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Vision Pro engineers moved to folding iPhone; delayed to 2027 (9to5mac.com)

submitted 8 months ago by cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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[–] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The biggest problem iPhones have is that Apple insist on making the screen out of tempered glass, rather than something a bit more hard wearing.

Like what? Plastic?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There is a difference between strength and softness.

Plastic is stronger than glass but softer than glass. When you drop your phone you want strong, I would much rather have a strong but softer phone than a hard but brittle phone.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

If you want a plastic screen you will have to buy some of the cheapest of the cheapest of phones available.

This isn't only an iPhone "problem". Pretty much no modern smartphone has plastic screens because they suck. They scratch extremely easily and the touch is often bad.

In my experience phones are much more prone to conditions that expose them to scratches than to drops. I absolutely don't mind a glass screen. The back should be metal or plastic though.