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Samsung's 'Try Galaxy' Feature Uses Two iPhones to Demo Z Fold5 Experience
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I meant that switching back and forth would be much more complicated in comparison to the amount of work of splitting the screen in two. Especially when you’re taking notes or copying things back and forth it would take many more steps if you’re only using full screen apps.
disagreed considering it's practically the same amount of the constant resizing of width of the app because each app is fighting for more space. often apps like discord break from the constant resizing too.
it's just not practical.
None, they create more problems than they solve… 😉
Too many words. You should work on writing with brevity.
Folding phones are a solution looking for a problem. It's a marketing gimmick, and every single unit has a crease going down the screen. It's classically bad design that has no place for discussion or acknolwedgement on an apple forum.
Your post is brief but lacking any sense. You'd have a point if you could carry iPad in the pocket.
If Apple released this tech, it would eat into their sales, because then you'd have an iPad and an iPhone in one. And although Steve Jobs said cannibalization was a good problem to have, somehow I don't feel the current leadership shares his view.
Maybe our uses cases are different but I've never really needed to constantly resize with the regular split screen. Perhaps you are talking about stage manager?
That’s not why Apple hasn’t done it yet. They’d love to sell you a $1,800 folding iPhone.
The reason they haven’t done it is that foldable technology sucks so far. It would be a bad iPhone and a bad iPad. Apple would much rather you get a good iPhone, good iPad, or both.
Four years into laptops, people knew what benefits they provided.
Four years into PDAs, people knew what benefits they provide.
Four years into VR glasses, people know what benefits they provide.
My comment had nothing to do with if anyone thinks they are good, or personally wants one, just that it's weird to still be asking what benefit folding phones provide.
No I actually mean split view.
On my iPad, using the most narrow size of window for Discord, you can only get about 2-3 messages on screen, so I typically stretch Discord to be the wider app of the two.
My second app would be something like Safari. Some websites look fine on narrow view, but look at something like PC Gamer where there is lots of ads and screenshots where text makes up maybe about 20-30% of the entire window, I'm scrolling way too much. So I widen the Safari view. But then there might be a lot of messages on Discord coming in so I have to constantly scroll up or widen the Discord view. So I find myself constantly resizing the two windows.
Now I could turn it landscape, but then the keyboard takes up the majority of the screen making it difficult to read new messages as they come in. And thumb typing feels better in portrait.
Far better to just swipe to Safari and swipe back to Discord if needed.
Why would I want one in my pocket, especially a large screen with a horrid crease going down the center?
You bring up many valid points. That said, there's no reason that apps can't be adjusted to take advantage of the extra screen space (wouldn't be the first time, and certainly wouldn't be the last either). Furthermore, not every app has to take advantage of the extra width.
There are many use cases where extra screen space would be very helpful. When I think about the apps I use most - Maps, Mail, Messages, GoodNotes, Banktivity, Gaia GPS, Photos, Anybox, Calendar - all of them would benefit from the extra screen real estate. Multi-tasking would also be a lot nicer on a bigger/wider screen. You could have two full-size apps side by side.
Reading documents would be a lot nicer too. Right now when I read a document on the iPhone, I must choose between a very small full-size view or viewing in landscape with a more readable magnification, but tons of scrolling. With a folding iPhone, I'd have both a more readable magnification and get to see at least half the page.
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It would not be an iPhone and iPad in one. At best it would be an iPhone and iPad Mini cut off at the knees in one. No one would use a folding iPhone instead of an iPad. A folding iPhone would be closer to a square screen, which is nothing like the iPad.
When you say "we" to whom are you referring? Unless you are personally involved in producing Apple commercials or part of their executive corporate structure then you might be a bit too personally invested in your phone.
Also, (I'm aiming for a Mean Girls movie quote when I say): Stop trying to make smoogle happen. It's never going to happen. 😉
Where's the innovation of foldable phones, apart from the engineering aspect? Does it bring any real value to the user?
It's easy to answer both questions, smaller in your pocket, bigger screen when you need it.
I just got my Flip5 in last night, love it!
Maybe product decisions shouldn't be made on whether people are "bored" but whether the product solves a problem. The iPhone is still pretty damn good in that respect.
Excitement sells more to people like me...
An exciting, new, product that fits with my needs, I'll buy right away, but one that really isn't any different than it's predecessors -- I buy only as a replacement for a failure, and only if I need that functionality. iPhones have had just enough difference between models for me to buy most years, but this year, I just don't see it.
And I'm on a 3 generations old Apple watch too, and I don't see upgrading this year either and probably retiring it and going with a galaxy watch.
I do not like status quo, I'm always looking for a better way...