Yeah...this is unfortunate. I persaonlly don't like monthly payments. I make monthly payments to my self when I buy a new iPhone. So I am saving for a couple of years, so when the next iPhone that I want comes out, I just have the cash and buy it out right. Plus, if something happens in my personal life, I don't need the new iPhone...and now I have an extra 1.3-2K cash just sitting there that I can use for something else if needed. I wish more people thought that way.
Is that really the reason? If so that’s a pretty terrible reason. Having tried the Z Fold in that form factor, it’s not good at all since you can’t type one handed. And you still can’t reach the opposite corner with one hand, so it’s not a viable iPhone Mini replacement despite the 5.5” screen. It would be nice if they chose the screen size for a real, tangible reason, rather than just to be different.
You would think of the cost of this phone they would give you one oh I forgot that Chinese brands hahah
Curious if this acquaintance has mentioned a desire for the iPhone Ultra foldable?
What's it been like getting nothing done for 5 years? Must be nice, honestly... 😉
I don't think ego is always involved. The same people who give Porsche a load of cash for yet another "rare/limited" 911 only do so because it's just something to show their friends at the next swimming pool party. "Look what I've got!!", etc.
the interesting thing is the current prices are such that you basically get a "free" phone with X number of month commitment and monthly reimbursements but of course we all know it's marketing math. I'm curious if marketing will be willing to ditch the "free" aspect or if they'll come up with longer commitments. I doubt they'll be willing to give bigger reimbursements.
Depends on the person I guess. I've played with the Fold 7. I love that magic moment of opening it up but it's huge. It's almost square shaped. Not in the market for a Fold 8 or an iPhone Ultra (or whatever they call it) but - for me - that size and size ratio makes more sense.
If it runs iPad apps on the centre display than thats a huge advantage. Having Final Cut, Pixelmator, Logic or Shapr on a usable phone is quite groundbreaking.
I'm in the same boat. I don't see a regular use case that would justify this kind of spend. I think it would be sort of niche for the people that carry both an iPhone and a tablet/ebook reader whereas I'm trying to use my phone less and leave it anytime I think I can get away with my Apple Watch.
Apple is immune lol. They’re worth billions. A bit less corporate greed would be peanuts for them. But Tim Apple likes money. So that won’t happen.
Outside the states most people purchase it directly. Not via payment plans or whatever.
you know who it's for, the same type of people that had those texting pagers. Almost no one had them but there were some very specific use cases. I had one when I was a network engineer in the field that would go between POPs to service machines and I needed to text things to an engineer back in the office. That being said, I don't have a job now that would necessitate this.
At least this device will (most likely) run every iOS app that exists. The Vision Pro had none of that.
