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Is it though? I would rather an iPhone 16 mini pro than a folder. I want usable form factor that is t a 2 hand monstrosity.
So, I’m sitting here in the “library,” where I do most of my best reading, holding my mobile device in my left hand and scrolling with my right thumb. I’m trying to imagine how this would work with a widescreen foldable device, kind of like a tablet, TBH. I just can’t see it. Holding a standard normal phone is super easy, a firm grip on both sides. A foldable would require some extra gymnastics… I don’t get this “really got to have it” feeling.
You wouldn’t have to hold it at all, you could sit it on a desk or your lap and angle half the screen the face you with the other half as a stand.
In my opinion folding phones are clearly a good idea. When they are durable and affordable.
You can use it folded.
Never in my life did I think “damn, I wish I could fold my phone.” WTF
I never did until the ad campaigns I’ve see recently that really want me to like foldable phones. No thanks.
I’ve seen them out in the wild; sure sometimes they’re cool for 20 seconds but it’s sooooo gimmicky. In fact I’d wager VR becomes mainstream before foldable phones. 🤣
BREAKING NEWS: Apple makes waves in the tech industry by introducing the same feature that multiple other companies have had available for several years already! ITS A TECH REVOLUTION!!!
the only thing they have had the others dont, is a captive fanboi audience with deep pockets
Ignoring the software side of things, the hardware of their laptops is very nice. I prefer my Framework laptop because of access and repairability, but I can’t really fault anyone for saying the hardware of Macbooks is good.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Meanwhile, Apple’s competition is increasingly investing in alternative form factors to the standard glass rectangle — and folding phones in particular are having a real moment.
The real watershed moment for foldable phones for me is the arrival of the terrific OnePlus Open, which just launched to a very positive critical reception among YouTubers and reviewers.
The OnePlus Open manages to address a lot of the minor annoyances and failings of other premium folding smartphones out there on the market — and does so on a debut device for a company with a reputation for quality at a fair price.
This has historically worked very well for the iPhone-maker, but it does occasionally leave the company looking a bit flat-footed or behind when competitors spend considerable time and attention iterating on some experiment and ushering it to a mature state.
The fact remains though that it’s still something Apple hasn’t even touched, unless it’s doing so in its labs and is already multiple iterations deep in unreleased test hardware, which is certainly possible.
The company is of course still selling obscene amounts of hardware, and the iPhone 15 is doing at least good, if not at the level of some of its really revolutionary releases for the smartphone.
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They’re not doing it because every single one of these breaks after folding it 10 times. /hj
I have zero interest in a foldable phone unless I can flip it open like a Star Trek communicator.
