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iPhone 17 Air's Thickness and Price Range Revealed in New Report
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Well, if we're playing predictions, mine is that folding phones will be a thing for five or ten years, then they'll disappear again, awaiting their next resurgence.
Some of you are talking about a foldable iPhone in here. I saw one macrumors article implying that it will fold like a clamshell such that the top folds down vertically. LMAO.
Imagine how stupid Apple would have to be to make it fold vertically. The absolute last thing you would do with a smartphone is make it fold vertically. You gain absolutely nothing from that but a thicker god damn thing in your pocket.
Anyone with an IQ over 90 knows that you would fold a phone horizontally such that you can actually increase the screen size. The phone would still be the same exact shape as they are today when it is in your pocket, just thicker. However, when you take it out and fold it out horizontally it becomes a far larger display than a device can be that fits in a pocket.
Imagine how stupid Apple would have to be to make it fold vertically. The absolute last thing you would do with a smartphone is make it fold vertically. You gain absolutely nothing from that but a thicker god damn thing in your pocket.
Anyone with an IQ over 90 knows that you would fold a phone horizontally such that you can actually increase the screen size. The phone would still be the same exact shape as they are today when it is in your pocket, just thicker. However, when you take it out and fold it out horizontally it becomes a far larger display than a device can be that fits in a pocket.
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Samsung did it and it’s selling quite well. It is the Samsung Z Fold. Actually I have fellows that own it, and are happy and satisfied with it.
As you, I rather like to fold it horizontally, anyway I think Apple will launch both versions, just as Samsung did (Z Fold & Z Flip).
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Yes, I think it would be very thick. It seems thin to you because you’re just looking at an image with a black profile, but like with the iPad Pro, things change when you hold physical objects in your hands.
Just as a guidance: the iPhone 3G was 12.3 mm thick, but it had a curved back and it was very small in terms of area. Now think about that thickness with squared edges and a 6.9” screen. It would be very uncomfortable.
Companies have obviously prototyped phones like this for years, yet they’ve mostly tried to stay below 9 mm. The exception is foldables, which are not meant to be primarily used in folded modes, but they’re still criticised for how thick they are.
if this flops then they have no reason to not bring back the mini. Please flop! I want my mini!
Or maybe Apple got inspired by Samsung plans because there is much more going on in the Samsung world today than there is on Apple.
170g is not that light. Its same as a Nokia 5110 from 25 years ago. Thats 6oz in freedom units.
We don’t know that. Maybe giving too much weight to MR posters requirements. I didn’t think apple would do that, but it’s starting to make sense.
You know thats where they’re heading. They will do it. They will tell us about it. And fans will lap up the product.
As I stated folding vertically gets you nothing, it’s actually pretty embarrassing humans did that.
They only did it because they knew that people would actually buy something that is totally useless.
Depends on the person I guess. Wife loved her Flip till the 3rd time the screen cracked in the hinge (Flip 3).
Only real issue I have run into (yea, I dropped mine a time or two
) was my Honor Magic V2. The frame cracked. They definitely are not as rugged.All relative. Does a hell of a lot more than that Nokia did. Standard iPhone is hella light compared to the Pro model, and the gap between functonality there is a lot closer than the Nokia vs standard iPhone.
I get it though, I want them to be lighter too. It's just that thinner does not necessarily imply lighter.
Depends on the person I guess. Wife loved her Flip till the 3rd time the screen cracked in the hinge (Flip 3).
Only real issue I have run into (yea, I dropped mine a time or two
Ha yeah well there ya go. Third time you say?
That's why I'm thinking Apple's warranty department ran the numbers and the executives took one look at them and said "yeah, we aren't doing that."
Its not relative its exactly the opposite. 170g is still 170g that is a constant. Thinner does not imply lighter you are quite right. Case in point the iphone pro is heavier than a nokia 5110 despite being 25 years newer and about 1/3 to 1/4 as thick.
I really like the ecosystem Apple has but it shouldn’t require one brand to make an ecosystem work. It’s the definition of anticompetitive practices. This will end eventually.
I would love to run an EU iOS device that’s actually by Apple but updated iPhone that’s the exact Samsung Ultra but has an A-series SoC in it. Samsung makes nicer devices. Apple has a better ecosystem. Apple is better at the SoC but they’re all so fast right now for phones it doesn’t really matter.
If I could run iOS EU version on a Samsung Ultra, that would be my phone. I like the Pixel 8 Pro, but it’s not perfect. It feels better than iPhone but it’s not as durable - having dropped my 15PM so many times I know it can sustain more drops. The Pixel is Google which has downsides. But I am not against any company. I prefer to buy Apple products but I want not an open OS that’s open source, I want to do whatever I want with my phone, tablet and computer. They shouldn’t have to be the same brand to work together. This is what an anticompetitive company does to make money. It’s beyond fair and the tech is just too widely used to allow any company to act like Apple, Google, Meta and so on.
I cant imagine having such strong preferences about a phone. Are you ok?