I knew two people with the iPhone X when it came out, and both had greenish tint screen get-go compared to the 6S I owned at the time. I ended up buying an 8 Plus and it didn't have the green tint.
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Report: Apple Close to Selecting Supplier for Foldable Display
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I knew two people with the iPhone X when it came out, and both had greenish tint screen get-go compared to the 6S I owned at the time. I ended up buying an 8 Plus and it didn't have the green tint.
All OLED Samsung screens before iPhone X. Then Samsung changed it around the S10 to match iPhones.
It doesn’t. You can keep it unfolded for its entire life if you wish.
Why the **** does a laptop need to fold?
I am using as secondary phone a Chinese brand foldable and the size and weight is basically the same as my 15PM.
It is really amazing that a foldable can be so thin and still have external screen!. (No clamshell, “book-like” format).
After several months of using it, and being a little skeptical, I am convinced that future of the “phone”, is foldable.
Dude, obviously a laptop is hard to walk around with unfolded in your pocket. Most uncomfortable day of my life… 😂
I would strongly disagree. Many people try various size screens and end up going with not the largest. I know I am done with big phones, just too annoyingly big and heavy to carry around. I want smaller and lighter phones.
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I can't Wait to have a plasticky piece of junk that develops a crease almost instantly and wears out in months, rather than years!
Correct, it’s not like it would be 16mm thick (twice a 16PM), for example. But assuming something similar to a Galaxy fold, the “guts” in one half include screens on both sides, so it’s not like each half would be half the thickness of a 16PM (again, for example) either. I would expect it to still be in the 12-14 mm range when closed. My 15PM with a fairly thin case is already borderline too bulky for me. My next phone probably won’t be a “Max”.
As I said originally, different wants and needs for everyone. I don’t venture much beyond the basic phone/PDA type use on the phone because attempts to game or watch video on a phone are so thoroughly unsatisfying to me that I tend to avoid it. I may watch a short video for something I’m looking up on the fly from time to time, but even that is rare. Even just reading an article feels like a chore on the phone to me. While I use the iPad for surfing on the couch (as I’m doing right now), I still won’t play games on that either.
I loved my iPhone mini 12, though the battery life was terrible. That said, I wouldn’t go back to one. A foldable is a perfect solution in my eyes for many. If small phones were desirable by any meaningful percent of the population, they would still be making them but nobody bought them accounting for just 5% of iPhone sales.
Why do they make stuff that no one is even asking about instead why not fix current software problems and bugs but want to develop something no one is asking… smh
Apple is in the final stages of selecting a key supplier for its next-generation foldable display technology, according to a new report from the Naver blog account "yeux1122," citing a source within Apple's supply chain.
According to the report, Apple has maintained strict technical requirements for potential suppliers, focusing on maintaining current industry standards for thickness, size, and curvature radius while demanding significant improvements in durability and crease prevention. Some domestic component manufacturers are said to have recently made substantial progress in meeting Apple's exacting specifications.
The supplier selection process is reportedly expected to conclude between late February and early April, though Apple has not yet made a final decision.
While the report doesn't specify which device this display is intended for, the timing suggests a foldable iPhone. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently indicated that Apple's foldable iPhone remains in the planning stage, with various analysts projecting a release between late 2025 and 2027. The Information has suggested Apple could release a clamshell-style foldable iPhone as soon as 2026.
Apple is also reportedly exploring larger foldable devices. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the company is developing a roughly 19-inch foldable device "intended to serve as a laptop." Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has also mentioned plans for a "giant" foldable iPad that could launch in 2028, noting Apple's intention to create a device without a visible crease that appears as a single piece of glass.
Article Link: Report: Apple Close to Selecting Supplier for Foldable Display
I wouldn’t say “for anything”. I don’t need a large screen to take/manage a phone call, or read a text message, or see an appointment notification, or find someone in my contacts. But once we get into playing games or watching video, then we do prefer larger screens. For some of us, neither phone nor tablet are large enough for those tasks so a foldable adds nothing. I’m one of those people. I may watch a short instructional video for something I look up on the fly, I won’t watch a TV show or movie on any of those devices. I also don’t game on them for the same reason: it’s just not very enjoyable. I like the iPad for general web browsing much better than the iPhone and I use it for that a lot, but I rarely need to do that outside home.
I think I was kidding myself for wanting a foldable iPhone. Back when Motorola StarTACs were around, cell phones weren't really that 'smart' yet. I needed to be able to put the phone comfortably in my front pocket with my keys or whatever. That was the beauty of a 'foldable' cell phone. It beat those bag phones that were all the rage way back then.
But after they became 'smart', the iPhone changed the world, and my productivity with one became a relative concept thanks to social media. I no longer needed to keep one in my front pocket. Today, I'm literally no more than 5 feet from my phone at any given point in time during the day and would probably discover that I would keep it unfolded all the time anyway.
But after they became 'smart', the iPhone changed the world, and my productivity with one became a relative concept thanks to social media. I no longer needed to keep one in my front pocket. Today, I'm literally no more than 5 feet from my phone at any given point in time during the day and would probably discover that I would keep it unfolded all the time anyway.
Lots of people are asking for this. I personally would buy one if the price is right.
If apple added real engendering work, apple would have a patent on that work, then why are those suppliers able to sell to other companies?
Foldable displays are the answer to a question nobody is asking.
You mean you rarely use the iPad outside the home because it’s inconvenient to carry around. It’s perfectly capable for the phone calls, texts etc folded then ready to use unfolded for those other times. It’s silly to need 2 dedicated devices when one is sufficient. You literally advocated a reason to get a foldable 😂
Not really. The only thing I said I do a lot with the iPad that I don’t with the iPhone was surfing the web, which i stated I rarely have a need to do away from home. Nice try, though.
When it comes to tools, some understand concepts like “the right tool for the job” and “jack of all trades, master of none” better than others. I could have an espresso machine that has a grinder in it. Hell, I could probably even have a coffee machine that has a grinder, makes espresso, and drip coffee for a 3-for1 bonus. No thanks.
I'm too lazy to pack the grounds and froth my milk. What is wrong with me?
Nothing wrong with that approach as long as you are OK with the compromises inherent in devices that attempt to fill many roles. Some of us are not.
As someone who loves my iPhone mini 12 and is rejecting the huge iPhones of today this is the news I wanted to hear. If the iPhone folds up to be half as tall it's an instabuy for me. Don't care about the thickness but the length is what is a pain in the ass in my jeans pocket. I loved my Motorola V500 flip hone and my Samsung D600 and U700 slide phones.
Yes all engineers consider everything. You consider a clamshell iPhone for around 60 seconds as your brain’s neurons find patterns as to why that is a terrible idea with only detrimental effects.
Everything is considered and bad ideas are nearly-instantly rejected by intelligent brains.