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[-] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Be phone engineer

Finally manufacture one-atom thick phone

The screen is nearly entirely invisible due to its thinness

You can't tap it anywhere or it immediately breaks into a million crumbs like filo dough

The components had to be spread over a 200 square meter sheet to fit all their atoms side by side

Present product to the board, instantly promoted to CEO

Product releases

Everyone buys the waferphone

"It's so thin" say consumers

"Unparalleled convenience and an incredible feat of engineering" say reviewers

Third parties begin selling titanium insulation sheetcases to protect your waferphone

Too big and heavy to take outside, everyone stores their waferphones underground at waferlockers

All phones are now completely inaccessible remotely or physically

Technological nirvana attained at last

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[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

I was actually looking at foldable phones a few weeks back, seems like 2 screens isn’t enough to make a difference, but 3 screens are. It’s either I get that or a foldable 1 screen phone (like a flip phone).

On another note, after Tim apple bribed Trump with a gold ball I’ve decided to no longer buy apple products again. And it’s kind of a big deal because I’ve had iPhones since 2008.

I’m not disagreeing with you but whose phone do you plan on buying next? Pichai + Brin also bribed trump (they were at the inauguration alongside Tim Apple and others)

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I don’t know yet. I’ll get a new phone when this one dies. The point is that I used to buy iPhones as default, and that is no longer the case. I wonder how many customers they lost like me - theoretically I could have been a life long customer.

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

don't forget to not buy new. buy a used device whenever possible, unless you specifically want to support a particular company

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[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It makes huge difference. I'm on Fold since Fold 4 and would never go back to a slab phone mostly because I just read books or text web/social media. The square display is perfect for this as you get proper 80-120 character lines with large font and enough space for media etc.

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[-] Lyubo@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Two iPhone Airs sticked together for the price of two and a half. Great job 👏

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Assuming he's right (and boy, being sued by apple is a huge boost to his credibility), they're keeping the stupid camera bump thing from the air???

[-] scratchee@feddit.uk 8 points 2 weeks ago

The camera bump sure isn’t going away for a folding phone. cameras have fundamental volume requirements to maintain quality, if they don’t think they can justify making the normal iPhone thick enough to enclose the camera then there’s no way in hell they’ll think the folding phones doubled width can include it, if anything you’d expect it to be more prominent on a folding model

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[-] H1AA6329S@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Breakthrough technology, never seen before in the mobile market. Apple, like always, surprises the word with the latest never seen before tech that will become mainstream in the near future, thanks to apple and its affordable pricing for everyday customers.

Now just slap that 2,5-3k RRP on the device and let it sell out in.

[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Apple’s entire history as an org has been as a fast follower, not a first mover.

The Apple Newton is a great example of why they avoid being a first mover.

[-] SOULFLY98@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

They've also become really, really good at outsourcing R&D to other companies. This lets them outsource the expense of trial and error, and swoop down with a mature product once everyone else has paid for it.

15 years ago they famously patented, and then leaked that they were working on a fingerprint reader authentication method, and then they watched the Android manufacturers bend over backwards to implement it so they could say they did it "first." In those early days of smartphones, being first to implement something and then claiming Apple copied it was a big deal for people who wanted to be first movers (today they are called "techbros"). Motorola Mobility ate the cost of R&D, was never able to recoup the costs, and ended up being sold to Google for their patent portfolio. By the time Apple released Touch ID two and a half years later, Motorola Mobility was a shell of itself, and ended up being sold a second time to Lenovo.

Foldable phones have been a thing for a while, and Apple just sat back and took notes on what everyone else was doing. Surface Duo killed Microsoft's last attempt at a mobile device. Now it's a relatively mature market (we have tri-fold phones for two years now and tablets that fold into a laptop with a bluetooth keyboard) and now Apple will swoop in and bring the rest of the market.

The money isn't in being a first mover; it's in making a reliable product that everyone can use. It shouldn't be lost on anyone that Apple made a trillion dollars while OpenBSD (upstream for a lot of Apple's ecosystem) struggled to pay its light bills.

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[-] goatinspace@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

I would like a feature where you fold an iphone into a linux phone.

