While I agree re regulation, is there really a need for a port?
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World's Thinnest Foldable Phone Launches in Europe and Asia
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Absolutely interesting device and a great technical achievement! 👍
Not really actually. This one already supports 80w wireless charging.
That’s my thinking, a phone like this would make my iPad obsolete for me.
bring it on Apple!
The only time I plug in my 13PM is when doing a backup to my Mac, and I suppose I could do that wirelessly (and no, no thank you iCloud)
I think sealed/no ports will be the play
2019 already had it (bit ahead of its time ... but we are probably ready now)
Meizu Zero Phone Has No Ports or Buttons
If you've already predicted that the future of smartphones is a completely sealed slab of electronics, congratulations, that future just arrived in the form of the Meizu Zero. It has no buttons, no speaker holes, no headphone jack, no SIM card slot, and no charging port.
I won't be surprised if Apple leads the way on it
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Give me a flip phone the thickness of a current iPhone and we’re talking.
What I want is a smaller footprint in my pocket, but the capabilities of a phone. Others want a regular size phone with capabilities of a tablet. Still others don’t care for either.
All I know is that I love gadgets.
What I want is a smaller footprint in my pocket, but the capabilities of a phone. Others want a regular size phone with capabilities of a tablet. Still others don’t care for either.
All I know is that I love gadgets.
If Apple came out with one, it would be an instant buy for me. Actually if Apple doesn’t come out with one this year, I’m almost certainly picking one up from someone else and I hate android.
Same, but at some point I’m going to have to jump ship anyway.
Actually, I said wanted a bigger phone with a bigger screen for a long time. When the iPhone first came out, it actually had one of the biggest screens and that is why I was interested in it.
The folding phones are interesting since I have tried multiple time to use an iPad mini as a phone but Apple makes it too inconvenient.
I would actually be interested in foldable iPad that was the size of the iPad mini folded and would unfold to a bigger size and use that as a phone! 😆
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Reminds me of what Henry Ford is said to have remarked: "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses".
I want one that has the form factor of a flip but WAY bigger. Folded it’s as tall as a 16 pro max but almost square. Then unfolded, it’s got a gigantic 10” screen. I don’t like the square unfolded ratio of the galaxy fold.
You do, but it’s a minuscule tablet with a weird aspect ratio. When you can unfold it twice to make it twice the size of your phone in both dimensions, maybe I’ll think about it.
Finally a foldable phone worth considering. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure the battery life is terrible.
Also, now that the port size is the limiting factor, I hope this shows everyone that it was a terrible decision that EU forced all manufacturers to use USB-C ports.
As me and many people explained over and over, if you enforce a charging port standard on all consumer electronics makers, that will eventually stop the need for distinguishing their products from competition, and will kill the innovation. After all, why try to design a better product if you're not allowed to implement it?
In this specific case, being able to use a Lightning port would allow Apple to make an even thinner phone, and being able to design a new cable, would allow any manufacturer to make even thinner phones. Whether or not we need thinner phones, we are not going to have them because of EU.
Also, now that the port size is the limiting factor, I hope this shows everyone that it was a terrible decision that EU forced all manufacturers to use USB-C ports.
As me and many people explained over and over, if you enforce a charging port standard on all consumer electronics makers, that will eventually stop the need for distinguishing their products from competition, and will kill the innovation. After all, why try to design a better product if you're not allowed to implement it?
In this specific case, being able to use a Lightning port would allow Apple to make an even thinner phone, and being able to design a new cable, would allow any manufacturer to make even thinner phones. Whether or not we need thinner phones, we are not going to have them because of EU.
Honestly it looks great just get rid of the crease, make the screen durable and you have my money. This is literally the dream, a phone that folds out to an iPad mini size. That is the goal. Marques is 100% right on this. This is the end game for foldables.
Because I want that form factor more than I need to stay with iOS. If Apple won’t do it, I’ll move onto someone who will.
It also needs to get rid of the awful physical bezel surrounding the screen like a $5 picture frame.
Find N5 has a 5,600 mh battery so significantly more battery capacity than a 16PM on paper.
Amazing tech achievement. A few friends of mine bought oppo phones and said they wished they hadn’t a few months later, glitchy and not durable. I’m tired of apple’s greed in pricing structure with storage and holding out on features but then again my 14 pro basically looks new after two and a bit years and I’m a builder, so proof is in the pudding.