Apple’s rumoured foldable iPhone (possibly iPhone Flip) might launch in 2026, but display crease, and design are roadblocks.
Just skip this idea. No one wants this.
Apple Foldable iPhone Launch Faces Delay Until 2026, Faces Design Roadblocks
Submitted 3 months ago by rosschie@lemdro.id to technology@lemmy.world
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frog_brawler@lemmy.world 3 months ago
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Bin this and bring back the mini so we can have a proper small form factor phone
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 3 months ago
If the foldable is the form factor of a mini, how would that go over?
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’d buy this in a heartbeat lol
BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 months ago
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.
Louisoix@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I’d gladly trade-in my 8pro for a foldable pixel, even though I don’t want to change phones often…
missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
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.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Let us change the battery…it’s the major reason why phones feel ‘slow’ as they age.
Xatolos@reddthat.com 3 months ago
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.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
removal of the head phone jack
I’m still proper pissed about this.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I love my giant iPhone and would never buy a foldable
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Apple fans will buy whatever Apple makes them want.
joyjoy@lemm.ee 3 months ago
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.
_sideffect@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Imagine what they’re going to charge? Lmao
$2999 + $499 for a bendable case
ian@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Great. Now everyone will be copying Apple’s foldable idea.
TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They’re like the last ones to the party lol
ian@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Yes, but once again, the fanboys will hail it as an Apple invention.
CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Okay so since we’re going back to flip phones, can we just get a frickin phone with a button keyboard again??
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A weeks battery is insane, 7-10 times as big as the average battery now.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
gwilikers@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
They wanted to make the IFlip but instead its an IFlop.
I’ll see myself out.
iiGxC@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Should be called iPhold
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Well their previous phones were foldable. Just not intentionally.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 months ago
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.
Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 months ago
“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.
jaschen@lemm.ee 3 months ago
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.
whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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…
eran_morad@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Fuck no.
jenny_ball@lemmy.world 3 months ago
what is the benefit of this i don’t get it?
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Larger display but still compact in your pocket. It’s just a competitor to the Samsung flip phone
PeroBasta@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes, but you can rig the screen with a fingernail if you push hard enough. Tested it in store…
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
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.
Artyom@lemm.ee 3 months ago
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.
Pistcow@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Apple always the trail blazer…
Cornpop@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I don’t want that.
ikidd@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You’ll buy it and you’ll like it, dammit.
DBT@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Fuck all the way off with this idea
meldrik@lemmy.wtf 3 months ago
Haha wtf? Give me a new iPhone Mini instead please 😂
magiccupcake@lemmy.world 3 months ago
People didn’t buy the last mini, so why would Apple so it again?
macrumors.com/…/iphone-13-mini-unpopular-march-qu…
randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Dozens of us did!
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I would love a new iPhone with the same size as the first iPhone SE