Get a clue. Just because Apple is investigating something doesn’t mean they’re going to produce it. And to top it off this is just a rumor from an analyst with questionable sources, you know, the same guy who has been predicting an Apple HDTV for years. As far as foldable phones are concerned they have already jumped the shark, no one is buying them. There is no market. It’s a solution in search of a problem.
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Kuo: Apple Testing 9-Inch Foldable Device, but Foldable iPhone Unlikely Until 2025 or Later
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It would be so much fun to see all the things that Apple is testing.
Will be very expensive. Also will be interesting to see Apple’s take on foldable devices.
Only 3.5 more years of people on this site making comments about how they don’t want this until they see the keynote and immediately pre-order.
3D TV required expensive passive or active 3D glasses per person. This adds a lot of barrier to adoption. Samsung Folds are just really expensive, but they don't require additional add-ons to work. Not sure how someone can even compare the demise of 3D TV to a folding phone. Folding phones are not a gimmick; they are the future.
I’m not able to see the utility in this. definitely not something I would want to pay more for. can’t imagine when 1 foldable screen would ever be worth more than 2 separate (less-expensive) screens. now when “foldables” have essentially no depth (like a 60”+ TV screen that rolls up like a rug) then maybe. but we’re talking about computing devices here. once you’ve maxed out on performance you really just want the thing not to break - so durability should be the next frontier. give me ipads and iphones that don’t need cases.
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As cool as I think this tech is, I believe it's a waste of time.
A/R is the future.
A/R is the future.
The folding screens I've seen on other devices are awful quality. I can't see how Apple would release such a shoddy product.
Remind me, what date is it today?
Remind me, what date is it today?
iFold XDR Pro ?
To date, foldable screens have been a single continuous flexible display. But with Micro LED, the pixels can go right to the edge making it possible for a foldable to be two separate displays with an invisible seem.
If it folds with the screens outward, it could be like a double-sided iPhone... that opens to a 9 inch screen.
Samsung's Micro LED TVs are multiple tiles that install on a wall over a substrate... the pixels go right too the edge... the seems disappear.
To date, foldable screens have been a single continuous flexible display. But with Micro LED, the pixels can go right to the edge making it possible for a foldable to be two separate displays with an invisible seem.
If it folds with the screens outward, it could be like a double-sided iPhone... that opens to a 9 inch screen.
Samsung's Micro LED TVs are multiple tiles that install on a wall over a substrate... the pixels go right too the edge... the seems disappear.
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Hope you like 10 minute battery life.😏
I'll be interested once the technology matures ie becomes cheap and reliable. Remember when CD/DVD/BluRay first hit the market? Y'all had to be rich or have misplace priorities to own one. Once the technology matured, everybody and their monkeys had 3 or more.
I'll get myself a foldable once they can be had for a song.😙
The fold device is not feasible for a simple reason that they are priced so high you can buy an phone and a tablet both instead.
There is no screen ratio that when folded in half makes another good ratio.
No. The Apple patent applications have been a matter of public record, and been part of Mac rumor sites, for years. In addition, no customer is going to wait four years just to see what Apple is possibly going to come out with.
Apple won’t be copying Samsung. They’re doing something different by waiting until the technology is actually ready.
And why the heck would Apple want to sell you 1 $1200 foldable device when they can sell you 2 $1000 devices.
Well that's the idea, isn't it? Invent an iPhone that magically turns into an iPad, you'll have my attention. Short of that, no.