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Samsung has released their 5th generation folding phones, where is a folding iPhone? (beehaw.org)

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I have one theory and that it’s when Apple caves to EU pressure and releases an iPhone with a type C port, they will simultaneously release a folding iPhone with no port that is meant to be the future of iPhones.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Samsung has released their 5th generation folding phones and they’re still demonstrably unpopular. There is no evidence of any broad demand for a folding phone. Apple doesn’t make niche iPhones.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

why would apple release one? demand seems nonexistent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I wouldn’t want something even thicker in my pockets. Oh, and my iPhone is girthy as-is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

My theory is Apple won’t release a folding phone until at the very least, the durability and feel of the screen material is addressed. In addition, I personally don’t think Apple will do a folding phone design until they find an implementation that does more than replicate the standard flip phone or just expand the screen real estate.