Other iPhone Fold Will Have a Crease

[TrailorSwift]

I think a lot of the time there’s an assumption that Samsung is one big company in the same way Apple is, and not a conglomerate that sells parts to other business units within the conglomerate (An example being how Samsung wouldn’t sell RAM to itself for its phones).

There is no proof.

It has to be remembered, that as yet, there has been no official acknowledgement from Apple that such a folding iPhone exists or will exist, and that will be the way until it is announced. That’s Apple’s way.

The only “proof” about this, one way or the other, will come when iFixit (or someone else) does a teardown of the device, and compares the components themselves.

If and when that happens, I’d bet on what has been said before - very similar panels, but not the same.

yeah i don't think Markwebbvt knows what the word "confirmed" means.

 

[Ataris8327]

So odd how many people are against the idea of Foldables. It's basically going to be an iPad Mini that you can put in your pocket and take Phone Calls with. If you're not interested in that, then the phone isn't for you.

 

[capamac]

iOS isn't great.

Fold is gonna be problematic.

So you end up with a not-so-great OS along with a crease on your device.

A mac or Thinkpad or Framework is a superior device with a better OS that'll cost less and won't have a crease.

 

[Happy_John]

So odd how many people are against the idea of Foldables. It's basically going to be an iPad Mini that you can put in your pocket and take Phone Calls with. If you're not interested in that, then the phone isn't for you.

I'm not against the idea, it's the issue of price and durability that make it uncompelling.

 

[subjonas]

iOS isn't great.

Fold is gonna be problematic.

So you end up with a not-so-great OS along with a crease on your device.

A mac or Thinkpad or Framework is a superior device with a better OS that'll cost less and won't have a crease.

? You're comparing a phone to a laptop just because it folds? Who is in the market for a phone OR a laptop? That's like being told to get an axe instead of a pocket knife. Very strange take.

 

[Luftkopf]

So odd how many people are against the idea of Foldables. It's basically going to be an iPad Mini that you can put in your pocket and take Phone Calls with. If you're not interested in that, then the phone isn't for you.

I never understand this argument. It’s not very compelling. Take the least useful iPad, remove the glass over the screen and replace it with a thin sandwich of plastic and ultra thin glass so it feels cheap, soft, and weak, fold it in half, and slap a phone on the outside. So now you have the worst iPad with additional compromises for more portability.

I can see use cases for folding phones, but for me it’s an obscene amount of money for a slightly more comfortable experience reading books on my phone.

[edit: fighting with autocorrect]

 

[subjonas]

I never understand this argument. It’s not very compelling. Take the least useful iPad, remove the glass over the screen and replace it with a thin sandwich of plastic and ultra thin glass so it feels cheap, soft, and weak, fold it in half, and slap a phone on the outside. So now you have the worst iPad with additional compromises for more portability.

I can see use cases for folding phones, but for me it’s an obscene amount of money for a slightly more comfortable experience reading books on my phone.

[edit: fighting with autocorrect]

I don't want the "iPhone Ultra", but FYI my iPad Mini is my most used iPad by far, and overall has probably gotten more use than even my iPhone. But also isn't a bigger screen just generally more useful? As is better portability, so it's a balance that needs to be struck for different situations/people. That's why for me, the iPad Mini is the best balance for many of my situations.

Also I'm confused, isn't a folding iPad Mini and an unfolding iPhone the same thing? Why do you seem to say one useful and the other is not?

 

[capamac]

But also isn't a bigger screen just generally more useful? As is better portability, so it's a balance that needs to be struck for different situations/people. That's why for me, the iPad Mini is the best balance for many of my situations.

Also I'm confused, isn't a folding iPad Mini and an unfolding iPhone the same thing? Why do you seem to say one useful and the other is not?

I prefer laptops for the good screen size and full-size physical keyboard.

I don't like typing on touchscreen "keyboards." I do so on my smartphone when I'm out and about if I have to. But the amount of typing I do on a phone is minimal, mainly coz the typing situation is so awful, and coz the screen is so puny.

I view phones as a secondary device, secondary to a desktop/laptop, to be used sparingly when one finds it useful. Sparingly because they're unpleasant to use. An iPad mini or foldy-phone for me doesn't solve this problem. It's still gonna be bad. The small ipads and smartphones are necessarily heavily compromised devices. Necessary coz if you want something to fit in your pocket, it's gotta be small. And if it's gotta be small, the screen and keyboard and mouse/trackpad isn't gonna be any good.

 

[Luftkopf]

I don't want the "iPhone Ultra", but FYI my iPad Mini is my most used iPad by far, and overall has probably gotten more use than even my iPhone.

Also I'm confused, isn't a folding iPad Mini and an unfolding iPhone the same thing? Why is one useful and the other not?

No shade to the iPad mini, I want to love it so much. I had one for a year and spent the whole year wanting a bigger one. I replaced it with an iPad Air 2, which I've been using for 10 years.

True, my argument is entirely semantic, and it's based on my own experiences, so it's not applicable to everyone. But it always seems to be the go-to argument for everyone who likes the idea of a folding iPhone, and it leaves me cold. It took me quite a while to see how they could be useful.

 

[Happy_John]

No shade to the iPad mini, I want to love it so much. I had one for a year and spent the whole year wanting a bigger one. I replaced it with an iPad Air 2, which I've been using for 10 years.

True, my argument is entirely semantic, and it's based on my own experiences, so it's not applicable to everyone. But it always seems to be the go-to argument for everyone who likes the idea of a folding iPhone, and it leaves me cold. It took me quite a while to see how they could be useful.

