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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 MrDunham »

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.

The iPhone camera bump is the "jumped the shark" moment for me when Apple went from unwilling to accept that level of quality to "I'm not sure... they might". Speculative to be sure, but I believe that if Jobs was alive we'd have a paper thin camera sensor because the bump would have been a nonstarter.

Same regarding your comment... I agree, the minimum QC does feel like it notched back a bit.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by jitl »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #13
argsnd wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is how window resizing on iOS 27 apps streamed to macOS 27 works right now in the first beta, I reckon it won't change.

It gives me a headache. How could anyone look at it and think it doesn't need to change?

current view transition stack on ios was built for static transition between two well know layouts, like portrait to landscape rotation change. i would like live reflow too but i suspect 99% of existing apps aren’t ready to reflow at 120hz when they’ve been written around tween(start layout, end layout) style for decades

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by hatsix »

abirch wrote: post #8
nsbk wrote: post #2

Peak Apple "innovation" incoming!

Apple hasn't "invented" most things, from the personal computer, MP3 Player, or smart phone. They tend to revolutionize the things by making them work extremely well.

if by 'revolutionize', you mean 'let everybody else spend time, effort and money developing the idea, and once they've proven the market they buy an interesting company in the space with tons of patents, shut down everything they'd done before and make their interesting and take credit for the revolution, meanwhile, their new presence in the area mutes actual innovation, because they use all of the oxygen in the room'... sure, yeah, they do that... but the revolution was coming whether Apple participated or not.

Apple is great at winning capitalism.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by SecretDreams »

rjh29 wrote: post #10

I've gone all the way around and came back. The Samsung Fold was awesome and convenient. But carrying an ipad mini and a phone is not that big a deal. It's quite nice that the ipad mini does not have whatsapp or SMS plugged into it, so I can use it exclusively for reading books or playing music. The cost of the iPad Mini + my phone was like $600 and the folds - even the 6th gen and above - are super unreliable, so ri…

> It's quite nice that the ipad mini does not have whatsapp or SMS plugged into it, so I can use it exclusively for reading books or playing music.

Both a phone and a tablet can come with WhatsApp, it's a user choice whether they are there and the frequency of checking them. Global muting the apps is also an option.

I understand your point, but it is a point mitigated by user intervention. Now, if we want to say reading on a bigger screen than a phone is a better user experience, I'm on board with that.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by wolvoleo »

rjh29 wrote: post #10

I've gone all the way around and came back. The Samsung Fold was awesome and convenient. But carrying an ipad mini and a phone is not that big a deal. It's quite nice that the ipad mini does not have whatsapp or SMS plugged into it, so I can use it exclusively for reading books or playing music. The cost of the iPad Mini + my phone was like $600 and the folds - even the 6th gen and above - are super unreliable, so ri…

It depends I guess. I really like my foldable. Got it for 500€ on a special deal.

It's really nice to have a tablet always with you. I live in a warm country so I don't usually wear a coat or a big bag.

Also, on android there's really no good small tablets. They're all 10" and bigger.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

drcongo wrote: post #5

I can't imagine they'd release a crappy folding thing like the Samsung, I think it's more likely to be effectively dual-screen that can be unfurled into something where the two screens are side by side.

> a crappy folding thing like the Samsung

This is the only phone I've seen people move away from iPhone to get, I know at least 3 women who switched from iPhone to android to get the folding clamshell Samsung and all love it.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by jitl »

i’ve been waiting a few years for iphone fold, im excited that they’re releasing it this year.

its both iphone mini (yay!! mini iphone again) and ipad mini (yay!! hueg screen for bedtime youtube) in one device presumably with a cpu powerful enough to run cyberpunk 2077. what a world :)

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by csande17 »

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #13
argsnd wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is how window resizing on iOS 27 apps streamed to macOS 27 works right now in the first beta, I reckon it won't change.

It gives me a headache. How could anyone look at it and think it doesn't need to change?

Apple has used this kind of blurry resizing animation in the past. For example, circa macOS 10.14 Mojave resizing windows in Split View would have the same effect: https://youtu.be/KDDMUxBtnkI
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