By the time you have added apple care on top (absolutely necessary for a 1st gen folding phone) plus a case its in vision pro territory! (Ok, not quite but a similar problem for most people)
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iPhone Ultra's Price Range Revealed
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blairh
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In due time, it will not be a niche device. The price needs to come down for greater adoption, but a larger screen that fits in your front pocket is going to be desired by the masses.
lazyrighteye
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While not nearly as pocketable as iPhone Ultra, a $650 iPad mini w/ cellular could be interesting. 🤪
A quick show of hands: who here uses an iPad mini w/ cellular as their only "phone?"
Anyway, I would be shocked if iPhone Ultra didn't offer Pencil support. I would not be shocked if iPhone Ultra was only compatible with Pencil Ultra (staring at $199). If Ultra doesn't offer Pencil support in v1, it will likely do so in v2. They know early adopters will jump on v1, with or without Pencil support. Holding Pencil support back for Ultra v2, ensures they capture those who sat out v1, while also grabbing those v1 early adopters who were hoping for Pencil support. Apple Economics 101 is alive and well.
It probably will be but at those prices it basically needs to be an iPad and laptop replacement.
It won’t replace neither of them, just like other similar devices in the market.
Digital Skunk
macrumors G3
I'm ready! Not too worried about anything other than the aspect ratio when the device is opened. If I can get an iPad mini size/ratio in an iPhone foldable then I'm in.
TracesOfArsenic
macrumors 65816
But, but...Apple told us that Face ID is so much more secure than Touch ID!
I would not expect pencil support due to thin glass. Maybe in a future generation they'll figure it out, but launching with pencil support just adds one extra complexity to the situation.
Also, there would be no way to charge a pencil with this form factor.
Face ID is not really an option for this form factor:
- Either cram two set of Face ID HW inside the camera bump — one for the external screen, another for the internal screen. Thickness-wise that might fit as they were able to fit it inside iPhone Air. It would add weight (make camera bump wider) and force the internal Face ID cutout in a strange position that might be hard to accommodate in UI.
- Or compromise UX by only having Face ID on the outside:
- Requires you to wait for ID before unfolding the phone, and
- Turn the phone around every time you need to authenticate while having the phone unfolded
Gurman spewing his usual nonsense. Can we get a new speculator finally? Gurman is played out and tired
ppdix
macrumors 6502a
I am a photographer and 6.9" is still a little small for my preference to show clients my work. I wish for a little bigger but not iPad mini size... The iPhone Ultra might be the right one but I know the cameras are going to be limited.
ppdix
macrumors 6502a
reyesmac
macrumors 65816
if its a phone that is a phone, tablet, and if hooked to the right doc a mac running mac os it still wont be worth the money but its a must have especially when its used and prices come down to sane levels when you aren't paying apple directly. If all it does is become and ipad then its a joke and can go the way of the cube.
Time will tell but I'm not so sure it will become more mainstream. It's going to be thicker when closed than an iPhone pro and unfolding it to use will often be harder when moving about and certainly when driving with a phone mount to use the maps. Of course an extra screen on the outside helps with some of that but at the cost of yet more thickness. Some improved tech might help it thin up some but then that very same new tech will make the standard iPhone pro either thinner or have a better battery. I'm sure there's a market for this foldable phone but I doubt it will remotely rival the market for the iPhone pro.
At first glance, this wouldn't replace my iPad, let alone my MBA. So I'm not sure why I would pay a hefty premium for a device that's just the iPhone in a different form factor. Maybe Apple will make a compelling case when it's announced. I would need to see multiple examples of things that I can't do well or at all with a traditional form factor.
Sounds about right, $2,000.00, so the cost of a low end MacBook Pro. Definitely not for me. I dislike those dimensions and see no reason to move from the Pro series.
No, not Ultra. There is absolutely no association of Ultra with what will be the most distinctive change in the iPhone lineup so far. Pixel Fold, Galaxy Fold, … iPhone Ultra? Huh?
“Neo mini”? No. Too bad but Neo is now reserved for “low cost” of which the Fold will be the exact opposite.
“Fold” was technically wrong anyway because the first thing you do when using it is not to fold it but the opposite. Should be the “iPhone Unfold”
You can argue all you want about the supposedly worse experience of bigger devices, unfortunately for you and the crowd that like small devices, it is a niche opinion, notice no one has to defend the bigger devices, more people want them.
Unfortunately you are correct, but i do not agree the things people will miss just to get a top of the line phone, but i have seen it plenty of times.
That has never stop them before, there is always people with money that "have to have the Latest", i don't think price will slow dawn the adoption, is not like the "Iglasses"
realLucaR
macrumors regular
Either way, I will probably be buying one no matter how stupid expensive it's gonna be. I mean, I did pay over 4000 Euros for the Vision Pro when it came out in Germany.
For me this kind of bridges the gap between iPhone and iPad, since I'll be able to basically have the best of both worlds on the go. Absolutely a plus for me.
I currently have the iPhone Air, and I'm really struggling with battery life, and I got way too little storage (256GB), probably gonna with 1 or 2TB with the iPhone Ultra.
For me this kind of bridges the gap between iPhone and iPad, since I'll be able to basically have the best of both worlds on the go. Absolutely a plus for me.
I currently have the iPhone Air, and I'm really struggling with battery life, and I got way too little storage (256GB), probably gonna with 1 or 2TB with the iPhone Ultra.