I think it looks awesome and has very cool features, but that crease is gonna happen, and as another commenter said, I’ll let others be the guinea pigs.
And that price is absolutely goddamn bananas. It’s basically an iPad mini that folds. And I don’t need an iPad mini.
The crease:
Someone had to work to find the perfect angle to hold it at to see this. Won’t be an issue for normal people.
Is this an actual production iPhone Duo?
Yep
Damn
I carry a phone and an iPad mini. When both are due to be upgraded for me in a couple or three years, I may consider this.
I’ve been skeptical of a folding iPhone, but the aspect ratio of the duo hits just right for me. And the exterior screen. Of course I’m not gonna jump on gen 1.
And that price is absolutely goddamn bananas.
Apple gonna Apple. People keep paying for some reason, so I'm not blaming the big corporation, for once.
That's.... the pretty standard rate for a book style foldable. Not Apple being Apple.
Apple's lies somewhere in between the $1900 Galaxy Z Fold 8, and the $2100 Galazy Z Fold 8 Ultra. And the price is right in the middle at $2000.
The Pixel Fold 11 Pro is $1900.
The Razr Fold is $1900.
The Oppo Find N6 is $1900.
As someone who is on my second foldable, I don't get why everyone fixates on the crease. It's seriously not a big deal and you don't notice it in day to day use.
As someone who hasn’t actually had one ever, that should probably answer your question
But I do have a not-tiny amount of OCD, so it’s a type of thing that would annoy me insanely, even though it didn’t really matter that much
Looks like a difficult and expensive screen replacement waiting to happen.
nope
I like how one of the examples is them propping the device up with the outer screen facing down on a cinder block or whatever to take a photo.
Yeah let me just do that with my $2000 phone.
Wait I need to turn the camera just a little more scrapes front display on cinder block grit
I thought you were going to go with the random passerby just yoinking your phone
The iPhone mini dying for this is a terrible trade off. Maybe after this gimmick fails they’ll try the mini again
The iPhone Mini didn’t die for this. The last iPhone Mini was five years ago.
The iPhone Mini died because it had terrible sales numbers. It was clear that what more people wanted was a cheaper big iPhone. Hence the 3rd Gen SE and the iPhone 14 Plus.
I agree that it’s sad. The iPhone Mini was awesome and adorable. But it just didn’t sell well, unfortunately.
But the iPhone mini is what I want darn it. Considering the SE and Plus lines are also dead, I’m not sure they were what the people wanted either. But I suppose Apple is just throwing gimmicks phones at the wall to see what sticks.
I definitely don’t want this and it’s hard for me to see how this is any more useful than just having an iPad or a laptop in a bag a long side your phone.
Yeah i'm nursing my 13 mini along as long as I can, RIP reasonably-sized phones
My iPhone SE is at 68% battery life and 6yrs old. This may the closest we get to a smaller phone. I will likely wait until next year and hopefully buy the version 1 cheaper.
it does not look sleek, or cool. for some reason it reads as some crap samsung would try to sling
what is happening over there?
Oh man I totally disagree. I think it looks beautiful. I really want to try it out. But I understand where you’re coming from.
I think the aspect ratio choice is a good one, but it’s certainly different. I don’t think different is bad though. I think the choice they made was to prioritize the inner display aspect ratio, and I think that makes a lot of sense. I can’t imagine that if I had this phone my primary use case would be the outer display.
That’s fair, and to each their own. I just can’t see Steve Jobs approving this design as is.
This is really weird design.
It looks like they’ve taken an iPad Mini and made it foldable with an extra display for when it’s closed?
I like the look and size of it when open; it essentially replaces the Mini. But I can’t think of a reasonable use case for a “passport sized” device that’s got the 2D dimensions as a passport but the thickness of a mid-sized paperback. And that screen becomes an outer surface… so it’s going to get dinged up a LOT.
What idiot would ever put a screen on the outer surface?!?!?
/s
“Foldable iPad mini that becomes an iPhone while folded” is probably my ideal take on the folding phone.
And that screen becomes an outer surface… so it’s going to get dinged up a LOT.
That's literally every single phone in existence right now....
but the thickness of a mid-sized paperback
It's 2.5mm thicker folded, than a regular iPhone pro is.
It looks like they’ve taken an iPad Mini and made it foldable with an extra display for when it’s closed
Yeah that was the idea.
TIL there's a comm for apple enthusiasts on lemmy.
Genuinely didn't see that coming.
And it’s huge!!!
Reading this on my Samsung Fold 6.
But to add something constructive for apple users: I would very much not recommend any foldable mobile. They can be done well but a mechanical fold will always deteriorate over time e.g. manufacturer protective plastic detaching and tiny dirt getting where it causes problems over time.
All in all I am happy with my current device, it works exactly as advertised (and apple too: you've got a mini tablet at any time) but would not get a foldable again, especially at those prices. Also many sites and services are just so optimized for the standard format that the gain can be minimal and especially physical phone holders in cars etc might not fit that well.
Of course it's great for maps and photos.
Also consider that you'll be needing a good (aka massive, expensive) case if you don't want the expensive device get damaged by drops.
I wasn't sure what to expect when Appy finally released their first folding phone, but naming it after the Microsoft Surface Duo folding phone was not on my list at all.
The naming scheme fits with the Magsafe Duo Charger.
Okay?
The Surface duo was released a month prior to the chargers announcement. The charger gets its name from the fact that it can charge 2 devices, which is a fundamentally different gimmick than the naming scheme of this phone. The charger also exists in a different product category than either phone.
The fact remains there are now 2 companies who have released specifically folding phones named duo in a relatively recent time frame. There are other phones with the duo monicker hinting at things like dual cameras or sim cards, but at the end of the day, I was expecting Apple to hold true to their persona of being unique and special in having to rename even the most basic things that I was surprised they settled on exactly the same name one of their competitors had used for the same product category.
The existence of other things named duo doesn't invalidate that there are now 2 folding phones named the same thing from different companies.
The Powerbook Duo predates Microsoft surface by about 30 years.
Though exists in a completely different product category.
Looks genuinely cool and well thought. I’d love to have one. However in my country the starting price is 2300€ which I cannot justify for a phone. Hope that the price of this technology comes down over time.
$2000... Good grief. For the base model, too!
I would say "Read the room, Apple," but they seem to be doing just fine by squeezing every nickel and dime from everybody else.
Look at MSRP of Samsung. It’s $1900.
It’s smack dab between the Samsung Z Fold 8 ($1900) and Z Fold 8 Ultra ($2100). Seems appropriate for its market.
Price is insane.
It's the same as every other foldable on the market...
i just don’t understand who needs an ipad mini sized screen in their pocket all the time, even if it is foldable.
I don’t NEED it, but I’d love it. I used to say back in 2012 that I wished I could use the iPad Mini as a phone.
Actually needs to be smaller.
May the ghost of mini haunt you forever, Apple 👻
All 7 of you that bought it are devastated.
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