To be a fair price comparison, you have to price the iPad Mini with cellular because the Pixel Fold has cellular built in as well. Also, my iPad Mini had cellular because why would I not want cellular on both devices?
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That's good to hear, and I'm certainly willing to give it a shot. I've been giving a lot of thought to making the plunge once my 12 mini kicks the bucket.
We all know everybody including Google is looking forward to WWDC. You can bet everybody at Google takes a day off or go slow just to watch the keynote.
There are many phones which meet your needs, no reason to complain about one which is obviously not targeted at you.
I don't get foldables, they're expensive toys that serve no purpose - it's not a tablet, just a phone with a wider display.
Also, releasing a $1800 toy running off the same slow-poke, overheating chip as the entry-level Pixel 7a = weird at best.
Also, releasing a $1800 toy running off the same slow-poke, overheating chip as the entry-level Pixel 7a = weird at best.
WOW the Google IO Keynote was 3:35h long all live with real audience.
Looks like Apple can’t even beat them at this.
Looks like Apple can’t even beat them at this.
I don't understand the folding phone thing. I hope Apple never makes one.
It's for professionals in big cities that need a competitive edge and don't have time for tinkering with hotspot. They're in professional attire so no cargo pants to haul two devices.
To be an even more fair price comparison, you can’t use any of Apple’s recent products, because everything after 2019 outperforms the processor used in the pixel fold.
But also… Explain to me why you would need cellular on both? Like give me a usecase where turning your phone into a mobile hotspot doesn’t get the job done?
And you also can’t say “battery”, because if you have both separate devices, you can use them both until they separately die. With the fold? If the phone dies, the tablet also dies. If the tablet dies, the phone also dies.
You can buy a good starter Apple ecosystem with that cash. A M1 Macbook Air or M2 Mac Mini for $800, an iPhone SE3 for $429, and either an iPad, Apple Watch, or a pair of AirPods.
I can think of a solution to that problem, it’s called a backpack. Or a handbag.
Slip your iPhone and iPad Mini in there and boom! The benefit of a foldable (easily carry both devices), none of the drawbacks.
I’m sure if Apple releases one it will be well done but yes over 2K
That’s why I buy all of my Apple products used.
Some people will pay more for the convenience of carrying one device instead of two.
Except that Google be stealing your data
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For those who are worried about $1800 price point. (I was worried too) Watch this video below. 4:15.
For some reason, Google Pixel Fold seems a lot cheaper now. Problem solved!
For some reason, Google Pixel Fold seems a lot cheaper now. Problem solved!
How many times have you seen suits with backpack on? Zero. Manpurse isn't convenient either vs pocketable.
What convenience?
It’s a thicker heavier phone, a smaller tablet, and it’s less durable than both.
It’s a series of compromises, compromises that are not even necessary.
It’s more expensive than a separate phone and tablet, it has a worse battery life than a phone and tablet combined would, it has very widespread durability concerns, and if your phone breaks or dies, your tablet also breaks or dies.
If Apple brought out a £2k foldable I imagine many of the naysayers would be all over it. I don't know what it's like in the states but Google devices (and foldables) are all pretty common here in the UK.
It remains to be seen if the general populace cares about AI but the more it proliferates the more important it will become and Apple is currently at the back of the race.
It remains to be seen if the general populace cares about AI but the more it proliferates the more important it will become and Apple is currently at the back of the race.
Apple should release a foldable but if Google is charging $1800, I fear apple will charge $5k.
Even if Apple made one I wouldn’t buy it. I don’t like foldables for multiple reasons. They skimp on cameras, they skimp on CPU, and most of all that damn crease.
Meanwhile, Apple is spending development dollars on an AR headset no one asked for. 
Pixel Fold, the first Foldable (to be canceled) by Google
I'm going in the other direction of less is more and keep it simple.
I have enough computers. Give me an inexpensive phone that is semi-smart.
I have enough computers. Give me an inexpensive phone that is semi-smart.