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Foldable iPhone's Screen Sizes Leaked
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It’s not!!!
Please understand that the screen size measurement simply being similar to the iPhone Mini does *not* mean the same or even similar.
All rumors point to this device being significantly wider than the iPhone 12 Mini, significantly shorter, significantly thicker, and significantly heavier.
The actual usable screen space is more than likely going to be a lot closer to your standard iPhone 17 or 17 Pro than it is the Mini.
The biggest issue is going to be the closed width. If it's any wider than the current Pro phone, like the Pro Max phone, it'll be too wide for one handed use.
Yikes! Wider than the 17 Pro Max?!?Still looking pretty accurate:
I found the 17 Pro Max annoying for two-handed use too, mainly because of the width in combination with the depth.
My 12 Pro Max was already too big for my relatively small hands, but the 17 Pro Max's increase in size pushed it over the edge for me.
I mean, given that the original iPhone in box sells north of $40,000 all the time this is just factually incorrect.
Or the 2 TB 17 Pro Max, which is already $2000 pre-tax.
I think more what you mean is that there isn’t a phone worth $2000… to you. And that’s fine.
There are people who spend $200 on a sound bar at Best Buy for their home movie set up, and there are those who dump $10,000+ into a 7.1.4 full balls to walls Dolby Atmos set up with a receiver that’s $3000 on its own.
Worth is very subjective.
Interesting to see that 5/5S/SE1 are still the all time thinnest iPhone when accounting for the bump
Speaking for myself, obviously. I decided a few years ago that $1200 was my upper limit, not because I can't afford more (I can), but they are not worth that much to me. I just don't care about phones to spend that much.
For me, my phone is a fun device. $2k seems insane.
I can understand not being interested in the device, but not thinking it will actually happen?
IMO the most unbelievable rumor/leak was that Apple was working on a car, and that turned out to be true, even though they scrapped it. But Apple releasing a type of device that their competitors have already shipped for years seems unlikely to you?
Do people serious buy all 2tb. That is where they rip you off. There’s plenty of other solutions for that. I always get the case for storage.
With the phone being so small closed folded, I think Apple 🍎 wants you to mainly use the phone unfolded and fully open at all times.
That’s why you don’t get Version 1 first gen. I’m gonna wait for 2nd gen iPhone Fold. Probably gonna keep getting the Pro Max with no compromises for a while.
Outer display? Pff. Just make it trifold and let us have an ipad when fully opened and a normal screen when closed.. ı will not pay for a useless screen when opened.
If this drawing is to be believed, that’s way to small! Seems more like a flip than a fold. I don’t want a tiny phone that opens to something just slightly larger than a Pro Max. Apple should know by now, people don’t want small phones. They want a iPhone max when closed, something larger than iPad mini when open. If people have to put up with a crease, the device has to be large enough to justify the crease. And no trifold, that just seems silly.
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The iPhone Fold will have telephone, but it will probably be just 2x telephoto quality like the iPhone Air due to the thinness of the Fold. The Fold is rumored to be thinner than the iPhone Air.
I would wait until Gen 2 iPhone Fold if you want less compromise.
Yeah I don’t want any compromises if I’m shelling out $2,000 plus for a Fold iPhone. I’m good with the Pro Max Lineup and all its glory.as I got the 17PM at launch, I'm in no hurry
can't wait to get this device. granted i plan to get pro max as well but will certainly use both for different use cases.
Not that relevant because the weight distribution of a smart phone in addition to the form factor being much better to use to read, edit, type on, take group photos with, more versatile how you prop it, and so on