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iPhone Fold Expected to Claim 22% of Foldable Market, 34% of Revenue in First Year
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That’s the beauty of choices, you can simply ignore them.
This can’t be overstated enough. The PRICE will make or break this product.
No, it is about wanting a tablet that fits in your pocket. And FYI lots of people "need a tablet on the go."
Maybe the polishing cloth… but honestly, if a foldable iPhone ranks that low for you, it kinda sounds like you’re not into innovative tech at all. This is one of the biggest design leaps Apple’s made in years. Wild to care less about this than a microfiber square.
My iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPad mini have been enjoyable and very productive.
Yet that all changed after I bought my Z Fold7. With a great deal of my work being away from the office, having just one advice that easily fits in my pocket has been an exemplary experience.
Even more interesting is that I still enjoy using my iPad mini at home. Having choices has changed everything.
It’s also increased my interest in a folding iPhone. If Apple does it right, I’m a buyer.
That dynamic is very different. Air saves you 100 dollars for very little benefit. Of course most people will buy the Pro. Fold costs you more than 1000 dollars extra, for a unique feature that is not comparable with the “normal” model, and the likelihood people would accept other deficiencies to obtain that feature is much larger - despite the huge price gap.
Not me personally though, I don’t find the concept appealing at all. My wife might get one eventually, but not at first-mover pricing.
I actually bought the polishing cloth. There is much less of a chance I will buy the folding phone.
I do care about it from a tech enthusiast point of view, but I don’t care for the form factor.
By the way, I bought the cloth to investigate whether it was actually any better than what many people online told me was “the same” for much less. I even also bought one from Amazon that someone specifically recommended. And lo and behold, it is nowhere near the same. The cheap one is one-layer, unnecessarily large and takes up a lot more space in my laptop bag, and the texture is completely different and less effective. Laugh about the price all you want, but it’s my favourite cleaning cloth… a true Apple product. Not my favourite by any means, but I love that Apple actually cares enough to make their own, better version.
I get it the foldable isn’t for everyone. But the fact that the polishing cloth got more excitement from you than an entirely new iPhone category is, kind of legendary.
Peak tech enthusiast energy: Revolutionary display? Pass. But THIS cloth? bellissimo!!!
Definitely expecting Apple's foldable to give some very good competition to Samsung's Z Fold. Will be good to have more choices for consumers. Also comes down to how the software is optimized when the device is unfolded. Z Fold does have some unique features. Looking forward to seeing the foldable from Apple.
Having owned the Samsung Galaxy 4 and 5 Fold in order to test out the concept, I find the whole idea of a foldable iPhone to be a complete and utter waste of time. As I have said elsewhere in these forums, I would much prefer that Apple focus their time on getting the Air right, not a monstrous phone like this. I have no doubt that there are people that will like this foldable phone, but there are also people who would like a smaller phone or a flip phone or whatever. They are being ignored.
This foldable will never see me owning one and I have no doubt that the people who are lusting for one could not care less, but why can’t we have a phone that is light, functional, easy to hold, very long battery life and does not self destruct when dropped?
This foldable will never see me owning one and I have no doubt that the people who are lusting for one could not care less, but why can’t we have a phone that is light, functional, easy to hold, very long battery life and does not self destruct when dropped?
Given that folding phones are monumentally expensive, I'm wondering if this will sell in high enough numbers to last more than a few years before Apple kills it for being too niche, like the mini.
There’s a really big group of people for whom it’s not expensive though, that group of people also statistically have jobs where a foldable provides them a benefit in productivity meaning it pays for itself. That doesn’t mean they want one but for many people the price isn’t even a consideration.
And Apple only cares about how much money they make from that product, so it can be a niche market in numbers but still be highly profitable to Apple. The mini failed because it was a niche market in numbers but also sold at a low budget price.
After Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold presentation,
After Samsung 10-year experience with Fold phones,
After big review Galaxy Z TriFold vs HUAWEI Mate XT ULTIMATE DESIGN,
Questions:
1) When Apple will produce double foldable device, maybe in 2036?)
