$2000 and they can’t give you the full display? What stupid design document from 1985 says people want the corners of their screen cut off?
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#122The hardware is probably stellar and it must be an incredible reading device, but it's 2026 and I refuse to buy a device with a proprietary locked down software ecosystem.
Exactly my feelings. I want something with custom ROM.
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#123One thing I love about metric paper is the beauty of the simplicity: When you fold it, it maintains its ratio. This is because it is 1:1.41, aka 1:sqrt(2) When I saw that this new phone is 1:1.4, I instantly appreciated why it is that way. Metric paper wins again!
But it makes it really weird to type one handed I think.
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#124I really hope that in the coming years we will be able to get smaller phones back into the market. Apple compared this to the size of a passport. A passport seems even bigger than a normal iPhone, even when folded. A number of people (especially women with smaller hands) I know are holding onto their iPhone Minis for as long as possible. I’d love a phone that was roughly normal iphone sized when unfolded but was a flip phone à la Motorola razrs in years gone by. I wouldn’t even need a screen on the outside. I know it’s hard for a company like Apple to be able to market “less phone” as a good thing, and I know the iPhone mini didn’t do great commercially but there’s a small cohort of users clamoring to have something for them.
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#125I'll give John Ternus credit: the demos are interesting and fun . Maybe not $2k fun + inherent risk with buying the first generation of an Apple product particularly after the Apple Vision Pro, but still.
They're still as cringe as they've been for years; with fake hand movements and marketing-pilled bs postures.
I wish these posts came with a demo video of you doing it better.
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#126iPhace Duo https://news.microsoft.com/surfaceduo/
Looking back now it was quite ahead of its time.
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#127Well "kid cue" is pretty uncomfortable for some reason
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#128Google and Samsung have been at this for years. Nothing here is actual innovation, is it?
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#129Another status symbol has been created. But once again as I said before [0][1], don't buy the first version of an Apple product. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23638202 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26361985
Wait a sec, you're quoting yourself for proof but you were pretty much objectively wrong in that case? HN unanimously agrees that the M1 was the biggest jump in capabilities and has had many many years of usability since launch.
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#130I was quite surprised to see the under display camera. Wasn't expecting that.
Other than that, looks like there are some nice Duo specific features on iOS. $1999 is also surprising given that news outlets were reporting up to $2500. Plus it's price competitive with other foldables in the market.