iPhone Fold is coming

[OilStained]

The iPhone Fold could be the iPhone 18. I’m really excited about this news. But not so much about the expected price point. I currently have the iPhone 12 Max Pro and ready for an upgrade.

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/the-i...is-year-apples-most-ambitious-smartphone-yet/

 

[Speedbird001]

cool, but I'm guessing north of $2k... and with that, I'm out.

 

[CleanSump]

And they'll claim Steve Jobs invented it.

 

[97prizm]

And they'll claim Steve Jobs invented it.

Why does Apple always claim they're first in technology then debut stuff years later?

 

[loneryder]

An iPhone and iPad in one unit. Wondering about battery life in such a thin package. Will take more power for the bigger screen.

 

[wwillson]

He says in the video several time, "This is what it could look like". I would take this video with a grain of salt.

 

[4wd]

Geez …
always so the dozen apple devices we have go meh class.
Gonna hold ‘em - not fold ‘em

 

[racer12306]

The iPhone Fold could be the iPhone 18. I’m really excited about this news. But not so much about the expected price point. I currently have the iPhone 12 Max Pro and ready for an upgrade.

https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/the-i...is-year-apples-most-ambitious-smartphone-yet/

I have a 13 Pro Max and was planning on a new phone in September. If this is true, it will be considered.

An iPhone and iPad in one unit. Wondering about battery life in such a thin package. Will take more power for the bigger screen.

Apple generally has minimum benchmarks for things like battery life. So while they won't publish a battery capacity, they'll hold true to x hours of battery life minimum. i.e. iPads tend to be about 10hrs.

He says in the video several time, "This is what it could look like". I would take this video with a grain of salt.

With as tightlipped that Apple is, anything until the September event should be taken with a grain of salt. Mark Gurman has been the closest lately, but not 100%.

 

[xspeedy]

An iPhone and iPad in one unit. Wondering about battery life in such a thin package. Will take more power for the bigger screen.

There is new silicon-carbon battery tech that is more energy dense and currently used in some very thin Chinese foldables.

 

[cptbarkey]

Dont really see the use case.
A phone is a phone.
A tablet is a tablet.
Hurry up with optical implants.

 

[alarmguy]

I have a hard time justifying spending $1,200 on a ProMax and have a 15Plus ... I know I wont spend $1,600 or more on a folding phone.
But I am not Apples market for that, I am sure they will sell to that market segment and those Apple expects to.
I am sure it will be a great device, after having an iPhone Plus now, I could never go back to the smaller screen of the regular iPhone, I suspect that will be the same with the folding phone for those who buy it. Screen real taste rules for me, even as I type this on my 27 inch monitor.

 

[dishdude]

Apple generally has minimum benchmarks for things like battery life. So while they won't publish a battery capacity, they'll hold true to x hours of battery life minimum. i.e. iPads tend to be about 10hrs.

That sure went out the window for iPhone Air

 

[Jay73]

I used to buy the newest Pro Max version every year in the top storage option but then I realized not so much changes and I don't even use 25% of the storage. Now I upgrade every 2 years instead of 1 on the even numbers but I do still buy the top storage option. Based on what I paid for my current 16 Pro Max 1 TB version I can only guess what a foldable version would cost. I don't really see a use for it. I have desktop at home, laptop for home or travel and the 16 Pro Max screen is big enough for daily out of house activities and if it wasn't I'd grab my laptop or buy an iPad or some form of tablet cheaper than this foldable phone will be.

 

[Legs4Arms]

I used to buy the newest Pro Max version every year in the top storage option but then I realized not so much changes and I don't even use 25% of the storage. Now I upgrade every 2 years instead of 1 on the even numbers but I do still buy the top storage option. Based on what I paid for my current 16 Pro Max 1 TB version I can only guess what a foldable version would cost. I don't really see a use for it. I have desktop at home, laptop for home or travel and the 16 Pro Max screen is big enugh for daily out of house activities and if it wasn't I'd grab my laptop or buy an iPad or some form of tablet cheaper than this foldable phone will be.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[andrew_j]

Why does Apple always claim they're first in technology then debut stuff years later?

iPad was invented in 1979ish called iBook I believe . It built a version every 5-10 years where cost started at $10k and finally reduced to $1000 and made it. They might be taking credit for ideas however wait on implementation

 

[Barkleymut]

If you paid $1200 for a phone, you will pay $2000 for a phone.

 

[RooflessVW]

Samsung has nearly perfected this design... I would not buy this first gen from Apple

 

[Pew]

All phones can fold at least once

 

[xspeedy]

Samsung has nearly perfected this design... I would not buy this first gen from Apple

But a company can improve on another's design to release their own. I'm sure Apple engineers are studying them all.

 

[RooflessVW]

But a company can improve on another's design to release their own. I'm sure Apple engineers are studying them all.

Sure. That could happen. It won't, but it could.

Samsung is releasing their 8th generation Flip/Fold this year. That's more than a decade of learning from real world devices in daily use. Samsung is the leader in foldable tech.

The last "cutting edge" iPhone, IMO, was the iPhone 3G.