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

    • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.gg
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      3 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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      3 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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        3 months ago

        I didn’t say the Fold was twice as thick as an iPhone. Any phone that you fold becomes twice as thick when you fold it.

        It’s not a competition.

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          3 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.

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            3 months ago

            Lol, you call what I said “the dumbest thing” then immediately agree with me.

            And then you try to win your pretend competition we weren’t having with a fantasy iPhone you just made up so you could be right, lmao

            Ok…