Other Tired of waiting…

[eyoungren]

I have absolutely zero desire for a foldable iPhone, but there should definitely be an option for those that do. Right now, foldables are still absolutely garbage with that crease in the middle of the screen. I think if Apple does do this, they'll wait until it doesn't look stupid like every other foldable and have found a way to eliminate the crease, as well as better structural integrity.

I was in a third party repair shop for an old iPhone about a year ago and there was a guy ahead of me that was clearly unhappy with the repair of his foldable. Apparently, there was a CREASE down the middle ( ) that he just could NOT deal with. And the piece of clear plastic thingy that was on the screen bubbled around the crease. But the tech was telling him this was all standard stuff and part of having a foldable.

Yeah, I also have zero desire for this.

 

[CrysisDeu]

I want a foldable.
A phone that can be an iPad when needed is such a huge selling point to me.

 

[MacMelvin]

Interesting, you are a different data point. We are similar though, yet different.

I just see no need to reach over for a device that unfolds…

What an awful mess that is.

 

[eyoungren]

What an awful mess that is.

I wasn't posting it for your approval.

 

[Shirasaki]

I have always Bought the largest iPhone screen available, thinking that was all. Until 2018 When I bought my first iPad.
It changed everything. Large screen, easier on the eyes, overall much better experience. As I’m getting older By the day, I won’t be able to tolerate tiny iPhone screens anymore, whether it is foldable or not.

I am typing this reply on my M1 iPad Pro 11”, just enough size to type with both hands without super stretchy feeling. I might jump to 13” given I could have a full size keyboard but not fully decided yet. To me, at some point, you can’t jack of all trades into victory anymore. There has to be some form of separation for a better experience. iPad is that separation for a truly larger screen iOS device that iPhone can never get. And foldable wont save that.

I get some folks want one device that can do everything. But it just can’t. There will be compromises. At the end of the day, we pick the device that suits a particular balance between benefit and drawbacks. I pick iPad for larger screen in exchange for somewhat less portability and iPhone for best portability but tiny screen. And I carry both.

 

[boss.king]

Foldables feel like a class of device that's worse than the sum of it's parts. You get a much chunkier phone that doubles as a less capable tablet, with both compromised on hardware reliability due to the hinge and folding display, and because they're the same device you lose the benefits of having separate devices. For example, I regularly find myself making calls from my phone while taking notes on my iPad.

I get that some people like them, but pretty much everyone I've spoken to who owns one was looking forward to getting rid of theirs after a few months of owning them.

 

[MrENGLISH]

Foldables feel like a class of device that's worse than the sum of it's parts. You get a much chunkier phone that doubles as a less capable tablet…

The Honor Magic V2 is just barely thicker than the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Oh and it’s lighter than the 14PM. It uses newer battery technology that allows it to be thinner without compromising battery life.

 

[boss.king]

The Honor Magic V2 is just barely thicker than the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Oh and it’s lighter than the 14PM. It uses newer battery technology that allows it to be thinner without compromising battery life.

I hadn't heard of the Magic V2, but I have to assume there were compromises made somewhere for it to be that thin (even accounting for new battery tech).

 

[Funny Apple Man]

If Apple is 'so late' to the game, then it's just a passing fad. Perhaps Apple is not 'so late', they just recognize that foldables are such and aren't going to put time and effort in a device that can be bought cheap at the Goodwill or Salvation Army a year later.

Just my opinion.

I have a different view to this. I hope this doesn't become just a fad and stays as an option. The extra screen real estate of foldables can open to a bunch of neat things you can't do on a regular phone. Two or three app multitasking, and being able to properly write and doodle are what comes to my mind.

Think of it as turning into an iPad mini when it opens up, and then it goes back to a regular iPhone when folded. If the iPad mini can exist, then so can a foldable iPhone.

 

[ThailandToo]

I want it to be an iPad/iPhone in one but it will never happen. Tim’s AAPL is about ecosystem to make more money for Tim!!!

 

[ZZ9pluralZalpha]

The concept of a phone that turns into a tablet is undeniably cool, but pulling it off in a high-quality manner depends on a display material that can be folded sans crease, tightly rolled, or paneled seamlessly together while equalling the durability and feel of current glass panels. Unfortunately, such a material does not yet exist for mass production—and if we wanted to handwave that one did, I’d rather postulate a flat waveguide that would enable Tony Stark’s AR glasses.

 

[TracerAnalog]

I like tech, and I like the concept of foldables. However, the current state of the mechanics is that they seem to break down easily. Both the hinges and the screen have weak spots (ugh that crease…).

So… I remain patiently waiting for any company to release a good foldable, be it Apple or anyone else.

 

[User #07242024]

Nice, do share your experience with the Honor V2!