[-] yggstyle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Gonna need to ask santa for that next year ;) you juuust missed the cutoff.

I'm quietly praying a certain launch goes so we'll we see a steam phone eventually.

[-] HalifaxJones@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I’m just looking for a device that can also perfectly hold my tacos

[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

It too late for this product to succeed. If it isn’t absolutely perfect, it won’t matter that it’s great. It took so long to get here the public has unrealistic expectations now.

Meanwhile, the techbros and pretty much poisoned consumer electronics and everyone is looking for a way to jump ship.

I think we are going to see Linux phones get sales like the iPhone air did this year, which weren’t great for Apple but mean something very different for competition.

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[-] lian_drake@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

That is literally a Pixel Fold

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[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There are a few people that Apple would love to delete from the face of the planet.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who’s consistently divulging Apple’s plans, is one. TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who is always sharing information based on his supply chain checks, is high up on the list, too.

Apple uses Gurman for controlled leaks to build hype. He hasn’t been sued yet.

But YouTuber Jon Prosser is public enemy number one that Apple is trying to truly silence. And for good reason: the man who Apple sued in July for leaking iOS 26 and Liquid Glass keeps spoiling Apple’s unreleased products with high-quality 3D renders in his videos

Now Prosser, Apple definitely doesn’t use him for leaks since he is being sued. He’s just an idiot.

[-] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

I like the idea of a foldable phone but what I really want is a phone that folds enough to fit in my women’s pants pockets.

[-] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

The other solution is to make women's pants with pockets that can actually hold things.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

inconceivable!

[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

They do, they're just not skin tight. You can't really fit much into a pocket in super tight jeans.

[-] Miaou@jlai.lu 3 points 1 week ago

You've obviously never shopped for women's clothes. Even sport shorts don't have pockets, it's absolutely ridiculous

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Yes and no… Women do complain about a lack of pockets, while simultaneously buying pants that physically don’t have room for pockets.

But on the other side of the same coin, women’s heavy duty cargo pants have smaller interior pockets too. Like the exterior pouch pockets may be the same/equivalent size, but the main front and back pockets are often still tiny. There’s no real way to rationalize that or blame women for it, because that’s the entire point of the pants, and there is 100% enough room for larger pockets in those baggier pants.

And no, they often can’t just buy men’s pants, because the cut is very different. Guys tend to have narrower hips and wider waists. Women wearing men’s pants will tend to have the waistband fit (but can’t get their hips into them) or be able to get their hips into the pants (but then need to cinch down the waist by a ridiculous and uncomfortable amount). Women’s pants tend to have more hip room and narrow waistbands, to account for that.

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I am AFAB - been wearing mens pants for years and I don't have a problem fitting into them. Probably largely depends on individual body shape and even then, taking measurements and matching it to the correct waistband/inseam size usually works out.

My crackpot conspiracy theory is that women's pants pockets are smaller in order to force women to buy and use purses.

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[-] network_switch@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

iPhones are too locked down for the hardware they have. I’m writing this on an iPhone 15 …

The foldable I like the most I’ve seen are the Motorola razrs. That’s vertical. The best fat foldables are going to be Android because of all the video game emulators for Android

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I don’t understand the last sentence. All the video game emulators for Android compared to what OS? Because at this point, RetroArch emulates pretty much everything, and is available for Android and iOS. Running anything that needs hardware caching on iOS needs sideloading of course.

So what is it that makes the Android foldable experience better for emulators than, say, an iPad?

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I mean, do they even have a case against them? It's not like they stole the information, or signed a contract with Apple.

Also, fuck Apple, and Google, and the rest of them. If they can't keep a lid on their "secrets", that's on them.

I'm focusing on the lawsuit part, because IDGAF about new phones.

[-] Horsey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A 5.5” screen is way too small to be worth it. If this costs more than an an iPad + iPhone Pro, this thing is gonna flop more than the Vision Pro did.

[-] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

The biggest problem with these is the price. Apple wants us on a two year upgrade cycle but these phones are $1500-2000. That’s insane.

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[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

As if a foldable mobile was some kind of industry super secret anyway. Apple is a joke.

[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

As with all hyped leaks- I’ll believe it when I see it.

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