At least we’re moving past the point of “removing bezels” as the primary new feature of a flagship phone.
I would buy one if Apple nailed the design.
I would buy one if Apple nailed the design.
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Samsung Rumored to Debut First Foldable Smartphone This Year
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Nobody wants to do that.
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I do feel the end winning design is going to be 3 screens, but it may take many years.
You want a screen on the outside, like now, for quick and easy viewing.
But then, you want something you can fold out to see the BIGGER screen for relaxing and watching media, or using apps that would benefit from a display twice the size.
Not going to be done "right" for a long time, and going to be expensive for a long time
I do hope we get there. The iPhone than turns into an iPad Mini type of concept has WIN written all over it.
You want a screen on the outside, like now, for quick and easy viewing.
But then, you want something you can fold out to see the BIGGER screen for relaxing and watching media, or using apps that would benefit from a display twice the size.
Not going to be done "right" for a long time, and going to be expensive for a long time
I do hope we get there. The iPhone than turns into an iPad Mini type of concept has WIN written all over it.
Fair enough, it's funny how the Mac is open, freely downgradable and customizable, apps install from anywhere, you can download an MP3 or video and it plays without a weird hard to use 3rd party downloading app, and You can install any other OS alongside it. Sounds like Android OS does all that too
how niceGuess they should have put foldable screen in the title
I don't think the screens have a 180 degree fold, it will be a smooth transition, but yes, I was also wondering about how many flexes it can have.
You can get materials that won't break if you flex them less than their fatigue limits.
Pretty sure flying cars, ala the Jetsons exceed that by several decades...
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If you take a phone, and 'fold' it closed such that both edges are adjacent, then i'd say you are folding it, even if the screen is technically bending
And I use both and I find their differences to be insignificant in practice. Makes me wonder what people are doing with their phones that they develop such strong preferences for or aversions to one OS. Maybe I am missing out on something. ;-)
I guess Apple has really backed off the phone market and decided to let Samsung lead the way. Lots of negative comments from haters on here, but this tech will be a game changer. Of course it will be subpar initially, being from Samsung, and then four years from now Apple will refine it and release it.
I hope Apple's TV programming and electric cars will be good. Their phones are slipping and their workstations, desktops and portables range from good to severely lacking and outdated. The watch sees minor improvements at each release, just like the phones.
I wish they'd dig in on home automation and AR.
Welp... miss you, Steve.
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Probably multi-tasking with frames. Like having two desktop displays. Or your phone is square'ish and it opens to 16:9.
I hope Apple's TV programming and electric cars will be good. Their phones are slipping and their workstations, desktops and portables range from good to severely lacking and outdated. The watch sees minor improvements at each release, just like the phones.
I wish they'd dig in on home automation and AR.
Welp... miss you, Steve.
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Probably multi-tasking with frames. Like having two desktop displays. Or your phone is square'ish and it opens to 16:9.
Fair enough, it's funny how the Mac is open, freely downgradable and customizable, apps install from anywhere, you can download an MP3 or video and it plays without a weird hard to use 3rd party downloading app, and You can install any other OS alongside it. Sounds like Android OS does all that too
Mac is not entirely open also but not the the level of iOS. I think people who use Mac (or any computer for that matter) are a bit more knowledgeable on what they do and what they don't when it comes to their computers. iOS devices on the other hand apply to a much much wider group of users that include different age groups, professions and basically many ordinary people who prefer the ease of use without messing much with their devices. Apple wants to keep things as simple as possible when it comes to use of iPhones, iPads, because when you present to many options you are also presenting potential issues. That's why there is an Android platform there. Best of both worlds. Ironically the strength of one platform is the weakness of the other one and vice versa.
Fair enough, it's funny how the Mac is open, freely downgradable and customizable, apps install from anywhere, you can download an MP3 or video and it plays without a weird hard to use 3rd party downloading app, and You can install any other OS alongside it. Sounds like Android OS does all that too
Let the sheep wallow in their safe, walled garden.
Cupertino’s security FUD is too strong for them to realize it’s mostly FUD, as the Mac (and the “admin/empty” bug) proved.
It's funny how desperate the Android fanbois can be! Even on an Apple oriented site!
I mean, what the **** is is to you if someone uses a different device or platform then yours? Does it hurt you or something? I mean I don't care if you gift your privacy and data to Google and the rest, do I? Why would you care if some chose the "walled garden"?
For me (and hundreds of millions apparently) is a great garden. Have pretty much everything needed. And when there is something else that the "walled garden" does not have I can always buy and Android device (and I have many times) and many decent Android devices cost close to nothing nowdays. I always come back to iOS as preferred OS for far to many reasons to mention here which would be kind of pointless to explain to you anyway. You just as sheep as the ones you claim to be.
Just looking at your signature is a clear indication as to why you are here.
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lots of issues with doing this... screen life, folded phone thickness will be large, time to fold and unfold. To me it seems a classic case of Form over function.
I don't understand the negative comments. Just because Apple wants to endlessly re-iterate the same increasingly conservative form factors it doesn't invalidate more adventurous designs from elsewhere. After all, why would being able to have a device that can change in size between say, a small phone and large phablet on a whim be a bad idea? The original rotating iPhone screen is just a sort of unfolding...
I don't know why they are struggling to find a use case? If they could make it with a 'normal' sized screen on one side like the current Galaxy S, which you could then open like a clamshell to reveal the bendable screen, which can then be used for things you normally do on a tablet (larger keyboard, larger screen for editing/movies etc). The 2 screens would make it quite expensive but I think business users would buy it.
Hopefully it won't be a waste of time like the 'Curved' TV.
Personally I wouldn't buy it unless/until Apple made a similar one.
Hopefully it won't be a waste of time like the 'Curved' TV.
Personally I wouldn't buy it unless/until Apple made a similar one.
I would agree and can see technical issues - but if there was a way to bend my iPhone 8 plus in half when I was carrying it in my pocket or just chatting on the phone then being able to unfold it to use web browsing I would jump at it.
Jokes on you, they would never accept a measly $1500. Try $3000+.
Nah. That won't work.
1. Let's say a 10.5" iPad. Even when folded in half, you still end up with quite a big device, and
2. You cannot use the device when it is folded. So you have to unfold it every time you want to use it, making it an inconvenience.
3. Of course, one can put a dual-display, having another display on the back side. But at what price and complexity?
Foldable phone still has a use case though. A phone with tall screen can be folded in half so it becomes more pocketable (and no need for cases).
And 5 years from now Apple will do it and it will be treated like the second coming of Christ.
I have never used Android. And I like Apple privacy/security but dislike the walled garden that has become the commercialised/overmarketed derivate of that - as the the “admin/empty” bug and several likewise incidents proved. Sorry to be different from the uncritical.
I love the concept of it. "the iPad mini is too big to be used as a phone" but yet "the iPhone screen is too small to be used as a tablet". Having both in one seems like an amazing idea. Now the logistics of making this happen, I doubt it would ever be as smooth as I wish it could be. Despite not liking anything phone related with Samsung, Im actually pretty excited to see what they do with it. Maybe in time Apple would do it better.
You know what's funny? That an article like this about Samsung gets more attention on an Apple oriented site that it gets on a general Android oriented site.
Why?
Battery isn’t the only component...
Front casing, back casing, etc.
You’re making a good argument for “it wouldn’t be quite twice as thick, NOT “it could be the same thickness as a modern smartphone”.