Don't expect these clamshell-style foldables in 2024 or 2025 or maybe ever.
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.
Yeah I totally believe that they break easily and are way too expensive. But that applies to any cutting edge product ever. Assuming the flaws can be engineered out, the fundamental benefit of having a large screen on a small/portable phone is definitely a killer feature.
I broke most of my previous phones in a variety of ways. The more expensive, the easier they broke. I can't make a phone last. I'm afraid to even look at a foldable.
You think Samsung hardware compares with Apple hardware? O.o
Donât get me wrong, they donât tend to put out shit. But theyâve 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.
Thatâs not to say it will be perfect, itâll still be running their overly locked down walled garden POS software. But youâre telling me if Apple released a foldable that could have Android installed you wouldnât be interested?
You must be forgetting that apple already did a folding phone years ago. It was called the iphone 6. That was the highest quality phone ive ever seen them make....
Ha, yes true enough. They do fuck up, though I think we can agree âmy chassis bent by a couple degreesâ and âmy phone blew upâ are on different levels.
Their worst fuck up imho was then throttling things when the battery was degraded without telling people. Literally just settled a class action on that too.
Not the antenna that lost signal when you held the phone in your left hand on the iphone 4. That was a pretty bad one.
But yeah, the throttling thing is terrible.
As for the exploding phones, whilst its definitely worse, the phone was recalled and discontinued within a month of release and no phone has experienced that problem since.
I find it interesting that people dont stop buying apple when they mess up with the single phone they release every cycle but samsung who develop multiple phones each cycle had one bad batch and thats all people remember.
Obviously, explosions are bad. I get that. But it was dealt with and they havent messed up like that si ce. Apple have screwed up multiple times and have carried out actions that forced users to buy new phones because their old ones become unusable. Thats so anti consumer it hurts.
Youâll find issues with literally every hardware company out there. Iâm not claiming that Apple is perfect, nor that they donât make mistakes. Iâm claiming the thing they worry about most is their image, and if they donât think their foldable will be solid they wonât even let it see the light of day.
I get that Appleâs version would be the swankiest version, but Iâm not there for it.
Like⌠theyâd âdo it rightâ, but the cost combined with whatever sacrifices theyâd have to make for it to be âqualityâ⌠I dunno. Letâs see what they come up with.
I've had my fold3 for over 2 years and I absolutely love it. I don't think I can go back to a bar-phone now.
Also, even if you really don't like folding phones, why fight creativity? Before this phones were getting so boring and completely lacking innovation. They still are in the non-folding market. Even if you don't like them, choice is never a bad thing.