I have an iPad mini 4 that still gets used a lot, but really only for one main purpose - it’s the perfect size and weight for reading ebooks and documents. A regular iPad is a little too big and unwieldy.

The problem is that, for watching video or using it as an alternative to a laptop, the mini’s too small, and I find even the normal iPad is too small, this is where the 13” air or pro are great.

So, I understand why there’s different iPad form factors, and which one you prefer very much comes down to your use cases.

I expect the folding iPhone will be the same - some will like it, some won’t, and ultimately that will come from what people use their iPhone for.

 

[4sallypat]

I have an iPad mini 4 that still gets used a lot, but really only for one main purpose - it’s the perfect size and weight for reading ebooks and documents. A regular iPad is a little too big and unwieldy.

The problem is that, for watching video or using it as an alternative to a laptop, the mini’s too small, and I find even the normal iPad is too small, this is where the 13” air or pro are great.

So, I understand why there’s different iPad form factors, and which one you prefer very much comes down to your use cases.

I expect the folding iPhone will be the same - some will like it, some won’t, and ultimately that will come from what people use their iPhone for.

My flight instructor uses an iPad Mini w/ cellular to run a flight app (Garmin Pilot) for GPS navigation, live weather, ADS-B aircraft tracking & traffic collision alerts.

I was thinking of getting the folding iPhone for that purpose....

 

[rosie.macEvans]

Yeah, I’m with you on this. I’m sure Apple will do a good job minimizing it, but completely eliminating it sounds unrealistic

 

[NeonNights]

The crease won't matter if the software is great on the foldable iPhone.

 

[capamac]

My flight instructor uses an iPad Mini w/ cellular to run a flight app (Garmin Pilot) for GPS navigation, live weather, ADS-B aircraft tracking & traffic collision alerts.

I was thinking of getting the folding iPhone for that purpose....

Yes but ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1akjqlm/very_troubling_atc_recordingpilot_becomes_unable

"Very troubling ATC recording…pilot becomes unable to navigate approach when his iPad dies."

Tech like that can produce weak-minded pilots.

 

[Happy_John]

Yes but ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1akjqlm/very_troubling_atc_recordingpilot_becomes_unable

"Very troubling ATC recording…pilot becomes unable to navigate approach when his iPad dies."

Tech like that can produce weak-minded pilots.

Hmmm.. thinking that the moral of the story is that iPads are bad might be missing the point a little.

That I regularly read epubs does not mean I have become unable to read printed text.

That the pilot could not navigate without an iPad is not a fault of the iPad, and there’s no reason to assume this pilot is typical of the majority of pilots.

 

[4sallypat]

Hmmm.. thinking that the moral of the story is that iPads are bad might be missing the point a little.

That I regularly read epubs does not mean I have become unable to read printed text.

That the pilot could not navigate without an iPad is not a fault of the iPad, and there’s no reason to assume this pilot is typical of the majority of pilots.

^^^ Correct.

iPad has never been approved to fly precision approaches using GPS.

It's a tool my instructor uses to keep an eye on traffic nearby as well as airspace shelves since his life depends on my flying skills....

I am still learning to fly the old fashioned way: VOR, dead reckoning, manual navigation plotting, paper VFR chart, and E6B.

My instructor believes in learning how to fly without automation first using "stick and rudder" skills.

When I get my private license and then start into IFR training, I will then get either Boeing Foreflight or Garmin Pilot on a folding iPhone.

 

[jinnyman]

If you don’t like it or don’t understand it, then don’t buy it.
What’s so difficult about?

There must be some people who would love the idea of foldable, and I get it if you are not one of them. I don’t know that group of people is enough to have an entirely new line of iphone product, but Apple wants to try it. Why not?

I like my iphone as is, and probably never buy Apple foldable. But hey, that may change depending on how Apple does it?

 

[4sallypat]

If you don’t like it or don’t understand it, then don’t buy it.
What’s so difficult about?

There must be some people who would love the idea of foldable, and I get it if you are not one of them. I don’t know that group of people is enough to have an entirely new line of iphone product, but Apple wants to try it. Why not?

I like my iphone as is, and probably never buy Apple foldable. But hey, that may change depending on how Apple does it?

Well said!

There are so many armchair / keyboard warriors that have unrealistic ideas of how Apple should design their iPhone.

I am quite happy with my foldable Google Pixel phone which serves a business purpose while my Air and 16e are personal iPhones.

I probably won't get one, just because the price point is prohibitive....

 

[subjonas]

There are so many armchair / keyboard warriors that have unrealistic ideas of how Apple should design their iPhone.

If Apple listened to the armchair CEOs in these forums, I'm pretty sure Apple would have been driven into the ground long ago😆

 

[Luftkopf]

If Apple listened to the armchair CEOs in these forums, I'm pretty sure Apple would have been driven into the ground long ago😆

As far as I can tell, this forum has declared every product Apple has released since (and including) the OG iPod is a sign of Apple's demise.

 

[MayaUser]

Ultra thin glass, actually. But it’s so thin it still feels like plastic.

Never, that will break, test it with your fingernails and you will see

 

[Luftkopf]

Never, that will break, test it with your fingernails and you will see

Well, Samsung list it in their specifications, and I don’t think they’re lying.

I know the screen is soft, that’s why I don’t like them. It doesn’t mean there is no ultra thin glass in these screens!

 

[subjonas]

As far as I can tell, this forum has declared every product Apple has released since (and including) the OG iPod is a sign of Apple's demise.

Amazing track record. Just like every analyst/leaker has a report card, every forum member should have a report card available in their profile. MR should employ AI to carry this out. That would be an excellent use of AI😆