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Kuo: Apple's First Foldable iPhone to Feature Book-Style Design, Sell for Over $2,000
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Folds are neat, I like my Pixel fold. I hope that everyone is prepared for the crease, it's part of the package so to speak. No getting around that. But the extra real estate will be killer as long as Apple doesn't do something dumb like make it a sub-OS like iPad OS.
I can’t speak for them, but personally, I find Android unreasonably irritating every time I have to use it.
I am not wealthy enough to buy a AU$2700 folding Android just to muck about with, nor do I have the time and energy to learn my way around that irritating OS.
I can’t imagine what it would take to force me to use it. Unless I’m given one for free, in which case it would be a rarely used toy, I guess.
Those measurements make absolutely no sense at all unless he's referring to its thickness.
I live heavily in the Apple ecosystem as does my family and most of my regular contacts (iPad, Mac, Watch, smart home, Apple TV, etc) and value the synergies across devices afforded as such. Too many compromises switching to Android as my primary phone at the moment.
What's irritating to you? I've found that using my S25 ultra instead of my 16 PM was quite the opposite experience as a newbie to Android- it's a breath of fresh air
It won't be creaseless, apple will just say it is and people will believe it.
Or they'll market it as some feature like "dynamic valley" or somesuch, spruiking how it's a natural ledge to rest your fingers. 🤷♂️
could be, 2025 will be the 17, 2026 will be the 18 and 2027 will be the XX (pronounced twenty), perfect sense. Same way they jumped from 8 to X.
I think Apple would do something smart and lean into the crease -because, let's face it there WILL be a crease. But to the point folks here will say it's a differentiator because Apple makes it look like the crease of the book or some such thing
if this is accurate it's basically an iphone pro and an ipad mini in one, if they can really deliver on no crease it may well be worth the $2k
In term of bill of materials cost it essentially 2 phones sandwiched together.
Pixel 9 Fold’s and Galaxy Fold’s ideal configs in addition to many other flagship-class foldable Android phones
I want this to be an iPhone running iOS when folded, and an iPad mini running iPadOS when unfolded; I want a truly seamless screen when unfolded as a primary purpose (to me) for the iPad mini is as a digital sketchbook, I would also like to see solid and secure storage for the latest and greatest Apple Pencil as well...
Hopefully a big price decrease with the second generation that brings it close to Samsung’s offering will be the result. $2.5-3K is too much. Let’s not even think about what Europeans will be paying.
Maybe they will miraculously find a way to add FaceID with the second or third generation alongside a big price cut.
They can't deliver on no crease. I'd take a large bet on it.
I would tend to agree with you. I've previously wondered if them not being able to eliminate the crease has been the sole reason they haven't already released a foldable device.
I think you're right. On one hand we all expect that if anyone can it will be Apple. And a crease is a compromised bridge too far I'd imagine. If they can figure it out though, it's gonna be amazing. One thing I'm not seeing much talk about, but that I love with my S25 (and my S24 before it) is stylus support. If they can make it so you open it up and use an Apple pencil that will be sick! I wonder what the cover screen would be...
