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I think this is what everyone is hoping for. A lot of us are in IT and rely on these devices for those urgent weekend remote sessions. I keep an iPad in my bike bag for when I don't have the MacBook nearby. This would hopefully eliminate that need. iPadOS gets this job done. iOS doesn't quite make it.
That's what's slightly depressing about the foldable phone market. It largely boils down to Samsung, Google, and now Apple... followed by a slew of Chinese vendors that are mostly unavailable in North America (Motorola's Razr Fold is the notable exception). It makes the conventional phone space seem fiercely competitive.
I'm excited for it, right at the end of my 3 year cycle on my carrier too so hopefully I get a good trade-in deal on my current phone.
Yeah ideally same, think I'm gonna get stuck in a bad cycle though where AT&T will run a good trade in deal for my current model phone, and if I wait next year then it will be too old to get any good value out of. So guess I'll be an early adopter (hopefully not as early as the android foldable phone adopters though, thank you for your service peeps o7)
It’s not. It’s just as big of a piece of shit IMO, although they did nail down the iOS build for it better than what Android does. However, the crease is still present which to me is an instant no go.
Probably never. The better way to do it would be making two edgeless glass panels that perfectly mechanically fit together IMO, and I thought Apple would do that given how much they talked about the hinge.
I've used a few foldables. Usually, I stick to the cover screen for quick uses but open up when I'm either watching something or in full-on power user mode (i.e. juggling multiple apps).
The Duo has purposefully nerfed cameras to give them something to upgrade next year. I would deal with a bigger camera bump on the Duo to have the top cameras instead of a trade off on screen size or camera quality.
The 17 pro is very solid. It reminds me of the 11 pro in terms of how long lasting it’ll be. 18 pro isn’t bad if you’re not on the 17 pro yet, because the every pro model since like the 11 has had serious heat/battery life issues up until the 17.
And I would also think that is why this is the "easiest" year to get preorders on release day. My 2TB 17PM cost $1999 last year. To replace it with the same storage today is $500 more! With today's economy most people aren't spending that much on phones. The 18 is more like an S upgrade and I'm hearing that 17 Pro/Max cases fit the 18 and vice versa which is also a first.
On top of that, yearly upgrades now detract from the sense of ownership. It was one thing in 2010 when an iPhone 4 was such a sharp break that 3GS owners would rush to upgrade; it's another in today's more iterative world where even significant improvements rarely prompt premature upgrades. Now, I'd rather feel like I own my phone than rent it.
