Steve Troughton-SmithMar 14

I think every time some news outlet describes Apple's folding phone as 'zero crease', somebody at Apple sheds a tear.

Not only has it *not* been credibly rumored to have 'no' crease for over a year now, but the expectation being set is going to harm it dramatically if (when?) it does ship with some kind of crease.

Here is the industry's best attempt at 'no crease' so far, and it involves 3D printing photopolymer ligaments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5a6qvETnNg

This Phone Did What Samsung Couldn’t

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Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithMar 14

Based on my Pixel 10 Pro Fold, I can say definitively: having a crease fucking sucks.

It feels like plastic, it 'clicks' like a loose plastic laminate if you run your finger over certain portions, and you can see and feel it every time you touch the device.

If Apple's folding phone crease were this bad, I would say cancel the product now.

Compromises are many: the device is big and heavy, hard to hold because one side is a smooth hinge, and screen is inset so you can feel the sharp edges

Show threadSteve Troughton-Smith

There are so many aspects to 'getting this right' to an acceptable level of quality, never mind an Apple level of quality, and all the rumors hint at Apple wrestling with the same limits of the physics involved as everybody else.

People were *convinced* before the reveal of the Vision Pro that Apple somehow could make something that blows away everything else in the space, even in 'glasses' form. And the reality was no they couldn't.

I will say my expectations for Apple's foldable are tempered

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Show threadTaylor HaddenMar 14

@stroughtonsmith I'm really looking forward to having it in-hand. If the rumored aspect ratios hold true, I'm _deeply_ curious.

My three primary concerns are that I hold my phone in my left hand (so the corner is going to dig in), losing the zoom camera is a pretty big sacrifice, and loss of FaceID.

Show threadGiorgio RomanoMar 14
@stroughtonsmith the problem is, why waiting 10 years for a folding iphone if has the same problem of everyone else? a folding iPhone needs to be somehow different and better quality, apple have always "fixed" the problems when coming to a technology later then every one else... it is not that the expectations are too high, this is the level of expectation someone is used to have from apple
Show threadRyan Goodlett Mar 14
@stroughtonsmith I’ll be happy even with these limitations. I just want a pocketable large screen. I feel edges of my case all the time on my phone as well. I agree that there will be compromises, but I’ll accept them.
Show threadS★m V★rm★6d ago
@stroughtonsmith It won't be a crease, it'll be a Dynamic Divot™
Show threadebbi6d ago

@stroughtonsmith crease and quality aside, the leaks im seeing of the form factor isn’t getting me excited one bit.

Short and pudgy when closed, and barely an iPad mini size when open.

Just doesn’t feel like the potential compromises in crease and quality offsets any benefits.