Report: Apple is testing foldable iPhones, having the same problems as everyone else::Don’t expect these clamshell-style foldables in 2024 or 2025 or maybe ever.

    • theangryseal@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      My boomerang lasted many years though, I’ll give it that.

      I just upgraded from the 6 Plus to the 12 Max like a year ago.

      I know Lemmy hates Apple, but I love iOS. Probably because I started on it. My son almost has me convinced though. I might let him pick my next phone and put LineageOS on it.

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        If I were to get an iPhone, the primary reason would be for longevity. The update support has just been so hard to find on Android. Let’s see now that Google and Samsung are pledging more than 2 OS updates, but their commitment remains to be seen.

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          It’s pretty awesome that I got nearly a decade out of my last phone. I didn’t upgrade because it wasn’t meeting my needs either, I upgraded because I had been through 10 screens in that time and the connectors were in bad shape. I’d have to smack it to get the screen on sometimes, or pop the screen up and push on the connectors.

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    I can’t wait for Apple to announce in a key note they’ve revolutionised the phone market again with the world’s first folding phone.

    Those apple boys are so talented 😊.

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      Did you say folding phone? Ew

      I think you’ll find it’s the new iPhone 17 with dynamic flex technology and that Tim Cook will repeatedly say on stage that this has “never been done before”.

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      1 year ago

      They actually was first with folding smartphone though, remember iPhone 6 bending drama

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      Me too, because in spite of marketing garbage the product will probably be best in class or at least providing competition thereof.

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      If you ignore screen size (which people erroneously use as a metric for phone size, since it’s an easily findable and easy to understand number) and instead look at actual phone dimensions, most phones now aren’t actually dissimilar. Bezels have shrunk a lot.

      • Galaxy S24, Jan 2024: 147mm x 70.6mm

      • Galaxy S5, Feb 2014: 142mm x 72.5mm

      S24 frontal area = 10,378mm²

      S5 frontal area = 10,153mm²

      The S24 is only 2% larger than its decade-old equivalent. Not something you’d even notice.

      If you include the thickness of the device, then the S24 is actually 4% smaller than its decade old equivalent.

      Now sure, there were smaller phones, especially if you go further back, like an iPhone 3G genuinely would be considered tiny now.

      It’s just worth noting that phones aren’t actually growing each year anymore like people say they are, and they haven’t for a while. Bezels shrinking is a huge change in design for TVs, monitors, laptops, phones.

      People are just hearing things like “6.3 inch screen” and they think “wow, my old phone only had a 4.5 inch screen. This phone must be so much larger!”

  • Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I personally don’t care I don’t want a foldable phone ( my last job gave me a Flip 3 and it was a terrible experience) I’d rather phone with a removable battery than with a foldable screen.

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      For the love of god, yes. About half the time, I want a phone. The other I want a tablet. A foldable phone similar to the galaxy fold is exactly what I want.

      But I’m locked into the Apple ecosystem for multiple reasons. And no, “just get two devices” isn’t that great an option. I don’t use them at the same time, why not just have them be the same device? Also helps with the fact that I might want to go back and forth between something in both modes.

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      I live in Korea and I see the Samsung foldable phones in the hands of like every 5th person, so yeah I’d say they sell

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        Interesting. Seattle, Washington pretty tech centric city, I’ve only seen the one guy. Mostly a 80/20 split between Iphone/Samsung flagship phones.

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    the problems:

    1. they’re crap
    2. they break easily because they’re crap
    3. they’re expensive and have a high cost of ownership because they’re crap
    4. NOBODY FUCKING WANTS THEM

    so, why is this happening?

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      Um… I started with a Fold 2 and currently on a fold 5. Maybe YOU don’t want them, but it’s hardly nobody.

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      Personally, I love fold phones. They give me portability and a big screen which are the two things I most want in a phone

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      Shit on Apple for a lot of things, but if they put out a foldable it’s not likely to be crap hardware. Just overpriced with an annoying OS.

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          You think Samsung hardware compares with Apple hardware? O.o

          Don’t get me wrong, they don’t tend to put out shit. But they’ve also had a track record of issues like cracking screens and exploding batteries.

          Apple tends to only put out the most polished version of something possible, assuming it ever sees the light of day. Their entire reputation is built around that point. If they release a foldable, the hardware will likely be on point.

          That’s not to say it will be perfect, it’ll still be running their overly locked down walled garden POS software. But you’re telling me if Apple released a foldable that could have Android installed you wouldn’t be interested?

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            iPhone 4 antenna “you’re holding it wrong”

            iPhone 6 folding

            Wireless mouse charge port on the bottom

            Apple pencil charging on the iPad

            iPads with display bright spots due to structural adhesives underneath letting go and cables pressing up

            MacBook butterfly switches

            Garbage cable quality all around