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iPhone Fold: Launch, Pricing, and What to Expect From Apple's Foldable
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It's interesting, but as more info is coming out, I'm finding it less and less appealing. I will likely stick to Pro Max models for the foreseeable future. I am quite aggressive with storage management and 256GB works very well for me, and for $1200 to get a phone with the specs and capability of the 17 Pro Max, it's hard to justify another ~ $1000 for a fold. I can get a new Pro Max and Watch Ultra for the projected cost of an iPhone Fold
The 5.5" exterior display is really turning me off. I imagine that being on the go I will interact with the exterior display most of the time.... And after being used to the 6.9" PM for a while now, going down to 5.5 will be a no-go for me.
You think a company with a market cap over 4 trillion and over 54 billion cash on hand....is gonna go out of business in the next 4 years?
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single screen: 6.4 inches
dual screen: 7.9 inches
triple screen: 10.2 inches
It's so hard for Apple to do a 6 inch screen or bigger on the outside? They know it too. If Huawei or others were inside the US, then lots of people would switch away.
Imagine if they created a foldable phone in the form factor of good old flip phones. I can see that happening.
I agree - Apple could have focused on an ultra-precise hinge that aligns two fixed screens so that their edges are not noticeable.
Other than Apple's 1+ Billion active and repeat customers who have propelled Apple to becoming one of the most successful consumer tech companies in the world.
I want the iPhone OS when closed and the iPad OS when opened. Must be as powerful as the iPad mini
“Whether the reduction in hinge price will reduce retail price or simply bolster Apple's margins is an open question.”
It’s never an open question with Tim.
It’s never an open question with Tim.
Well, I can see some people seeing it as purchasing two devices in one, an iPhone and an iPad mini to justify paying close to $3K (for a higher storage capacity phone).
Emotionally, there seems interest in Apple’s take on a foldable - at least in this niche corner of the internet. What I’m more curious to see is if consumer wallets (and the required economy) are ready to hop into a $2,499 foldable iPhone with enough gusto to justify the initiative/platform. Or will we be reading similar “Apple Cuts Production” headlines that we have for iPhone Air?
I could be wrong, but I think Apple will sell enough of foldables (if it is a book-style foldable) to continue production. With people being able to finance their phones over 3 years now at 0%, they will have no trouble upping their monthly payment slightly to justify getting their shiny new iPhone foldable. Once the sheep start seeing other people with an iPhone foldable, they will stop at nothing to get their own. Mark my words on this. The Cult of Mac (and iPhone) is alive and well.
I have both the Z Fold 7 and the Z Flip 7 FE (I don't care about the slightly larger outer display, etc. on the Z Flip 7), and I even though my Flip 7 FE is my backup phone and I would admittedly never use it as my primary, I will say they have come along way on the flips since the Flip 4. That version was unusable garbage in my opinion. All in all, I don't really see the need for the flips when we have folds, but to each their own. It does make for a good backup, when you are in the foldable game.
Haha. I think you’re probably right. it’s difficult to factor in the power of the early adopters. Though - and maybe it’s just me - I feel like that power peaked a decade ago. Now it’s just sheer volume that drives the bus. Once in the ecosystem, the base grows exponentially.
Yeah, I think you are on point there. It will be interesting to see how it goes, that is for sure!
I sort of have experience in this area, now we are talking, 35 years ago, but Hewlett-Packard came out with a line of folding calculators. The HP 18C, 19B II, which were sweet financial calculators, and the 28C, 28S, scientific calculators. I have all of them in my collection. I eagerly purchased the HP-28C when it came out in 1988, and loved it. We carried it in our briefcases and had it sitting on our desks, where we could flip it open to use it. But it was not liked by the field engineers, as it was not easy to use in the field. Apps did not yet exist, but push buttons did, and the keys on the secondary keyboard were not easy to use in hand. Engineers stuck with the HP-41, 45, and 48.
HP28C/S
HP- 41CX
I have pointed out more than once that the Cúvee emulator of the HP41CX on an iPhone Pro Max is about the same size as the original calculator. I have talked with pilots and have no interest in a folding iPhone. They want an updated iPad mini. They are presently getting an 11" iPads with cell phone because it has been updated.
HP28C/S
HP- 41CX
I have pointed out more than once that the Cúvee emulator of the HP41CX on an iPhone Pro Max is about the same size as the original calculator. I have talked with pilots and have no interest in a folding iPhone. They want an updated iPad mini. They are presently getting an 11" iPads with cell phone because it has been updated.
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