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Cool folding Phone concept - sekker - 02-16-2021
I do not need a folding smartphone.
But if I had one, it'd be an iPhone if it could be as cool as this.
https://9to5mac.com/2021/02/16/folding-iphone-with-apple-pencil/
Re: Cool folding Phone concept - SteveG - 02-17-2021
One more step in calling and receiving. Just like you have to hold your hand up with the pioneering Apple Watch to do anything.
Re: Cool folding Phone concept - Markintosh - 02-17-2021
Pass
Re: Cool folding Phone concept - RAMd®d - 02-17-2021
One more step in calling and receiving.
First, for a huge segment of phone or 'Phone users, making and receiving calls is a lower priority than screen real estate.
Jobs said nobody wants a big phone.
He was very wrong.
Second, similar to what was depicted, Apple would/will almost certainly provide the ability to answer a call (even without AirPods) without opening a 'Phone.
Just like you have to hold your hand up with the pioneering Apple Watch to do anything.
No, you don't.
I can view the time simply by turning my wrist towards me, just like I did 98% of the time with a conventional 'dumb' watch.
Or, if I want, it can be switched to always on.
But I prefer the dark screen went not doing anything.
Other than telling the time or reading a notification, yes, I do have to raise my hand a little to do almost anything else.
You know, like all those things traditional watches can't do.
So, in summation...
A folding 'Phone won't be for everybody.
But it will be a 'thing' that a lot of people will wonder how they did without.
I like my 12 mini, but if Apple made a folder that was a little smaller and opened up bigger, I'd sure consider it.
Whoever gets the production version down, really down, will have the TARDIS of phones.
Whether I buy one or not, I want it to be a 'Phone.
Re: Cool folding Phone concept - NewtonMP2100 - 02-18-2021
.....if only they could fold.......my laundry.......