Since iOS isn't formatted for wider screens it's bound to get iPadOS features like split screen (or stage manager if the rumors about stage manager being on iPhones is true), responsive iPad apps, and the dock on the internal screen. It doesn't make sense to run two OSes so maybe this will begin the process of merging both into a single responsive OS.
Some things are better on a larger screen you can carry in your pocket.
Serously you ask
My guess - and also no doubt Apple's market research - is that many buyers worldwide will ask with their wallets.
No way... Most seem to be predicting roughly double the cost of an iPhone, not Vision Pro prices. Oh, hang on, you mean with the Trump Tariffs? Yes, that's about right then.
I can already see the multiple MR threads years down the road: "Replace old iPad mini or get an i[name]?"
Many buyers around the world have different needs and different finances than yours and mine. So whether or not "the price Apple will be charging" is "exorbitant" or not is determined individually by each buyer.
Nobody, I'm sure you're right... Apple must just be doing it for fun in the hope they can maybe give a few of them away or use them as door stops or to stick under the legs of wobbly bar tables? There they are, investing all of that time and money into something nobody wants, and they didn't even think to research if a market for them exists. What muppets! Well, you should let them know that nobody's asking for this before it's too late.
Fear of cannibalization is never an issue. Folks who think that way do not last long in tech. The reason being that if a market opportunity to supersede one of one's products exists, it is better to cannibalize your own product rather than have a competitor do it for you.
This. IMO support for the Apple Pencil is what such a foldable needs to be really successful.
Correct. A foldable iPhone be nothing close to a replacement for your 13 Minis. Entirely different bunch of users.
I wonder if it will be the regular Pencil or the Pencil Pro. If it's the latter, it could magnetically charge/pairon the hinge side. I wonder if the power button will move back to the old top location.
Wow, you posted my thoughts exactly. I would buy a foldable in a heartbeat, but not if I have to sacrifice back camera competence.
unlikely. screen will probably still be plastic and that means Pencil support increases likelihood of scratching the plastic screen.
You "think the current ones on the market are a joke." But like you said, there is a market. So there are lots of folks that are willing to accept a smallish crease. How large that market becomes as smallish crease becomes smaller will be interesting to observe.
?? Since when do modern Apple devices have an issue with screens being scratched, let alone by Apple Pencils made by Apple specifically not to scratch Apple displays?
I think what was suggested is that the iPhonebook wont have a glass screen and therefore the Apple Pencil will scratch it.
You know there are other people, with different wants and needs than you, in the world, right?
And I am saying that is illogical. A) because modern Apple displays do not generally have scratch issues and B) because Apple would never build a display intended for Apple Pencil use that would be easily scratched by said Apple Pencil usage.
