It's a polymer-glass sandwich. The glass layer still won't fold, it just bends significantly. And you don't touch it, you touch a nasty-feeling plastic. It's really easy to break.
Foldable glass does not exist. It may never exist.
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Foldable iPhone Development Progressing Ahead of 2026 Launch
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Foldable glass does not exist. It may never exist.
I don't think most people care if the glass is bending significantly instead of technically folding.
That would be great. I'll take the Large, you can have the Small, and everybody will be happy.
(Better than the 16e would be the SE form factor, with a home button and no notch.)
Right?
I don't understand why Tim won't do something like this.
Same model (basically) in 3 sizes ... and then do all the high end really expensive or alternative form factor and ideology stuff on the Pro side.
Also, give everyone great colors too.
Let's have some FUN with hardware again!
I've read some people want Apple to run iPadOS on this folding iPhone instead of iOS. I think what will happen is that Apple will likely produce a modified version of iOS 27 specifically to work with this folding iPhone.
MacRumors mock up budget has been reduced as they are saving up for the iPhone fold ! 😂/s
I only saw one in the last year. Prior to that it was two years since I saw one. Maybe because I am in Cybersecurity and we avoid Android.
What's interesting is that one of the Chinese foldables uses an anti reflective screen coating and the crease is barely noticeable which makes sense if you think about it.
Flagship Apple phones don't offer enough for the price as is, let alone imagining how much they'll charge for a folding phone.
Tim Apple: "Today we're announcing the Foldable iPhone. As you know, you can only fold a sheet of paper in half 7 times. This new iPhone can fold an astonishing 21 times! We're really excited about it, and we think you will be, too!"
I do not miss it now. Meaning I do not see people staring into their phones all day.
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At which point Samsung have 'ironed out all the creases'!
Without a Dex mode to go with it I don't see the productivity advantage of a foldable iPhone. The whole point of one is being able to replace every device, not just one or two.
Even in Android, we do not see many people using the foldable devices and I do not see people replacing their Windows or Linux computer with Samsung Dex. Most people just simply do not know that Dex exists. I even showed it to a colleague that insisted on having an Android device how to use it, but they simply were not interested in using Dex.
And speaking of another kind of charge, using your foldable iPhone for tasks you'd have previously done with your iPad means you'd be charging your iPhone more often.
cue all the haters now... saying how ridiculous the foldable is
but no, it doesnt have anything to do with price lolFolding devices are more prevailant that you'd think. I've seen mums on the school run with flip phones and I just see at least one fold per day on my commute. Yes, They're not as popular as regular handsets but they are an area of growth.
I agree with Dex not being that popular. Why replace your pc with a phone when all your data is in the cloud and you do most of your work in a browser anyway? Most companies want you to buy more than one device and doing so removes battery anxiety.
Until Dex runs actual desktop apps its not going to replace your computer any more than an iPad with a monitor can.
And yet, there are several people that have replaced a computer with an iPad. There are desktop class applications on the iPad that allow people to replace computers with iPads. Dex and Android are not well done. So saying that it will not replace a computer when for many people it has is incorrect.
Many companies have downgraded from real applications to websites so that the client does not matter.
Folding devices are sold enough for them to keep selling them. You would have to have enough disposable income in order to afford the devices and I am around students and professors daily so that would be a limiting factor in which people would purchase these phones. I guess in Mountain View California, these phones would be used a lot more than in the rest of the country.
You would replace a computer with a smartphone with all of your data in the cloud because it would be easier to use while mobile than a notebook computer where you have to find a desk in order to effectively and efficiently use the computer. The same would be for using a tablet computer over using a notebook computer, but you have a larger screen. If you just need organization and productivity applications, then those are available on all devices that work extremely well. Do smartphones and tablets do 100% of what a notebook or desktop computer does, no. Notebook computers when introduced did not do the same things as desktop computers, but today they do. Neither did tablets and smartphones when they were introduced. With the downgrade to websites and the increased computing power of smartphones and tablets they can today for most people's needs because most people's needs are basic enough that smartphones and tablets can perform all what they need. There are only a few use cases where a computer is still required because the software is not available on a smartphone and tablet.