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Kuo: Apple to Launch 8-Inch Foldable iPhone in 2023
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I'm tired of dancing around the end game here. Why settle for just one fold? Why not 20? Why not an Origami Phone that can fold up to the shape of a swan when you aren't using it? It would look nice on the desk that way.
Seriously, in the here and now I can't imagine a use case for a folding phone for me, which of course doesn't mean that there aren't any. Having a MBP, IPP, and iPhone coupled with Continuity checks all the boxes for me now, and there's the advantage of being able to use the best device for the task at hand. I'd rather read documents on my IPP than the phone, etc. Seems to me the compromises of a folding phone would take away from all that.
But then if/when one comes to market I'll take a look at it. As someone said upthread, it would have to be pretty danged magical for me to want to displace my current workflow though.
Seriously, in the here and now I can't imagine a use case for a folding phone for me, which of course doesn't mean that there aren't any. Having a MBP, IPP, and iPhone coupled with Continuity checks all the boxes for me now, and there's the advantage of being able to use the best device for the task at hand. I'd rather read documents on my IPP than the phone, etc. Seems to me the compromises of a folding phone would take away from all that.
But then if/when one comes to market I'll take a look at it. As someone said upthread, it would have to be pretty danged magical for me to want to displace my current workflow though.
No, really no one wants a larger screen. I think that belief was put to rest when Apple didn't follow Samsung in releasing ever larger phones. Now Apple only sells the SE iPhone, their strategy going forward is smaller and smaller screens.
Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
It will take time before people wrap their head around new technologies. The introduction of the iPhone was a prime example for that. This will be more of the same.
That accounts for pretty much all technology, especially stuff that Apple makes. 😎
Having software react to transitions between folded/non-folded states sounds like a petri dish for bugs.
It completely baffles how many can't see this. It's a larger screen, there is a reason people still use laptops, iPads, phablets, etc, BUT it fits into your pants pocket. I think too many have blinders on and think that today's foldable phones are what will always be, but there are already different iterations such as rollable displays, the entire paradigm will continue to evolve and I'm sure Apple will put their own refinements on it as well.
Like "the world of technology" did not move on NFC, wireless charging and phablets until Apple did it, right?
really? the apple phone will be the same thickness as an iphone 4 when the rolling screen is retracted.
Quite willing to wait and see what they come up with for the price they're charging.
Should have: stylus-friendly screen not needing a tip made of baby-sea-turtle-shell, stylus storage, a reasonable battery, a no need to unfold for things that don't need a wide screen (e.g., apps that successfully use one screen to good effect), a blockbuster 'full screen' app from Apple, reasonable environmental isolation, and a chassis VERY AMENABLE to protective cases.
Tie at least that to a 'reasonable/value-laden price', and I'd take a chance ..., on generation 2.
Should have: stylus-friendly screen not needing a tip made of baby-sea-turtle-shell, stylus storage, a reasonable battery, a no need to unfold for things that don't need a wide screen (e.g., apps that successfully use one screen to good effect), a blockbuster 'full screen' app from Apple, reasonable environmental isolation, and a chassis VERY AMENABLE to protective cases.
Tie at least that to a 'reasonable/value-laden price', and I'd take a chance ..., on generation 2.
You do realize that was only possible for a tech culture that had mastered warp drive AND transporters?
Maybe there will be a 'helicopter in every driveway' by that time, too?
Just wrap the oLED display completely around the device. Just flip it to see more. 
The Samsung S21 flagship is more expensive than the 12 Pro flagship, so not really.
Apple refuses to let Mac OS run on the iPad Pro M1... but they make this iPhone/iPad hybrid instead? No toaster fridges, please.
It's true that Apple come late to the market with features that other smartphone manufacturers have already implemented. But what Apple do that Samsung doesn't, for instance, is not **** it up royally. FaceID on my S8+ was terrible. You could fool it with a photo. Just awful.
I had the fold1 and fold2 in hand and they are amazing, it really feels like something new and incredible, if apple does one I will buy.
Well, I have used the Samsung Fold 2 for a few hours, and the current implementation still blows (though vastly better than the previous model, which was a complete dud). This is only partly Samsung's fault – the software side of this is mostly unchartered territory, and it shows.
Of course Apple is looking into it, yet I think to provide real value for the users, they certainly think about more than one fold. Folding out an iPhone max to a small iPad might have its applications, and would also be much easier to handle for applications.
The issue that a flexible plastic screen doesn't feel as good as the perfectly flat glas screens we are used to will quite likely remain for the next years – YMMV, but for me personally this is a huge turnoff.
It remains to be seen if that these devices can justify their price tag over the conventional devices they compete with. We will see soon enough if these things have a relevant market. The Fold 2 is doing good sales wise, but foldables right now are still well < 1% of mobile phones. Only a few people are buying a phone for the price of a phone + a laptop.
The fact that Apple or anyone else tinkers with it does not mean much. The world is full of interesting concepts that never took off, and Apple has its fair share of those as well.