I was a bit skeptical on this form factor, but after watching a few reviews I think I'm convinced. The heart says yes, bank balance says definitely no.
I think with Apple's software optimization, it'll be a really solid device. The only thing I'd be missing are the Pro level cameras.
I wonder if it will work well as a "travel" computer? I could see leaving my laptop at home and taking this and a keyboard? Also it looks like it would be fabulous as an e-reader too, so I can drop Kindle and replace with keyboard in the bag.
That said I don't want to carry it or use it as my daily driver phone as I try not to use a phone in general...
I think both ecosystems most often have people switching when the other side has something new. I suspect this foldable is coming in under the expected price of the new iPhone fold and is there to make sure people have a flagship-priced option if they get foldable mania. Very few of these products are trying to steal people away (the rare exceptions might be the previous gen high-end foldable phones that are android-only so far).
Samsung has done it again. They've been making foldable phones in a certain screen ratio and somehow this year they decided to change it to match the unreleased iPhone fold.
I saw a post on X.com that shows the Samsung's internal screen has the same size and aspect ratio of the iPad mini gens 1~5. Going to be such a slam dunk when Apple releases theirs.
I'm bitterly disappointed with the shape (aspect ratio) of that front screen, if the one on the iPhone Ultra is likely to be similar.
I got my hopes unrealistically high based on a single comment I saw somewhere here on HN, that if Apple already had a nice small screen lying around they might decide they may as well use it to make a small phone again.
I don't think there's much to be done with something that shape for the only screen on a phone.
After WWDC, I predict another flood of iPhone Mini battery replacements. Dozens!
Man, they are cool, but I need at least a decade of clearly reliable functioning in the real world before I believe that those foldable screens aren't going to just break.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 28.2 ms ] threadI think with Apple's software optimization, it'll be a really solid device. The only thing I'd be missing are the Pro level cameras.
That said I don't want to carry it or use it as my daily driver phone as I try not to use a phone in general...
I got my hopes unrealistically high based on a single comment I saw somewhere here on HN, that if Apple already had a nice small screen lying around they might decide they may as well use it to make a small phone again.
I don't think there's much to be done with something that shape for the only screen on a phone.
After WWDC, I predict another flood of iPhone Mini battery replacements. Dozens!
I love the folding ones, but if only I had a folding eink screen, that would be glorious !
Or at least, something close.