> 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.
WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
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Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
#72I 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.
> Or tell you that you don't see what you really see.
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Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
#73Not 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…
Perhaps Apple is also running out of ideas.
To be fair, they ran out of ideas in 2010, if not before.
Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
#74Really intrigued to see what Apple's design chops brings to this form factor. I'd love more screen real estate so I can travel without a damn laptop. The big question is how thick will it be?
Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
#75I 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.
iPhone Dynamic Crease (tm)
Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
#76Not 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.
Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
#77I'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.
Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
#78The software opportunity is what's interesting. Apple making an iPhone that becomes an iPad could finally make multitasking on mobile actually work. Hardware is table stakes, the UI decisions are what will matter.
Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
#79Besides the new form factor, resizable apps are also meant to further bridge the gap between macOS and iOS right?
More than that, it forces iPhone-only devs to get with the program and make their apps usable on larger screens too.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if next year they dissolve the iPhone/iPad distinction on the App Store altogether and maybe even remove the Catalyst toggle on the Mac App Store. If you make an iOS app, it’s also a full fledged iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS app too.
I certainly wouldn’t mind. On my Mac there are some needlessly heavy electron apps I’d swap out for their iOS counterparts in a heartbeat if that were possible, as well as some games that would run fine on macOS but their devs don’t tick the checkbox for unclear reasons.
Re: WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
#80Not 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…
The purpose of a foldable is to reduce the lifespan of a device, and therefore sell more devices