Just give us a 12” MacBook again, or a 16” iPad Pro that can run MacOS…I don’t see the point of this.
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Kuo: Apple to Release Foldable iPad With Carbon Fiber Kickstand in 2024
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You forgot the biggest benefit, users being able to flex the ability to buy an expensive Apple product to others.
Is not like that.
you can do almost everything in an iPad, but not ALL the infinite options you have in a laptop.
iOS has enough powerful apps to mimic most computer`s workflows.
Of course you think in 3D modeling and Procreate painting, as the stylus and the screen are are even better than the Cintiq, but most of the people uses it to work aren't artist (though they are young people)
I was amazed watching my nephews using it, I though art and entertainment was the biggest differentiation point, but this new generations are doing real work on the iPad, there are tons of apps mimicking desktops and when they see me using the laptop almost get laugh how complicated things can get there.
Apps are getting more powerful and developers are focusing on this "hard to crack" devices with a whole new system to interact. Tools are, most of the time, simpler and easier to learn, and sometimes also more limited, but the workflows are more straight and the unique way of interacting with it makes a lot of sense.
You are used to the mouse/tackpad, so that's is your "native input" but 2005 babies already watched Pocoyo on a touch screen, and they didn't released that system not a second while awake until this very moment.
Your long hours with your mouse/trackpad are nothing compared with this, Interaction and mindset is beyond anyone's born-before-2000 imagination.
So is this, Apple just made "system settings" impossible to use for grownups just to accommodate teenagers`s user experience to the Mac.
I shall pass on any foldable item. It would need a lot more than folding to get me interested, There would need to be more utility than I currently see with the ones out there. Right now it just strikes me as a novelty.
Real courageous with this one. Definitely challenging the status quo generating more profits and inline with Apple's Values.
HAHAHAHA…nope
Apple will launch a foldable iPad with a carbon fiber kickstand sometime next year, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
In a series of tweets, Kuo said he expects an "all-new design foldable iPad" to be the next big product launch in the iPad lineup, with no other major iPad releases in the next nine to 12 months. The analyst said he was "positive" that the foldable device would arrive in 2024, but did not provide a more specific timeframe.
The analyst's latest survey indicates that a carbon fiber material will be used for the iPad's kickstand to make it light and durable. Chinese polishing and bonding supplier Anjie Technology will reportedly be the new beneficiary of the foldable iPad.
Based on Apple's iPad plans, Kuo said he was taking a "cautious approach" to iPad shipments for 2023, predicting a year-on-year decline of around 10-15 percent. However, he expects the 2024 foldable model to "boost shipments and improve the product mix."
This isn't the first time we have heard rumors of Apple planning to launch a foldable iPad. An October 2022 report from analysts at CCS Insight claimed Apple plans to use a foldable iPad in 2024 as a practice run for foldable technology before adopting it on the iPhone.
Apple is testing a foldable iPad display that's around 20-inches in size, according to reliable display analyst Ross Young, however Young expects the device to hit the market a lot later in 2026 or 2027.
Apple is said to be working with LG to create an ultra-thin cover glass that could be used on the company's foldable products, although it's not clear whether the material would be used in an iPhone or iPad.
Update: Since Kuo made his prediction, Ross Young has said that he is expecting multiple OLED iPads in 2024, but he has heard nothing about a foldable iPad in the same year.
Article Link: Kuo: Apple to Release Foldable iPad With Carbon Fiber Kickstand in 2024
I'm not going to be a naysayer and say I don't want a foldable iPad/iPhone. I don't know what I want until apple makes it ;-)
With that said, it sounds interesting and may well be a good competitor to the Galaxy fold line. I don't see the appeal though as I've seen the fold in person and it's fairly thick and reminds me of the flip phone of old. We shall see where apple takes it and maybe foldable is the way of the future, but who knows. 🤷♂️
With that said, it sounds interesting and may well be a good competitor to the Galaxy fold line. I don't see the appeal though as I've seen the fold in person and it's fairly thick and reminds me of the flip phone of old. We shall see where apple takes it and maybe foldable is the way of the future, but who knows. 🤷♂️
and a trading-in value after 2 years usage not less than 10% of the price you paid for it
I continue to be surprised at the softening iPad sales over the past few years. My iPad Pro is my go-to device -- far exceeding even my iPhone and definitely my Macbook Pro. I guess I must be in rarified air...
I don't think it's that the devices aren't enjoyed/appreciated as much as the devices themselves are getting better/more powerful and can go longer before being upgraded.
Say what you will about the line, but Surface got it right with the integrated kickstand.
I am FAR more interested in research behind making existing glass screens indestructible rather than any goofy, gimic foldable screen technology.
I’d like for Apple to make an iPad with a big display that’s capable of folding down to the size of an iPad mini, while it’s thickness is no thicker than the current iPad Pro 11” when folded. Folded devices currently are like bricks ugh
So recently I saw an article celebrating the man who invented sliced bread. The idea has gone on to represent any great invention.
3D Television, however...
I see your point and for me perfectly valid. The general idea by many is the the iPad hardware needs macOS which makes it a Mac. In reality these people are likely hardly entrenched in macOS GUI and has difficult to adapt. My point is that there are many excellent Macs to chose between.
This is true for any iPad, it does not answer the question about any possible advantages of a foldable one, though.
Yea we are the opposite. I never saw the point of a tablet. I use my phone on the go and my laptop at home. My wife used to use it more but I can't even remember the last time she did. I think she stopped when she got MBA
Go to device for what? Not for work, I'm sure. iPad is still no where near to replacing the Mac as a work device. As a consumption device? Sure, iPad has been replacing laptops of all kinds since 2010 for people are just general consumption users. And that's a $40 billion/year business.
But someone needs to create all of that stuff you consume on the iPad. We use Macs for that.
Uh, no. 100% would get crap between the screens and scratch them (I'm sure you can't use a screen protector). and i'm 99% sure that it won't be durable over the long haul.