Apple’s Foldable iPhone There have been rumors for many years. Although we crossed our fingers to see it at last year’s iPhone 16 launch, the iPhone is nowhere to be seen. But rumors continue, and Apple is increasingly likely to enter the foldable phone game at some point. Since Samsung launched, almost all foldable phones have been tested, reviewed and photographed Its first Z-reversal in 2019I have some ideas and cautious ideas about Apple as it gets closer to the potential foldable iPhone.
I’ve written before about why foldable phones Disappointed me And how Apple becomes a company Improve the category. Because folding really needs to be lifted. We’ve seen new foldables from Samsung, Google, Motorola, OnePlus And Xiaomibut none of them managed to get me particularly excited. All of these new launches of companies are just iterations they already have.
The folding plates are nice on the surface, but they don’t offer something truly unique besides the novelty of the curved display. The more Android companies joining foldable wear, the more I worry that Apple might run into the same problem, and the iPhone Flip is a universal, redundant novelty.
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A foldable iPhone is more than just a regular iPhone with a curved screen.
This is what Apple needs to do.
Focus on software
Unfortunately, so far we’ve seen foldable Android devices – including recent ones Samsung Galaxy Z-fold 6 and Z flip 6 – It’s just regular in nature Android phone With flexible display. The hardware is impressive, of course, but once you overcome the novelty of a half-bending phone, it will be like any other phone. Except you pay a lot of money.
The problem is that while the folding hardware works well, the software is basically the same as you find on the non-folding version of your phone. The larger displays in the core Android software have few tweaks, and most third-party apps don’t really take advantage of the format. As a result, I was still waiting for that “oh wow” moment, which allowed me to see the true value of folding phones.
The hardware on the Samsung Z FOLL 6 has certainly evolved since the first Z fold, but the software is still very incredible.
I had hoped Google, as a maker of Android, would develop more software features that would make the most of its folding format in its pixel folding range. I like the recent one Pixel 9 Pro Fold And think this is probably one of the best folding boards out there. But it still feels more like keeping pace with the competition than a real attempt to innovate.
Apple’s deep developer relationship is expected to play a role here, and productivity, entertainment and gaming app producers may be ready and ready to create killer apps to show why foldable phones are truly the next step in the evolution of our phones.
Stand out of the crowd
Even in the hardware side, we have seen duplication of design and form. Motorola’s new Razr Plus In essence, Samsung’s Z Flip 6 And in OnePlus openthe Google Pixel fold and the Galaxy Z Fold 6 surpassed some small touches.
Most of the folding boards we’ve seen so far look the same.
Apple needs to avoid folded iPhones, which look like clones of existing Android folds. It needs to stand out and strengthen why Apple is the champion in product engineering. Don’t forget that Apple did not invent the phone, but its top designers and engineers use it The first iPhone This completely revolutionizes what a phone might be.
Apple has time here; by late parties, rather than with the “I’m the same!” product, it’s already able to get from Samsung’s first Z discountthrough the more advanced models we have today. It gives companies the opportunity to earn time and learn from others’ mistakes and hopes to bring the same spark that the original iPhone is so transformative into its first foldable.
Don’t open it on the specifications – then do
Folding the iPhone, if we get the iPhone should be a display of what Apple can achieve through the phone. It not only needs to stay at the forefront of its design, but also the latest technology the company offers elsewhere. This means it needs to be able to work with Professional modelnot a cut version that just folds.
The Galaxy Z Flip 6 is a nice kit, but its hardware doesn’t compete with Samsung’s regular phones.
We’ve seen a lot of other foldables, including Samsung, which usually pack their foldable phones (especially the Z Flip Line) with smaller specifications than you get from its top non-folding models. The result is that you are forced to pay the highest price for a bendable phone, but the ultimate performance is still lower than your friends who are much cheaper than yours.
This is especially true for cameras, even Samsung’s most expensive Z Fold 6 packs a camera setup that competes with the S25 Ultra. Therefore, you have to Best camera performance Or the best folding technique. Either way, you have to make a compromise, and it’s bad when you spend four numbers to get privileges.
Apple foldable requires the same triple camera setup packaged from the Pro series, proraw imaging and PRORES Video Capture. It needs to have the latest processor that can handle whatever you are going to do, and it needs to be able to run Apple’s new AI skills (Apple Smart) At least as any other phone call made by the company.
We will have to use my bad version of Photoshops to do it before we get a real folded iPhone.
Such a device will cost a fortune, so Apple also needs a more affordable option for those who just want to have fun with the hinges without all the bells and whistles. Why? Because it requires mass market appeal to get developers involved. There are too few people who have adopted the high elite iPhone Fold very early on, so why do developers waste time dreaming about making apps for so few potential customers? On the other hand, just looking for cheap and interesting models will make it look like a toy. One headline is headlines, but it is not really a headline for serious users.
In order to truly dominate the market on board, Apple will need to solve both sides of the value equation.
