Apple’s rumoured foldable iPhone (possibly iPhone Flip) might launch in 2026, but display crease, and design are roadblocks.

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    4 months ago

    “a few” … it literally cuts the length in half. For me personally, something like this is much desired. Having a 3x3x.5" block vs a 6x3x.25" block would be a major improvement.

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        4 months ago

        Which I’m totally okay with. In some of my clothes my pockets are doing gymnastics to try and fit the giant brick (because the phone is a long as the full length of my pocket). If you don’t have/like baggy pockets, these huge screen, long phones are a huge pain.

        Having it be “twice as thick” means it’s about as thick as my wallet (and I have no complaints with that).

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        4 months ago

        Been using the fold from 2-6. While this statement is true from 2-4, def untrue for 5 and 6.

        iPhone pro max weight 7.81oz. Fold 6: 8.43 oz

        7% more weight

        iPhone pro max: 8.25mm Fold 6: 12.1mm folded

        So about 30% thicker and 7% more weight for essentials double the real estate. Seems like a no brainer for me.

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            4 months ago

            What? That’s the dumbest thing. Of course it’s going to be twice as thick if you fold it. Everything is. Water is wet and the sky is blue. No shit.

            If they made a 6mm folded iPhone and the current iPhone is 8.5mm. that’s actually an improvement over a previous gen iPhone and that is actually useful information.