2) Who still wants Apple Fold 1 in 2026?)
I will be happy to have foldable iPad Pro, without bezels.
Just normal size iPhone Pro + foldable iPad Pro.
Will be super cool to not use a bag/backpack to carry iPad.
Lol maybe sometime in distant future)))))
Yes, my opinion about Galaxy Z TriFold vs HUAWEI Mate XT ULTIMATE DESIGN:
1) Samsung have awful design - big bezels, selfie camera, but most horrible is different segments sizes. Very strange after 10-year experience with Fold phones, seriously!
2) HUAWEI have excellent design, but unfortunately not Android, I hate HUAWEI ecosystem, because I'm not Chinese lol.
After Samsung 10-year experience with Fold phones,
After big review Galaxy Z TriFold vs HUAWEI Mate XT ULTIMATE DESIGN,
Questions:
1) When Apple will produce double foldable device, maybe in 2036?)
2) Who still wants Apple Fold 1 in 2026?)
I will be happy to have foldable iPad Pro, without bezels.
Just normal size iPhone Pro + foldable iPad Pro.
Will be super cool to not use a bag/backpack to carry iPad.
Lol maybe sometime in distant future)))))
Yes, my opinion about Galaxy Z TriFold vs HUAWEI Mate XT ULTIMATE DESIGN:
1) Samsung have awful design - big bezels, selfie camera, but most horrible is different segments sizes. Very strange after 10-year experience with Fold phones, seriously!
2) HUAWEI have excellent design, but unfortunately not Android, I hate HUAWEI ecosystem, because I'm not Chinese lol.
This picture is kind of hilarious.
Non-foldable growth is low, so their master plan is to introduce a new product kind which initially sees a spurt of growth (of course, it's new, so even going from 1 to 2 units sold looks like gangbuster 100% growth on paper), but then that product's growth also collapses basically immediately.
Additionally, you need to consider that the non-foldables market is much bigger than the foldables market (certainly right now), so even 1% growth in the non-foldables market is more foldables than have ever been sold. And of course, foldables will naturally cannibalise some non-foldables sales, so a lot of this is just shuffling the same customers around rather than "growth".
The more you look at it, the more you realise: there's nothing here.
These trillion-dollar companies are run by clueless, uninspired bozos chasing short-term trends rather than visionaries with a plan for the future of technology.
I feel like IDC pulled these number out of the air just to get themselves some headlines. Folds are already a niche product and in true Apple fashion they're going to price this thing ridiculously expensive. And while it's true that Apple has given product categories a boost when entering them..... I feel like that won't be the case here mainly due to price...... Unless Apple shocks everyone and prices this competitively (highly highly doubtful)
Durability won't be an issue with an Apple product.... It's the price that will get you lol
I will be very interested in checking this out, but will likely wait until the 3rd generation to consider buying one. I want to see what Apple does to tweak/modify/improve the hinge/screen technology. I am sure it will be "top-notch" in the segment for 2026, but by 2030, my guess is the technology and supply chain options will have improved considerably because Apple will have by then tripled the size of the segment, inviting more players to come in and improve things.
I am very interested in having a foldable phone with a foldable keyboard, for real-world typing anywhere. I still remember how giddy I felt the first time I sat down at a coffee shop, pulled out my Palm and foldable keyboard, and started typing my thoughts.
I am very interested in having a foldable phone with a foldable keyboard, for real-world typing anywhere. I still remember how giddy I felt the first time I sat down at a coffee shop, pulled out my Palm and foldable keyboard, and started typing my thoughts.
I am surprised at the relatively low percentage of the market held by HarmonyOS. I was in China two years ago, stopped in at a couple of Hauwei stores (they are everywhere) and other Chinese tech stores. What they were already doing with form factors for phones was really amazing and seemed to be getting a lot of interest. My takeaways were anecdotal, and wrong, I guess.
Same here. It would have to be absolutely flawless in design & execution to get me even remotely interested.