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Samsung has released their 5th generation folding phones, where is a folding iPhone? (self.apple)

submitted 2 years ago by crow to c/apple@kbin.social

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I have one theory and that it’s when Apple caves to EU pressure and releases an iPhone with a type C port, they will simultaneously release a folding iPhone with no port that is meant to be the future of iPhones.

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[–] bauhaus@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

why would apple release one? demand seems nonexistent.

[–] kirklennon@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Samsung has released their 5th generation folding phones and they’re still demonstrably unpopular. There is no evidence of any broad demand for a folding phone. Apple doesn’t make niche iPhones.

[–] resurrexia@artemis.camp 2 points 2 years ago

My feeling is Apple will skip straight to making vision pro a consumer phone or computer replacement

[–] Xylia@artemis.camp 3 points 2 years ago

My theory is Apple won’t release a folding phone until at the very least, the durability and feel of the screen material is addressed. In addition, I personally don’t think Apple will do a folding phone design until they find an implementation that does more than replicate the standard flip phone or just expand the screen real estate.

[–] Enthrone@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I wouldn’t want something even thicker in my pockets. Oh, and my iPhone is girthy as-is.