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Other iPhone Fold Will Have a Crease

Luftkopf said:
True. Nothing wrong with a niche product. I'm definitely not saying Apple shouldn't make a fold.

I don't understand why so many people want Apple to cut their range down to the minimum number of products. I think Apple should serve more niches that are worthwhile. Making an iPhone mini every 2 or 3 generations would make some people very happy. Not me, I don't want one. Too small and cramped, but why not make it? If you ignore every niche you will eventually become irrelevant.
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It’s because for some reason, some people have this belief that Apple should always and forever act like the company that was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1997 and could only afford to have four products in their lineup.
Despite the fact that under the man who came up with that original grid, Apple’s product lines all expanded to be significantly larger and all over the price map in comparison to what they were in 1997.
 
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Sami13496 says:​

"Maybe it’ll be harder to notice in normal use. But there is no magic display technology that completely bypasses the physics of repeatedly bending a screen."
What? No liquid aluminum? Where's Scotty when you need him?
 
pw5a29 said:
i'm not surprised if there is a crease,

but what's the killer feature or reason of the iPhone Fold being 6 years behind the competitors?
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Right ?
I have the Google Pixel Fold and hardly notice the crease visually.
Only if you rub your finger across it I notice it.

Next to my 16e:
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1rottenapple said:
I used the pixel fold for 2-3 weeks in Nov 2025. Honestly I did not notice the crease when actually reading and watching the videos head on.
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Love the Pixel Fold but it heats up more than my 2 other iPhones and the battery needs to be recharged in the middle of the day.

Probably has to do with energy for both folded and unfolded screens ??
 
Lounge vibes 05 said:
It’s because for some reason, some people have this belief that Apple should always and forever act like the company that was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1997 and could only afford to have four products in their lineup.
Despite the fact that under the man who came up with that original grid, Apple’s product lines all expanded to be significantly larger and all over the price map in comparison to what they were in 1997.
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Right. The have so many good products from airpods, to watches, to laptops. Heck they even have streaming platforms and movies releases including award winning Movies and legitimately great TV shows (Widows Bay). We are beyond late 90s apple.
 
4sallypat said:
Love the Pixel Fold but it heats up more than my 2 other iPhones and the battery needs to be recharged in the middle of the day.

Probably has to do with energy for both folded and unfolded screens ??
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I was impressed with Pixel fold and trying android for the first time. It felt like a mature product. Its just too big and too much as a daily phone. Its actually a great phone, and if only I did not have apple products from top to bottom, I would be fine with android. I don't think I'd miss much. But the cost of moving with be too much. But I do love MacOS I wouldn't buy windows as my main laptop.
 
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1rottenapple said:
I was impressed with Pixel fold and trying android for the first time. It felt like a mature product. Its just too big and too much as a daily phone. Its actually a great phone, and if only I did not have apple products from top to bottom, I would be fine with android. I don't think I'd miss much. But the cost of moving with be too much. But I do love MacOS I wouldn't buy windows as my main laptop.
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Yes fully agree with you - love MacOS and will always use it over any other computer.

My main daily device is the Mac Studio with dual 27" displays that helps with my aging eyes. MBA, MBP, and Neo are for on the go use only.

As for phones, I have 3 (2 iPhones and 1 Google) which works well for me....
 
4sallypat said:
Yes fully agree with you - love MacOS and will always use it over any other computer.

My main daily device is the Mac Studio with dual 27" displays that helps with my aging eyes. MBA, MBP, and Neo are for on the go use only.

As for phones, I have 3 (2 iPhones and 1 Google) which works well for me....
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Ditto. Love MacOS, but I will say my experience last year with a Lenovo Legion 7i was quite good. It is a beautiful Windows laptop in Glacier White.

I have my MBP docked and connected to a 55" LG G5 most of the time (such as now). I much prefer MacOS but can't say the same about iOS. I left iPhones years ago for Samsung foldables and haven't looked back. The foldable iPhone, however, may tempt me back. It is a tall ask and will depend on how well Apple does the software because the Fold8 and OneUI are pretty magnificent.
 
Displays and screens can use either glass or plastic , and since it has to bend so much and so many times…guess which one will be used?!
 
Macalicious2011 said:
The crease is like a notch on an iPhone or a nose on a human face. You notice it as first but then you forget about it.
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Exactly!

After using it you don't really notice it - it's only when your fingers touch the screen, the crease is evident.

For those that can't stand or hate the crease should not buy the foldable iPhone - they should stick with the classic bar phone design.
 
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I don’t know why the crease gets so much attention. Why aren’t people talking about how tacky and horrible the inner screens feel to use? I will be intrigued to see if Apple can pull off an advancement in that area.
 
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Luftkopf said:
I don’t know why the crease gets so much attention. Why aren’t people talking about how tacky and horrible the inner screens feel to use? I will be intrigued to see if Apple can pull off an advancement in that area.
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I'm not really sure what you mean by this. I've been using foldables for four years and the inner screen felt/feels just as good as the cover screen. The inner screen glass has a factory film screen protector but it's perfectly flat and doesn't feel any different to me, or at least not in any way to even register.

I played with the new Fold8 in-store and the inner screen feels pretty fantastic. When's the last time you felt a foldable screen?
 
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NeonNights said:
I'm not really sure what you mean by this. I've been using foldables for four years and the inner screen felt/feels just as good as the cover screen. The inner screen glass has a factory film screen protector but it's perfectly flat and doesn't feel any different to me, or at least not in any way to even register.

I played with the new Fold8 in-store and the inner screen feels pretty fantastic. When's the last time you felt a foldable screen?
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I checked out the Samsung Fold 8 Ultra last week, to check out the form factor. After all the commenting I’ve done about the weird form factors, I wanted to see if it was better. It was. This is a much more usable form factor.

I still hate the inner screens though. Maybe you’re just used to it since you’ve used them for a while, but they feel very soft and plasticky. They have to be so they can fold, but I still don’t like it.
 
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