Samsung Offers to Supply Foldable Displays to Apple and Google

[JPack]

Let the cognitive dissonance begin.

Apple is not interested in foldable phones, people. The display has waves like a Himalayan range. The phone will break if you look at it wrong. Apple can't possibly behind, no matter what.

 

[alpi123]

if Apple isn't interested, at least remotely, why are they trying out patents with it?
https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/displays-flexible/

its' amazing how virtually all your posts have such inaccuracies that are Easily refuted. its like you're not even trying.

Now, wether they ever go forward is another take entirely. but clearly there's evidence apple has at least a passing interest in folding tech

They have patented a lot of things which never saw green light, not yet. Foldables could be one of them. They could made a foldable device, though not sure if it will be an iPhone. Patents don't talk a lot for Apple.

 

[SigurTom]

Apple have already finished building their foldable phone but marketing is stuck on a new name...is it an iPhone or iPad? How about iPhad?

iPhold

 

[LordVic]

They have patented a lot of things which never saw green light, not yet. Foldables could be one of them. They could made a foldable device, though not sure if it will be an iPhone. Patents don't talk a lot for Apple.

No, as I said in the very last line, it doesn't prove that they're ready or willing to buy and move forward. But the refute was that Apple isn't thinking of foldable tech. Yes they absolutely are. what they are thinking about it for is potentially outlined in their patent filings that include folding displays.

it has no guarantee that any product ever gets released. I Cannot claim, nor can anyone

but to claim that Apple is showing NO interest in it? Absolutely 100% false.

 

[dannyyankou]

That's your proof?

No, I’m just saying people have a history of dismissing innovations from Samsung. Time will tell if foldables catch on.

 

[Heineken]

No, I’m just saying people have a history of dismissing innovations from Samsung. Time will tell if foldables catch on.

Apple haters did that for ages. Get used to it.

 

[dannyyankou]

Apple haters did that for ages. Get used to it.

Well I don’t hate any company. iPhone is my primary phone, but seeing innovation from Samsung and Google excites me. Apple does innovative stuff too, and all this innovation is great for the whole industry.

 

[Cosmosent]

Who made most of the money when California was first starting to gain the attention of the world, back in 1848-1849 ?

It wasn't the Gold Miners.

It was those providing the Gold Miners with Tools & Supplies.

Way to go Samsung !

 

[Heineken]

Well I don’t hate any company. iPhone is my primary phone, but seeing innovation from Samsung and Google excites me. Apple does innovative stuff too, and all this innovation is great for the whole industry.

Cool, but people don't understand what the word means. That's the problem. Innovation is what changes your life in a meaningful way. Foldable display in a phone is simply not that. It's a cool feature of the phone.

 

[glowplug]

meh. let me know when I can fold up a Macbook Pro and put it in my pocket.

 

[Khedron]

Name one Apple phablet.

— Anybody with the gift of vision

Any iPhone with "plus" in its name.

 

[LordVic]

Cool, but people don't understand what the word means. That's the problem. Innovation is what changes your life in a meaningful way. Foldable display in a phone is simply not that. It's a cool feature of the phone.

again you speak, but grossly innacurately.

No, Innovation does NOT require meaningful change to your life for it to be innovative. NOR does innovation require any measure of sales or adoption for it to exist.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/innovation

All Innovation is, is a NEW method to accomplish a task in a unique or different way than methods that came before.

your attempt to call someone out for misusing a word while actually misusing the word your self was cute.

can I give you some advice. next time you post. research your post before you press reply.

 

[jamezr]

and so it begins....suddenly Apple fans warm to foldable phones.....

 

[Heineken]

Any iPhone with "plus" in its name.

He said anyone with a gift of vision.

 

[jib2]

See this for a take on the Apple difference in foldable screens...

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2589.html

 

[hsotnicam8002]

Apple have already finished building their foldable phone but marketing is stuck on a new name...is it an iPhone or iPad? How about iPhad?

Or iPane.

 

[nwcs]

I still don't see foldable screens as innovative. It's just an iterative enhancement option. Makes perfect sense to me that Apple (and others) would look into the various uses of it. I have no desire for a foldable phone but I can see permanent bend displays being used in other products. A true innovation would have us not using smartphones at all but something transformative and disruptive.

 

[dannyyankou]

Cool, but people don't understand what the word means. That's the problem. Innovation is what changes your life in a meaningful way. Foldable display in a phone is simply not that. It's a cool feature of the phone.

I see innovation as something that influences the entire industry. You could’ve made the argument in 2011 that a bigger screen was just a feature. But every other company followed. Again, we’ll see if foldables influences the rest of the industry.

 

[LordVic]

I still don't see foldable screens as innovative. It's just an iterative enhancement option. Makes perfect sense to me that Apple (and others) would look into the various uses of it. I have no desire for a foldable phone but I can see permanent bend displays being used in other products. A true innovation would have us not using smartphones at all but something transformative and disruptive.

again, you're thinking Invetion, not innovation. two different concepts. what you're thinking is something new never seen before. that would be Invention.

Innovation applies to folding screens since it's new way of doing something that already existed. rather than something completely new.

whther or not the folding display innovation has real market viability in it's current form is a completely different matter though. these products are really early bleeding edge and need a LOT of refinement.

I just wish everyone psting would understand what Innovation and Invention actually is, instead of tossing them around like buzzwords to try proving homefield advantage.

 

[falainber]

They have patented a lot of things which never saw green light, not yet. Foldables could be one of them. They could made a foldable device, though not sure if it will be an iPhone. Patents don't talk a lot for Apple.

Patents mean that Apple invests (i.e. is interested) in the technology.

 

[12643]

Because a phone that unfolds into a tablet is valuable to me. I know some people are dismissing it, but to me it’s innovative. Some things just need to be fine-tuned and improved.

Unfortunately, it’s not a phone that unfolds into a tablet, but rather, a tablet that folds into a clumsy and cumbersome phone.

 

[Heineken]

I see innovation as something that influences the entire industry. You could’ve made the argument in 2011 that a bigger screen was just a feature. But every other company followed. Again, we’ll see if foldables influences the rest of the industry.

Trend most of the time is not innovation. Phones with big displays is a trend, not an innovation.

 

[bladerunner2000]

Why should Apple compete in this stupid segment?

I'm going to save this comment once Apple releases their foldable phone. I'm 100% certain that once Apple does something, you'll be changing your tune.

 

[PickUrPoison]

and so it begins....suddenly Apple fans warm to foldable phones.....

Not seeing it in this thread, looks like the usual Apple-hate drivel.

 

[Tapiture]

I think foldable phones are a headfake. Kind of like VR and Google Glass, just don’t see the utility and can’t envision it catching on.