 

[Basic75]

Between a mechanical component that can break more easily, less room for the battery and other internal components, and the less scratch resistant screen surface, honestly, I wouldn't buy a foldable iPhone even if it were the cheapest one.

 

[Reverend Benny]

Surface Duo 2 – Dual-Screen Mobile Productivity – Microsoft Surface

Open two screens and discover limitless possibilities with Surface Duo 2, now with next-level multitasking, lightning-fast 5G and intelligent three-lens camera.

www.microsoft.com

This with the new Qualcomm X and a new release of Windows Mobile would make me thinking of changing platform.
But Android and Apple has to big a marketshare, there isn't space for a "third" player as it seems now. But if anyone could do it, its MS.
Especially now since they are delivering a popular platform that companies use to manage mobile devices. That is one key for success (where the old Windows Mobile failed).

The fragile screens on todays foldable make me a bit hesitant. Don't want to have a crease after a few months.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

I want a foldable.
A phone that can be an iPad when needed is such a huge selling point to me.

It’s the opposite for me, I like having an iPad and an iPhone. Never once wanted my iPhone to fold out into the size of an iPad as I don’t need it to when all my large screen uses are when I’m at home anyway.

I’m all for Apple producing a foldable for people like you, but please Apple don’t assume everyone wants it as standard!

 

[Marty80]

I like the idea of foldable iPhone for more screen real estate, but after reading countless comments on macrumors I have been put off getting one because of the issues that come with them.

 

[CrysisDeu]

Never once wanted my iPhone to fold out into the size of an iPad as I don’t need it to when all my large screen uses are when I’m at home anyway.

It’s more of a lifestyle thing. I once didn’t need a foldable, but now I sometimes find pickings up my iPad from another room too troublesome, or wanting to read/watch something while in office/on road, where I won’t carry my iPad with me.

I won’t be mad if this iPhone can also run mac OS when connected to accessories. I will always have everything I need with me

 

[lotzosushi]

Every single foldable phone I've seen in the wild has an unsightly bubbled crease down the middle, I've yet to see one in pristine condition. Until the foldable tech gets to where there won't be permanent damage from even just slight pressure from your fingernails I have zero interest in Apple making an iPhone so fragile. Though knowing the number of existing iPhones with cracked screens out there they'll make more money replacing screens than selling iPhones though lol

 

[CraigJDuffy]

Hence why users desiring it are moving to other manufacturers.

Happy for them 😂

 

[Bruh Bear]

I hadn't heard of the Magic V2, but I have to assume there were compromises made somewhere for it to be that thin (even accounting for new battery tech).

The display is incredibly fragile and the device isn’t dust or water resistant.

 

[danb1979]

There will always be the for & against camps when it comes to Foldables...

I'm in the 'for' camp

I love my Pixel Fold; it's a superb device and does all I need of it during the day as my business device (calls, texts, Whatsapp etc) and then in the evenings its my eReader (Kindle, Pocketmags etc) and scren for watching YT, more so if the wife's watching TV and I don't want to watch it...

My 15PM is my main driver; it's my personal phone and runs my AWU2 too; but there's a thought process for me currently of reverting fully back to Android and may be getting the ZF6 and Samsung Watch Ultra to replace my 15PM/AWU2, selling on my Pixel Fold and getting something like a Pixel 8a as my work device...

I've got my Apple MBA and Mac Mini; I don't have an iPad as they don't get used (hence why I like a Foldable as it does 2 jobs in one for me)

I'll see what Google come out with next week before I make my decision; just wish their watches were a much better size and spec than they are currently (they're too small for me personally)

I love Apple; will never leave the ecosystem; but since the 11 Pro Max; the iPhone really hasn't changed that much and I can't see the 16 being that much different over what's out currently

 

[Drecca]

Seeing a lot of people being negative about crease and reliability. Sure, valid - but the point of foldable is funcitonality, how would you use it? How would it make your life better or easier? What can they do better than your current tech?

Focus on that, the technology will catch up and almost has already on some versions of foldables.

 

[thecautioners]

I recall the 6+ being foldable

I don’t foresee myself ever wanting a foldable iPhone, but that’s what I said about the iPhone in 2007, then I bought it the day after release after getting my hands on it on day 1.

 

[BobSinclair]

Anyway, what I do NOT want is a compromise. And with foldables, all I see is compromise. It's the same type of thing as the person why buys an iPhone to get the 'status symbol'. Yet when you start asking questions you find out all they could afford was the base level entry model.

How pretentious. I find people buying the latest biggest, most expensive version when it’s more than they need to be more likely to do it as a status symbol. One buys the cheapest iPhone because it fills their needs and the software is the same anyway.