How can you compare this to the iPhone 15 when only One folds up. Stop comparing and just review the damn thing already.
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Hands-On With the $1,700 'OnePlus Open' Foldable Smartphone
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It’s the Z Fold5 (Z Flip5 to the right of it) outer screen, some people want Samsung to widen it…….i don’t…..its perfect for one handed use for my long skinny fingers and super nice to grip.
Everything is made in China…..it’s about it being a Chinese owned company where the state has control and access to information.
I’m mid 40s and have always been into tech so yeah……if that’s your thing I don’t think age is relevant….its good not to get too stuck in your ways or loyal to a single manufacturer.
If they can implement it better, maybe. Still folding phones have too many issues, I doubt Apple can fix them all, it they will folding phones could be an option but no that miracleTypical macrumors member "Folding phones are dumb!"
in the next year 'Apple Announces folding iphone!' "macrumors member - take my money!!!"
Typical macrumors member "Folding phones are dumb!"
in the next year 'Apple Announces folding iphone!' "macrumors member - take my money!!!"
Exactly. We have seen the same thing with 120hz displays, which used to be a “useless Android feature”.
Before you make such big statements, why not do a bit of critical thinking and try to understand the difference between the two companies. And why multiple governments around the world have put restrictions on using Huawei. Here is a clue, it is not the name
It really comes down to what you consider 'incredible.'
Smartphones are incredible these days, but let's not forget that we used to measure battery life in days, not screen on time in hours, that these things were at times almost indestructible and cases were mocked, that proper cameras still take way better pictures, that proper music players still produce better quality and the list probably goes on.
Smartphones won out because they differ better utility, not because they are objectively better in many ways.
The same is true for foldables. People seem to want bigger and bigger screens to do more and more with their mobile devices. I think a foldable that is good enough in terms of quality and endurance, priced a bit more competitively, would have a very good chance in the market. Will it completely replace slab phones, probably not, but it doesn't have to.
This being an Apple-centric site, I think the question really will be whether Apple can come up with a good answer to what a bigger screen can be used for. I switched to a 15 Pro from a Mini and frankly I don't feel like the additional real estate is taken advantage of, not in the same way as on a 6" Android device at least.
iPads are still more bigger phones than they are more portable MacBooks. My concern is that Apple will not want to cannibalise iPad sales in the same way they don't want iPads cannibalise MacBook sales and that we'll therefore end up with the slickest but also blandest of all implementations.
Call me when it is the same as an iPhone 13 mini - an irregular slab phone. Then I will listen.
How close minded can you be? I wonder how many people said phones without physical keyboards are stupid and pointless when the OG iPhone came out 🤔
I for one am intrigued with foldable phones. I use my phone to design rollercoasters, run my silver mine in Peru and use it to check out the women i frequent with. The more screen real estate I have the better.
How close minded can you be? I wonder how many people said phones without physical keyboards are stupid and pointless when the OG iPhone came out
The latter ended up on the wrong side of history.
I wonder which side we will each end up on with regards to the long term feasibility of folding phones.
Not sure where you got that idea from. Noobdy said maintain the same size. I said not too thick.
Looks like a great foldable. I hope Apple eventually comes out with their version of a foldable iPhone.
Not even close. I never use the sunroofs in my cars. I unfold my foldable multiple times, every single day.
I’m shocked by the hate, clearly those people haven’t seen this video.
Foldables are getting closer to being viable, and I think it’s time for Apple to take a crack at it.
Foldables are getting closer to being viable, and I think it’s time for Apple to take a crack at it.
Apple is not obligated to try everything under the sun just because a competitor is doing it. This may well be one of those scenarios where Apple is drawing a line in the sand and saying “I have decided to bet on wearable tech over folding phones” and we will all look back one day and see who was ultimately on the right side of history.