Hedkandi
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I don't want to even think of the price here in Australia. They will end up being used as corporate devices.
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Foldable iPhone Duo Will Start at $2,000, Won't Launch Until at Least October
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cybercommand
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All I can think of when I hear Ultra is Samsung, so I’d consider that a step up.
The pro max is the same in £ as USD. So it seems unlikely. May even impose a premium in the UK. The 18 pro max is expected to start at £1,299. £700 more for a duo. Crikey.
Haven’t you heard? Products that don’t fit *my* use case should not be allowed to exist.
Sorry, but that’s a ridiculous statement, at the “but does it make coffee” level. You might as well argue that your MacBook Pro should replace your TV at that price.
finally some common sense writhing Tim Apple Inc. .. with the lack of basic features, there wouldn’t be a reason to call it ultra. It’s not better then an iPhone 17 (accept for the battery and some camera gimmick).
It’s amazing to see the high fives it’s only $2000. What a strange world we live in. Completely down to apple drip feeding info casing hysteria at how expensive it’s going to be, to reveal it’s actually a $2000 bargain!
Name will have exactly zero effect on sales numbers. People fuss way too much about that.
Price tag will though. I think this product is too important not to start at 1999.-, but I would not be surprised if Apple disagrees. Usually their price comes out at about what I’d expect, +20%.
So is every single product name in history (especially iPhone, or Apple Computer Inc for that matter), until you start associating the name with the product. Hence, the name for good products tend to stick as “good” names because we associate it with a good product, whereas the names for goofy products sounds goofy because we associate it with the goofy product.
Edit: The most important job for a product name is to establish it’s position in a product lineup, if there is one. In this case the way the names relate to each other becomes important. But whether it’s Air/Pro/Ultra, or Bronze/Silver/Gold, doesn’t really matter.
TigerNike23
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Or perhaps people should rethink their priorities with the current economic climate? Financing a $2K+ phone is absurd.
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Le0M
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Bro, 2000$ is BEFORE taxes. You gotta add around 20% and you get european prices. So expect a 2400€ device.
Evolving Mind
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Just my opinion but if this iPhone looks like this, it's ugly as hell and just a copy cat of Google's Fold. Reminds me of the good old windows pc, form follows function grey box. Part of Apple products always was that they were somewhat inconvenient but a joy to the eye. I don't get this squared form factor in terms of eye candy, but as always I don't need to buy it. I also preferred a flip over a fold, but that's just reminiscence.
Foldable screens have used Ultra-Thin Glass (UTG) for quite a while now. There's typically a plastic film screen protector atop. I am sure Samsung and Apple engineers are familiar with physics.
Samsung rates the Fold 8 at 200,000 folding actions, good enough to open and close the phone a 100 times a day for 5+ years. In the 18 months with my Fold 6, I opened/closed it 20 times a day on average, totaling 10,000 fold/unfold motions and the glass never cracked.
The UTG is tucked into the hinge in a teardrop/Q-tip shape to reduce stress and pressure on the glass. Screen composition and hinge design both play a big part in the durability of the glass. All quite remarkable rrally.