Technology @lemmy.world rosschie @lemdro.id 4 mo. ago

Apple Foldable iPhone Launch Faces Delay Until 2026, Faces Design Roadblocks

www.ibtimes.co.uk Apple Foldable iPhone Launch Faces Delay Until 2026, Faces Design Roadblocks

Apple's rumoured foldable iPhone (possibly iPhone Flip) might launch in 2026, but display crease, and design are roadblocks.

Apple's rumoured foldable iPhone (possibly iPhone Flip) might launch in 2026, but display crease, and design are roadblocks.

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Haha wtf? Give me a new iPhone Mini instead please 😂
- People didn't buy the last mini, so why would Apple do it again?
  
  https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/21/iphone-13-mini-unpopular-march-quarter/
  
  Dozens of us did! 😁
- I would love a new iPhone with the same size as the first iPhone SE
Just skip this idea. No one wants this.
- Bin this and bring back the mini so we can have a proper small form factor phone
  
  If the foldable is the form factor of a mini, how would that go over?
- Speak for yourself... I'm hoping google comes out with a flip phone Pixel. If I was an iPhone person this is exactly what I'd be hoping for.
  
  I want a phone that folds up to be smaller than a normal phone so I don't have to have giant bricks in my pocket.
  
  I'd gladly trade-in my 8pro for a foldable pixel, even though I don't want to change phones often...
  
  The first person to comment below likes little boys
- I’d buy this in a heartbeat lol
  
  Same. I like the smaller form factor but don’t want to ditch screen space like the SE. And I prefer this style of flip over the giant tablet that folds down to a skinny screen.
  
  But why?
- I love the idea of it but I have to agree, it's just less repairable and causes even more e-waste. Smartphone advancement is at a point where we could easily be using the same device for at least 8 years, but not if they come with planned obsolescence as a feature.
  
  Let us change the battery...it's the major reason why phones feel 'slow' as they age.
- People said the same thing about the notch in iPhone screens, and the removal of the head phone jack. They even said it about larger iPhones. And just like all these other "ideas" that should be skipped, people will buy it.
  
  I still think the removal of the headphone jack was a very anti-customer move. It only benefited them to try to sell more earbuds.
  
  I’ve known people that purchased the foldable android when it came out, they got rid of it.
  
  removal of the head phone jack
  
  I'm still proper pissed about this.
- I have the Samsung foldable (flip 4). It's a nice gimmic, but does apple really want to force app developers to support yet another form factor? That's supposedly one of the draws of apple development: you don't have to support every random screen size made by some third party.
- I love my giant iPhone and would never buy a foldable
- Apple fans will buy whatever Apple makes them want.
Imagine what they're going to charge? Lmao

$2999 + $499 for a bendable case
Great. Now everyone will be copying Apple's foldable idea.
- They're like the last ones to the party lol
  
  Yes, but once again, the fanboys will hail it as an Apple invention.
Okay so since we're going back to flip phones, can we just get a frickin phone with a button keyboard again??
- God yes.
  
  I was looking at phones yesterday and thinking: do they make an actual, premium flip phone with keyboard a la the old Motorola Razr? It appears nobody does. All I could find were cheap shitty Chinese plasticky trash or phones made for the elderly.
  
  I want something with a nice metal/titanium case, premium keyboard, decent oled screen, 10+ megapixel camera on it… and something that I can snap shut like it owes me money. Don’t make it too small; I want a week’s battery life at least and swappable battery.
  
  And I would - and I’m not joking here - pay 600-800 euros for that, depending on how premium the experience is.
  
  I think there’s absolutely a market for that.
  
  A weeks battery is insane, 7-10 times as big as the average battery now.
  
  Look at Kyocera Digno 903KC, Sharp Aquos K3 or Freetel Mode 1 Retro II. Their idea is retro design with somewhat modern OS. It's still Android but very old one. None the less you can run WhatsApp, Signal and the like.
Should be called iPhold
- Well their previous phones were foldable. Just not intentionally.
They wanted to make the IFlip but instead its an IFlop.

I'll see myself out.
Fuck no.
what is the benefit of this i don't get it?
- Larger display but still compact in your pocket. It’s just a competitor to the Samsung flip phone
  
  Yes, but you can rig the screen with a fingernail if you push hard enough. Tested it in store..
  
  Do those phones sell that well? I held one recently and it doesn't seem very practical for someone that keeps taking their phone out back into their pocket often.
- I'm actually greatful for foldable phones. When they started actually coming out, I was certain that smartphones were feature-complete and my phone would never become obsolete again. If that weren't true, they would have put a new real feature in the phone instead.
Of all the foldable clamshell is the worst, doubling the width of your phone to save a few cm of height is so useless.

If it’s gotta be a folding phone make it fold out into an iPad.
- "a few" ... it literally cuts the length in half. For me personally, something like this is much desired. Having a 3x3x.5" block vs a 6x3x.25" block would be a major improvement.
  
  But now it’s twice as thick
- Been using the fold from 2-6. While this statement is true from 2-4, def untrue for 5 and 6.
  
  iPhone pro max weight 7.81oz. Fold 6: 8.43 oz
  
  7% more weight
  
  iPhone pro max: 8.25mm Fold 6: 12.1mm folded
  
  So about 30% thicker and 7% more weight for essentials double the real estate. Seems like a no brainer for me.
- My thoughts exactly. I gain almost nothing with this design change, as compared to keeping the current or similar-to “bar” form and folding out from there.
  
  I’m starting to have visions of Zoolander and his ridiculously small cell phone..
I don’t want that.
- You'll buy it and you'll like it, dammit.
Fuck all the way off with this idea
Apple always the trail blazer....

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