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WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by ncr100 »

vidarh wrote: post #256
Lammy wrote: post #229

> On the other side of the pond, Android foldable owners have spent seven years discovering which of their apps work and which ones don’t. Funny how this thing isn't even announced yet and the fanpeople are already glazing Apple over it :p I daily a Surface Duo 2 as my car-relegated phone, running Android 12 (which I kinda regret upgrading from 10) and loaded with offline maps and plenty of cached music, and it has n…

I have a Pixel Fold and similar experience - some minor nuisances but not come across anything that doesn't work. The biggest nuisance is apps restarting when switching from the front screen to the big screen.

Some weird OS experiences with my Fold recently.. the bottom of the home screen shortcut bar is appearing over apps, unexpectedly. Namely Monarch Money

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by ncr100 »

NamTaf wrote: post #249

> The hardware picture has been clear for months. The iPhone Ultra, the apparent name for this new form factor iPhone, is a book-style foldable, reportedly featuring a 7.7- to 7.8-inch inner display and a 5.3- to 5.5-inch cover screen, unfolding to a 4:3 ratio closer to an iPad mini than a widescreen display. Excellent. Now that you have a supply chain for small screens again, please use that same cover screen to mak…

Book style, yeah that's the best aspect ratio vs portrait sized foldable. Wider is better for video without rotation need

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by ncr100 »

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…

$9 cases on Amazon can be good, using one now on my Pixel Fold 2023 model.. faux leather.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by vidarh »

duxup wrote: post #267
vidarh wrote: post #259

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me, it's entirely ended my tablet use, and now rarely reach for a laptop. I still have a desktop with two large screens, but I don't feel a need for anything in between any more. The screen is big enough for me that given it's always in my pocket it's far more convenient to grab my phone than getting up to grab my tablet or laptop.

What are you doing on your fold device that works as well on a tablet but not a phone?

Everything. It's nice having more text and bigger images visible.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by alwillis »

Jnr wrote: post #266
alwillis wrote: post #247

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The MacBook Neo is a new idea. It’s also a device most Apple skeptics didn’t think was possible.

Nothing new about it. It is a thin laptop, similar to Macbook Air which they have had for many many years.

> Nothing new about it.

Besides starting at $599 (the Air has mostly been a $999 product; occasionally selling at $799 at Costco), coming in 4 bright colors with matching keyboards, using an A series chip for the first time in a Mac, containing 90% recycled aluminum (the most of any Apple product) and breaking all Mac laptop sales records, there's nothing new about it. /s

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by XajniN »

embedding-shape wrote: post #198
philistine wrote: post #134

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So because their cables were subpar at one point (hint: they were bad because they got rid of insidious chemicals you don't want in your house), that means that's not their MO? Failure at a mission statement does not mean you have a different mission statement.

> So because their cables were subpar at one point What do you mean at one point? We bought a laptop for my wife a year ago, cable is almost broken already, behind the connector. They really don't seem to know how to make cables today or before. > Failure at a mission statement does not mean you have a different mission statement. Ok? MO or no MO, the cables have useless durability even compared to cheaper cables.

It’s a user defect, not a cable defect.

Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding

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Post by HumblyTossed »

tromp wrote: post #145
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.

I think Oppo is the first to visibly eliminate the crease with their Find N6. https://www.pcmag.com/news/i-tried-oppos-latest-foldable-pho...

> eliminate

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

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