vapor chamber tech etc)…
$2400 is prices of upgrades and etc.
Android foldables I already own and enjoy over my Apple ideally specced are $1800-2000+ already.
Apple just never learn,
Same story with Touch Bar on Macbooks…
Oh this is Touch Bar you can do this, you can do that … and it is 2025 and we have mechanical layout for f1 row. Why? Cuz it’s right cuz it’s easy to use in blind mode without focusing …
Marketing team is the biggest issue for Apple…
That’s definitely not the case to me on the highest end Android foldables such as Pixel Folds; care to elaborate why you feel that way?
Whatever the price ends up being, it’s insane to me that anyone would want to pay double for a device that’s about as durable as a piece of paper.
You can scratch the plastic screen of these things with your finger nail for crying out loud
Makes even less sense than the air which, imo is already a stretch to consider it a phone people want
You can scratch the plastic screen of these things with your finger nail for crying out loud
Makes even less sense than the air which, imo is already a stretch to consider it a phone people want
That’s where we are heading, but I wouldn’t expect that anytime soon. We could maybe see it by the end of the decade, or later.
Fold has to be thin, which basically predict regression in camera quality. I am almost sure there will be bigger and bigger gap between Pro and the rest of the iPhones in terms of camera capabilities.
Carbon silicone batteries will fix this issue. To be honest I’m surprised Apple ignored it in a first iteration
it could be that these higher price points were purposefully leaked so as to set expectations in the market for a higher price point. If Apple then comes out with a $1799 or $1999 foldable phone, people will compare it to the higher price and feel delighted that it's cheaper
It's true that foldable phones offer convenience and excitement that non-foldable phones cannot match.
It's also true that foldable phones come with a trifecta of problems: higher price, shorter battery life, and lesser durability.
Do with these facts what you want
It's also true that foldable phones come with a trifecta of problems: higher price, shorter battery life, and lesser durability.
Do with these facts what you want
I can see a device like that working for my business. Not sure if I’d want a foldable as a personal phone though, especially with a toddler running around, unless it's very durable.
My iPhone Air screen works, but still a bit small for excel files, inventory management, showing clients photos of things. An iPad works fine here, but you can’t just throw it into your pocket afterwards.
My iPhone Air screen works, but still a bit small for excel files, inventory management, showing clients photos of things. An iPad works fine here, but you can’t just throw it into your pocket afterwards.
Exactly what I was thinking.
If one half of the screen is used as a keyboard, might as well save a lot of money and make it a real keyboard.
Whether a touch device or with real keys.I'm also not entirely clear if there is another screen on the outside? If not, we'd have to open it up to do anything. But surely there must be. Which is all a bit nonsensical.