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Other If Apple sold the Galaxy Fold 3/4 hardware but with iOS running on it, would you change over from a regular slab / non-folding phone?

If Apple sold the Galaxy Fold 3/4 hardware with iOS on it, would you switch over from a slab phone?

  • Yes

    Votes: 14 24.6%

  • No

    Votes: 43 75.4%
  • Total voters
    57
Hal~9000

Hal~9000

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Just was curious how many people would make the switch to the Galaxy Fold 3/4 if it ran iOS?

Btw I know the rumors of the future folding iPhone with no crease… but I’m mostly wondering about the current Galaxy Fold 3/4 hardware (which has the slight crease down the middle).

Thanks for the replies 🙂

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Hal~9000 said:
Just was curious how many people would make the switch to the Galaxy Fold 3/4 if it ran iOS?

Btw I know the rumors of the future folding iPhone with no crease… but I’m mostly wondering about the current Galaxy Fold 3/4 hardware (which has the slight crease down the middle).

Thanks for the replies
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Very interesting.
 
I have used the Z Fold 3 before. If it has IOS i still wouldnt like it because of how cheap the inner screen feels... The only thing i liked was the speakers.
 
unrigestered said:
i'm not very tech savvy...
see my avatar pic, is that an apple device i'm using?
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Even though you’re holding it wrong - yes, it is an Apple device - usually utilized by small children in the shown form (your Avatar represents an early depiction of your person, I assume?)

You are using something which we, in the community, call the iMusa - the “i” here standing for itinerans, which is an allusion to its mobile use as well it’s manufacturing origin. You’re welcome! 😎
 
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A phone that is not big enough to be and iPad but too big to be a phone? Nah. A phone after all must be, you know, a phone, and work as a phone. Such hybrid devices might be interesting to use initially, but long term, I doubt it.
 
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YES!

I would love to witness Apple’s go at foldable phones. They may be the last ones to the party in regards to using new tech but they always implement it well.

Mark my words, a foldable iPhone will be another iPhone X moment and will sell like hotcakes.
 
I am starting to believe there are two groups of device users out there - those who use one device for every purpose and those who have multiple devices for one specific purpose. I find that your lifestyle/preference seems to determine which group you are in.

I'm in the second group.

I don't need a device that has multiple purposes/uses. That's why I have an iPhone, an iPad, a television and multiple Macs/PCs. One dedicated tool for each purpose, not a jack of all.

Further more, I like my phone to be a rigid, unbending slab.

So no. I would not change.
 
eyoungren said:
I am starting to believe there are two groups of device users out there - those who use one device for every purpose and those who have multiple devices for one specific purpose. I find that your lifestyle/preference seems to determine which group you are in.

I'm in the second group.

I don't need a device that has multiple purposes/uses. That's why I have an iPhone, an iPad, a television and multiple Macs/PCs. One dedicated tool for each purpose, not a jack of all.

Further more, I like my phone to be a rigid, unbending slab.

So no. I would not change.
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I’d give it a try but like yourself I’m a multiple device person so I’m not sure if it would end up being viable for me. I mean I have an iPhone and an iPad mini and I’m happy with having both devices.
 
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the best device is the one you carry with you… so how do you carry all this dedicated appliances? 🤓
 
I use multiple devices, an iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, MacBook. If there was a phone that could unfold into the size of a small iPad, I’d be intrigued and would likely give it a go.
 
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Shanghaichica said:
I’d give it a try but like yourself I’m a multiple device person so I’m not sure if it would end up being viable for me. I mean I have an iPhone and an iPad mini and I’m happy with having both devices.
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Yeah, for some people a single device is their phone, game console, computer, tv and camera. I'm just not like that. Too used to having other devices for all the other stuff and using a phone as a phone.

My lifestyle also plays in to it. I work from home and since 1980 I've always had a computer. From rising to going to bed I'm sitting in front of real computers all day.

But if this type of thing suits others I'm all for it. I just won't be getting one for myself.
 
Slartibart said:
the best device is the one you carry with you… so how do you carry all this dedicated appliances? 🤓
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I don't. I work from home. Some days I don't even open the front or back door. Even when I was working at the office I had a laptop (company issued) AND my own laptop (left at the office).

I'm in front of computers all day.
 
Flip over Fold. But no. I have no desire to go back to a flip phone no matter the manufacturer/joined manufacturer’s.

And I have a backpack to carry my iPP if I need a larger screen than my iPhone. The 2 in 1 aspect of a foldable phablet hasn’t peaked my interest from the beginning. Maybe I’m getting old, but I just don’t get it 😝
 
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Personally I have no need for a foldable device and don’t believe they will hold up period. I have friends that had both and they didn’t last a year with heavy use the screens either cracked or wore out.
 
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CrazyForCashews said:
YES!

I would love to witness Apple’s go at foldable phones. They may be the last ones to the party in regards to using new tech but they always implement it well.

Mark my words, a foldable iPhone will be another iPhone X moment and will sell like hotcakes.
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The main block I see is their product line. I would love a folding iPhone, so that I could replace my iPad mini. Obviously, that's not in the interests of Apple's bottom line.
 
thefourthpope said:
The main block I see is their product line. I would love a folding iPhone, so that I could replace my iPad mini. Obviously, that's not in the interests of Apple's bottom line.
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Considering how half-ass Apple treats their Mini line of products (iPad mini, iPhone mini) I don't think they'd mind combining the iPhone and iPad mini into one device via a foldable phone.
 
CrazyForCashews said:
Considering how half-ass Apple treats their Mini line of products (iPad mini, iPhone mini) I don't think they'd mind combining the iPhone and iPad mini into one device via a foldable phone.
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It took too long to update the mini iPad, but other than the "jelly scroll" what makes it a half-assed product?

My understanding (from this site alone) is that the mini phone line is dying for failure to sell, not because of poor feature set.
 
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