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'iPhone 17 Air' With 'Major' Design Changes and 19-Inch MacBook Detailed in New Report
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Yeah but it would, theoretically, be a computer rather than just a cumbersome tablet strapped to your face
Inward would be hidden when folded and outward means the screen is on the outside of the phone when folded? If I were forced to own one, I'd want the one I could use with one hand without having to open anything.
Apple Fold
- starts at $2199
- sadly it can not handle new new festures of the next iOS and you‘ll have to get a new Fold 2 …
Apple is loosing ground.
I was in an Apple store recently, looking for a titan watch - something that looks a liitle bit more „grown up“. But I cannot spot a difference between all the models and I cannot spot a difference between my AW6 and the AW10. The ultra is too fat and heavy. The front of the ultra added to the normal AW case would have been a nice upgrade, but this doesn‘t exist.
Hey Tim, what about a Ring. And yes I know „Apple will never build a ring, bla bla yaddah yaddah“.
- starts at $2199
- sadly it can not handle new new festures of the next iOS and you‘ll have to get a new Fold 2 …
Apple is loosing ground.
I was in an Apple store recently, looking for a titan watch - something that looks a liitle bit more „grown up“. But I cannot spot a difference between all the models and I cannot spot a difference between my AW6 and the AW10. The ultra is too fat and heavy. The front of the ultra added to the normal AW case would have been a nice upgrade, but this doesn‘t exist.
Hey Tim, what about a Ring. And yes I know „Apple will never build a ring, bla bla yaddah yaddah“.
Apple is now a money-first company, no longer a creative company. They let Jony Ive go and have been using his designs ever since.
I have the opposite view. The battery on my 16 Pro is a tank and can easily outlast the day even with an 80% charge limit set. any better battery than this really has no practical advantage unless you’re philosophically opposed to plugging in your phone at night for some reason.
On the other hand, the worst thing about the 16 pro is its bulk, meaning both weight and overall size.
How would the foldable MacBook fold? In half to close and then in half again?
There have been more book-style rumors versus flip. I can assure you there will at least be a book-style model. If Apple wants to also make a flip model that can happen too.
I find it amusing that half the people pontificating about iPhone woes were complaining that the iPhone was too thin and should be bigger, heavier, and have longer battery life, and when they eventually got that the other half of people started complaining that the iPhone is too thick and heavy, and should be thinner and lighter.
There’s a chronic problem among geeks that assumes what is right for you is what is right for everyone.
Here in the real world—just like with the MacBook Air vs Pro—some people are willing to trade thinness and weight for longer battery life and more features, while others just want a thin lightweight phone and are willing to sacrifice for it. The market for the previous iPhones Mini wasn’t huge, but probably 25% of the iPhone users I work with bought the mini and were disappointed when it was no longer available. One is still using his.
The hypothetical future iPhone Air is for those people. If you don’t want one, Apple will apparently still make the chunky Pro, so buy that instead! It’s for you, just like the MacBook Pro 16” is for me, while the MacBook Air is for people who prioritize weight over power.
The only people who will never be happy with any product in the lineup are those living in a fantasy world where technological (and physical) constraints don’t exist, so demand something without compromise—a MacBook Air with a Max CPU and long battery life, or an iPhone Air with the same battery life and cameras as a much thicker phone.
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My 14 Pro has enough battery life for my liking and it’s a 3200 mah battery. Unless I’m gaming I’m never in a position that I’m wishing for more battery life and I have 4+ hours of screen on time a day. I would love a substantially lighter device however even if the screen footprint is slightly bigger and a thinner device with less equipment would definitely be lighter.
i can imagine foldable ipad
but what is foldable macbook?…
i cannot imagine how that looks …
perhaps it would come with detachable keyboard? then the difference between
foldable ipad and foladable macbook is what?
but what is foldable macbook?…
i cannot imagine how that looks …
perhaps it would come with detachable keyboard? then the difference between
foldable ipad and foladable macbook is what?
Odds are the intent of the thin device is to serve those folks [not me] who keep whining about not needing ever-better cameras. Apple can save cost and make a thinner device.
Apple's customers are the ones "so obsessed with thinness." Only folks here are the ones wanting more battery. Anyone who needs battery can buy third-party battery add-ons ad nauseam.
The 13" M4 iPad Pro is structurally stronger than the M2 12.9" even though it's a lot thinner and lighter. So, who knows.
Maybe you mean the iPad foldable. Regarding the iPhone, the most recent rumor was that Apple decided to move forward with the flip (clamshell) design, after having evaluated two different designs, both of which were clamshell designs.