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WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by jayd16 »

deadbabe wrote: post #76
game_the0ry wrote: post #40

Not a fan of foldables, if I am honest. Just a personal opinion. I do not like the it feels in the pocket bc the device needs to double its thickness when folding over. When a mobile device manufacturer (samsung, hauwei, now apple) makes a foldable, I get the impression they're running out of ideas with the "slate" form factor and are trying to stimulate sales. Personally, I would want that R&D spend and innovation t…

I want a foldable to make the device smaller in my pocket. Like an iPhone Air that could fold in half like a fliphone.

You mean like a Galaxy Flip?

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by bombcar »

brk wrote: post #18
rafram wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Current foldables are fragile, require a built-in plastic screen protector, and have a visible crease. Apple is very unlikely to be willing to accept those compromises. We'll see, but I think their entry into the field will change things.

15 years ago, I would agree that Apple might not have been willing to accept those kinds of issues. I'm not sure about the Apple of today. That is not a slight against any Apple leadership, but I do feel that, for a variety of reasons, the level of minimum QC has notched back a bit in the pursuit of marketshare.

"notched back" - I see what you did there.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by rjrjrjrj »

game_the0ry wrote: post #40

Not a fan of foldables, if I am honest. Just a personal opinion. I do not like the it feels in the pocket bc the device needs to double its thickness when folding over. When a mobile device manufacturer (samsung, hauwei, now apple) makes a foldable, I get the impression they're running out of ideas with the "slate" form factor and are trying to stimulate sales. Personally, I would want that R&D spend and innovation t…

Careful what you wish for. Making devices easily repairable increases thickness.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by hbn »

HumblyTossed wrote: post #44

I wonder how they'll address the crease. My guess is one of two ways. Not address it at all. Or tell you that you don't see what you really see.

Why would they bring attention to it at all?

What company has ever highlighted the crease in their foldable for any reason other than to say it's improved from the previous year?

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by testing22321 »

ARandomerDude wrote: post #71

> Starting price reportedly around $2,000. I'll guess it won't be a Vision Pro level disaster, but most people will skip this device unless the price drops substantially.

I’m old enough to remember when everyone said the original iPhone would flop because it was too expensive…

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by paradox460 »

encom wrote: post #77
kn100 wrote: post #69

I've been dailying a pixel fold 9 pro for a while now and love the thing. Seeing Apple finally join in is exciting as heck. I wouldn't hold your breath for a non visible crease though, nor for it to necessarily be class leading in its screen tech. I doubt any of it matters though, the Pixel Folds aren't exactly class leading in these regards either and the fold is just not a concern at all once you're using it. it's…

>pixel >I do not use a case I have a Pixel 8a, and I have to use a case for it, because it appears to be designed to be as slippery as possible. Every edge is round and there's nothing to grip - it feels like an aluminium/glass bar of wet soap.

Recently went from an 8 to a 10 pro fold

The 10 feels like it should be more slippery, but for some reason, it isn't. It stays stuck in your hand like glue, despite the back feeling like another glass screen. Something special in is coating

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by wat10000 »

hbn wrote: post #81
wat10000 wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Multitasking would be huge. One reason I hate doing anything "real" on my phone is because I can't see more than one thing at a time.

I mean you can see more at once but now your typing experience is worse. I have an iPad and it's by far my least productive device unless it's connected to a physical keyboard. Typing on a giant touchscreen is so much more tedious than my phone's screen.

It's not perfect, but there are plenty of things I do where I'm not typing very much, but I am swapping back and forth between apps or web pages quite a bit.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by JKCalhoun »

I instead see these sort of things (add the AppleVision Pro as well) as Apple feeling obliged to respond to "the public" (shareholders?).

"Samsung has this cool foldable phone—they seem to be taking the design mantle away from Apple these days."

"I hear this VR thing is the future of computing. Why isn't Apple in this space?"

I suspect even in the Jobs-era you might point to the iPad as Apple being pressured into responding with a product in the tablet space.

The Apple Watch a reaction to the Pebble?

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