Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

iPhone Duo

apple.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

601–610 of 1001 posts

Re: iPhone Duo

#601

Post by zimpenfish »

hatsunearu wrote: post #573
ksec wrote: post #478

I think the Duo looks great. And from the few hands on video I have seen I think the Apple presentation actually doesn't do it justice. There is no crease at all! [1] On the note on this year's keynote. I can't be the only one who feels the whole vibe of the keynote changed. This isn't Tim Cook style keynote and John Ternus wasted no time to try and changed a few things already. I can't wait for John to further shake…

The crease appears after months of use on other phones, so I'm curious what it would look like after a little bit of wear.

Yeah, I'm interested but I'll definitely give it a year or two for other people to discover any durability problems before committing (plus it's missing a lens option compared to the 18 Pro but that's a minor quibble.)

Re: iPhone Duo

#602

Post by nicbou »

MPSimmons wrote: post #235

Why do they insist on every new phone being bigger than the phones before them? I don't mind folding. I think it's cool, and a nice way to get a useful space. But I have big hands, and I can't use my iphone 17 now without two hands. This is even wider before unfolding. Who wants bigger phones? Who is like, "damn I wish I had a tablet that I could fold up and still barely fit in my pocket"? I want smaller phones. The…

I carry an iPhone because I love the size. I carry an iPad to read. This would be nice, although I prefer to keep these devices separate. The iPad isn't connected to my life, so it can enter my bedroom.

It's not a 2000 buck problem though.

Re: iPhone Duo

#603

Post by hbarka »

There’s a standard for paper sizes called the ISO 216 international standard, aka A-series paper sizes. You may be familiar with it outside of the American 8.5”x11” letter size. The simplicity, for example, where an A3 sheet is exactly twice the area of A4. One A3 sheet folded in half becomes two A4 sheets. This is intentional: when you fold or divide an A-series sheet exactly in half, the resulting sheets have the same proportions as the prior. The aspect ratio is preserved across all A-series paper sizes.

The iPhone Duo is designed with this in mind. The aspect ratio any way you view it, folded or open, is preserved. Apple design knows a thing or two.

Re: iPhone Duo

#604

Post by topranks »

stock_toaster wrote: post #556

Give me a single-screen phone the size of this thing closed, and use the extra space inside for more battery and not more displays. Aside: I'd also love it if it could be plugged into an external display and have a "desktop mode" (like a macos VM) that gets suspended/resumed on connect/disconnect instead of just expanding the "mobile mode" across the new screen. I realize this is probably a dream too far for most com…

I remember Ubuntu were going for that “dock it and it’s a full computer” idea about 10 years back with their failed phone OS project.

Re: iPhone Duo

#605

Post by varispeed »

stillpointlab wrote: post #598

These threads are often amusing with people obliviously asking: why doesn't Apple make exactly what I want? And then stating with certainty how well their custom requirements would sell. I'll probably wait and see how this phone does over the next few years. If it is still highly regarded by version 3 then I could imagine making the switch to a folding phone. For now I will remain conservative since my phone is such…

Being average person is like winning lottery. Everyone is making products for you.

Re: iPhone Duo

#606

Post by topranks »

MPSimmons wrote: post #235

Why do they insist on every new phone being bigger than the phones before them? I don't mind folding. I think it's cool, and a nice way to get a useful space. But I have big hands, and I can't use my iphone 17 now without two hands. This is even wider before unfolding. Who wants bigger phones? Who is like, "damn I wish I had a tablet that I could fold up and still barely fit in my pocket"? I want smaller phones. The…

Yeah I’d love another mini, but alas.

Re: iPhone Duo

#607

Post by evan_ »

officeplant wrote: post #582

Will have to give it a fingernail test in the apple store so I'm not destroying my own $2000 phone.

JerryRigEverything will deploy his hardness pick test in short order I'm sure.

Re: iPhone Duo

#608

Post by koreth1 »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #250

I am 75, and have a ton of computer gear. I can imagine myself as an old man later in life, not wanting to do any programming, and just wanting a single digital device like a future version of this product. Let’s see what Apple has available in 10 years.

My dad is 87 and I'm seriously thinking about buying him one of these. He wants a phone that will fit in his pocket, but his vision isn't great so he has the text size bumped up pretty high. Right now he's using an iPhone 15. Large text size on a small-form-factor phone, it turns out, makes a fair number of apps nearly unusable. For example, it's super common to see a dialog box pop up where the "OK" button is pushed off the bottom of the screen by the text, leaving you with no way to dismiss it. I frequently get tech-support calls from him that end up boiling down to that problem, and it makes using apps a pretty frustrating experience for him.

A device that fits in his pocket and that he can still hold in one hand when he's using it as a phone, but that has enough screen real estate to run apps in large-print mode without constantly breaking UI designs, would meaningfully improve his life.

Re: iPhone Duo

#609

Post by Danox »

Dlemlo wrote: post #351
mark_l_watson wrote: post #250

I am 75, and have a ton of computer gear. I can imagine myself as an old man later in life, not wanting to do any programming, and just wanting a single digital device like a future version of this product. Let’s see what Apple has available in 10 years.

Its a 2200$ device which does the same thing as a 500$ tablet or any other option. If people would at least use the power they buy... :|

It does far more than just a tablet. If it was easy, there would be one or two other companies out there who is this other vertical computer company?

Re: iPhone Duo

#610

Post by [deleted] »

delbronski wrote: post #583
mark_l_watson wrote: post #250

I am 75, and have a ton of computer gear. I can imagine myself as an old man later in life, not wanting to do any programming, and just wanting a single digital device like a future version of this product. Let’s see what Apple has available in 10 years.

Sir, I’m 40 and I’m already at the stage of not wanting to do any programming. I used to love this stuff. But after watching all my favourite companies and CEOs turn to greedy villains… I’m just done. How do I survive another 35 years doing this stuff?

[deleted]
Post reply on HN