I foresee professionals uses for this, for the kind of people who buy stuff with their company's money and not their own.
Yeah, really, what's the point of this? The smaller iPhone Pro is plenty enough for me personally. The only reason I upgraded to a 17 Pro from my 15 Pro Max was because I couldn't stand the size. I don't miss it.
An absolutely absurd price for yet another brick.
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.
Article Link: Foldable iPhone Could Cost $2,400
The iPhone 17 Air and iPhone 17 Pro did get price bumps. Most people here thought the Air would be $899 to replace the Plus and yes, the iPhone Pro technically didn't get a bump because they just dropped the 128 GB model, but it will result in a large increase in the number of people buying the 256 GB model who would have been fine with a 128 GB model.
Surely we could already have this? A small monitor and foldable bluetooth keyboard was mentioned, so Apple just needs to get better at offering a DEX-like experience on iPhones, but it no doubt Apple is terrified that they could loose their MacBook revenues if you could just plug your iPhone into a monitor and get a good Mac experience. Remember, the forthcoming MacBook Lite or whatever it's called will run MacOS on an A-series chip.
Here is the comment I was looking for "NoBoDy WiLl BuY tHiS", as YOU put it in your cart for preorder lollllllllllllllllllllll
The same market that buys the VR headset. People with a lot of money to burn and no real use of it.
I was just going to say the same thing. People spend $10,000 on a suit or dress. Heck you buy a pair of socks that go your feet for $500. Is there any thing that a $500 pair of socks can do that a $10 pair cannot? No! But people will spend money on what they like and if “they” think it makes them feel good.
