![]() ![]() ![]() It doesn’t interact with water, dust, or just the elements the way the iPhone does either, making it the perfect product to iron out any kinks (or creases) you’d find in foldable technology.Ģ. The iPad doesn’t travel outdoors the way the iPhone does. Make it thicker and you’re still innovating while being sensible about the kind of risks you’re taking. The iPad, on the other hand, doesn’t have to fit into pockets the way the iPhone does. Apple fans are also incredibly fickle-minded about their phones and Apple’s worked incredibly hard to make sure no change is TOO drastic to piss off the billions of iPhone users (the disappearance of the 3.5mm jack wasn’t taken to too kindly). ![]() Given that the iPhone accounts for over 50% of Apple’s global revenue, a thick foldable phone would be an incredibly risky bet on Apple’s golden goose. Even though Apple’s worked hard to fix those problems (schematics show the iPhone 15 is thicker than ever with a honker of a camera bump), the company just doesn’t do thick and rugged, with the sole exception of the Apple Watch Ultra. Nobody likes thick phones, especially Apple usersĮver since Steve Jobs walked on stage with a laptop thin enough to fit in a Manila envelope, it put Apple on a trajectory that would have it chase slimness… to a fault, really, with bending iPhones and atrocious butterfly-keyboard MacBooks. Here’s why Apple should build a folding iPad BEFORE they build a folding iPhone…ġ. While I’d love to see Apple and Samsung duke it out in the foldable phone space, I wholeheartedly believe a folding iPad is an infinitely better idea… even though the folks at Fast.Co think a foldable iPad would be “Apple’s worst idea”. Many of us suspect Apple will launch a folding iPhone, while there are rumors of a folding iPad being in development too. Top analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman have both indicated that internal sources say that the folding Apple device will be out as early as 2024 or 2025, although it isn’t entirely clear what this device will be. If patents are any indication, Apple HAS, in fact, been working on a foldable for quite a while now. It also raised some incredibly pertinent questions – will Apple make a foldable too? And when? Ever since the world’s first folding phone (the Royole Flexpai) was unveiled, it kicked off a smartphone innovation race that companies like Samsung, Motorola, Huawei, Xiaomi, and Oppo have locked horns in. ![]()
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