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Launch of Apple's First Foldable iPhone Could Be Delayed
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They clearly have enormous confidence in its quality to delay it to 27'. The field is saturated with uninspired Chinese and Korean foldables so this will redefine the segment.
It took me a few minutes to post this because I fainted from shock.
Yes. I’ve delayed my planned purchase of a new printer without ever announcing it.
I thought the same thing, until I tried the Z Fold 3 and it was nothing compared to the Z Fold 7 I have now. I owned every iPhone from the 4 to the 12 PM before I jumped over to Android. I've owned 10 different foldables and 2 different flips now, and I don't regret leaving iOS at all. I will definitely give the Apple foldable a shot, as long as it is a book style foldable. However, with iOS going downhill over the years and Android continuing to get better, I'm not sure I will end up keeping the Apple foldable. Time will tell though. The bottom line for me is I am beholden to no company. I use whatever desktop/laptop/smartphone etc. I like the best, regardless of who makes it.
Bingo! These “delays,” are nothing more than Apple’s tutti-fruitti, phoney-baloney, plastic banana, good time, rock-n-roll PR to build hype. Apple’s PR wants to create the impression that Apple is this tiny startup on the bleeding edge. Because of this, golly gee whiz, Apple discovers at the very last minute that these incredible, ALL NEW features/products/etc. just weren’t quite ready, so they had to delay.
In reality, all of their development and manufacturing follows a precise timeline and pattern.
They are internal targets and milestones, so yes, things that are never announced can be delayed. Whether the rumor is true or not, we will never know. I could be targeted for 2028 for all we know.
Imagine that, delays out of Apple. I guess we should be thankful that it is not yet cancelled before it was even released.
Good. There’s still time to cancel this design abomination
who cares if Apple copies android or anyone else? Why does that really matter to you. If the product suits your needs then great, if not who cares.
I wonder if they are having trouble making a folding display without the noticeable ridge in the display when laying flat. Apple generally does wonders with hardware and sets the bar high so I can't see them releasing this if the display is basically the same as everyone else's. They will have some solution for the crease in the display is what I am imagining and maybe it is proving harder then they anticipated.
These companies all copy each other, have you been under a rock for the past decade?
The outer screen is the same as in iPhone mini! This might finally be the upgrade path for mini lovers (aka people who care about UX).
I wouldn’t believe the Delay or Fold dimensions unless Kuo or Gurman stated so…
I mean neither of them has a perfect record either. Gurman recently said the M5 iPad Pro would have 2 cameras on the front and it doesn't. And that was for a product about to launch, not one 1-2 years away. If he can't even get that right...
Well that doesn’t bode well for the 20th anniversary iPhone that’s meant to be a radical all-glass redesign, as this foldable will also be a radical redesign for the iPhone. And they will surely not leave out the cheap segment of the market with a more “normal” iPhone. I don’t see them releasing two “weird” iPhones. So. Not sure where that leaves us if a foldable doesn’t launch in 2026
Does it count as a delay if they haven't even announced the product? Lots of folks take rumoured and speculated release dates to heart and then feel like they've been let down when a product doesn't come out "on time".
IF this is true, are we now going to acknowlege that there is a serious problem at the moment with Apple getting new products to market? As a stockholder im actually concerned. Short term, sure they are making a profit but long term it looks like they are going to be left in the dust.
Yes it does because there’s such thing as a product roadmap, whether that roadmap becomes public knowledge or not.
If it’s on the product roadmap it exists. People make investment decisions based on these type of things.
I hope it doesn't explode and smoke like the recent bend tested Google phone did.