Folding phones gaining momentum

Folding phones gaining momentum

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Bullitt Five-Oh

876 posts

66 months

Friday 9th November 2018
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Joey Ramone said:
bloomen said:
It would be massively useful to me at least. A properly executed one would remove the need for several devices.
Why invent something that renders your other products obsolete or unnecessary?
Small-ish iPhone that could convert into iPad mini, where do I sign up?

0a

23,879 posts

193 months

Friday 9th November 2018
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Your competitors!

Whatsmyname

944 posts

76 months

Friday 9th November 2018
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Apple are always looking to make the next thing that will kill previous products, otherwise others will do it anyway.

Does anyone still have an Ipod?

Wobbegong

15,077 posts

168 months

Friday 9th November 2018
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I like the look of them. I use an iPad mini for flying, so if my phone could fold out and do that job too I’d be pretty happy!

Oakey

27,523 posts

215 months

Friday 9th November 2018
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If Apple had just unveiled this everyone would be creaming their pants

Bullitt Five-Oh

876 posts

66 months

Friday 9th November 2018
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Oakey said:
If Apple had just unveiled this everyone would be creaming their pants
Watch this space, history likes to repeat itself.


Burwood

Original Poster:

18,709 posts

245 months

Friday 9th November 2018
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Oakey said:
If Apple had just unveiled this everyone would be creaming their pants
And that is their genius and why they are worth a trillion.

ecsrobin

17,023 posts

164 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Back in 2006 I used to make silicon semiconductors. We were working for a while out of Philips and collaborated with them to develop a bendable display.

https://www.engadget.com/2008/02/14/hands-on-with-...

The general rule back then at Philips was 20 years to mainstream product (I’m sure that’s changed now) but great to see the technology being developed into something more useable.

Terminator X

14,921 posts

203 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Surely no one wants to go back to massive clunking phones that barely fit in your pocket, folding screen or not?



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voyds9

8,488 posts

282 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Bullitt Five-Oh said:
Small-ish iPhone that could convert into iPad mini, where do I sign up?
http://www.apple.com/uk/2025/new-products/iflex



Slushbox

1,484 posts

104 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Terminator X said:
Surely no one wants to go back to massive clunking phones that barely fit in your pocket, folding screen or not?



TX.
Stick a colour screen on that and Android, and I'll take one.

Oh! Now with embedded phone :


NordicCrankShaft

1,721 posts

114 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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I long for a new upto date full fat android version of the Motorola Razr.

Deep Thought

35,724 posts

196 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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If mobile phones are as thin as they can be, then a folded one is going to be twice as thick.

Really cant see it taking off. Theres a limit to the size of phones before they become unwieldly - either in screen size or in the thickness.

Probably a small market for it but not significant.

Whatsmyname

944 posts

76 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Deep Thought said:
If mobile phones are as thin as they can be, then a folded one is going to be twice as thick.

Really cant see it taking off. Theres a limit to the size of phones before they become unwieldly - either in screen size or in the thickness.

Probably a small market for it but not significant.
Surely not - the folded half is just a screen, it doesnt require battery / processor / ports etc

Burwood

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18,709 posts

245 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Deep Thought said:
If mobile phones are as thin as they can be, then a folded one is going to be twice as thick.

Really cant see it taking off. Theres a limit to the size of phones before they become unwieldly - either in screen size or in the thickness.

Probably a small market for it but not significant.
But they aren’t as thin as possible. And the folding phone won’t usurp a new big iPad. It’s coming. Thin as a wafer thin mint

Deep Thought

35,724 posts

196 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Whatsmyname said:
Deep Thought said:
If mobile phones are as thin as they can be, then a folded one is going to be twice as thick.

Really cant see it taking off. Theres a limit to the size of phones before they become unwieldly - either in screen size or in the thickness.

Probably a small market for it but not significant.
Surely not - the folded half is just a screen, it doesnt require battery / processor / ports etc
Is it not going to look a little odd if its thicker on one side than the other?

Maybe i just need to physically see one to be convinced, but at the moment i'm not.


Deep Thought

35,724 posts

196 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Burwood said:
Deep Thought said:
If mobile phones are as thin as they can be, then a folded one is going to be twice as thick.

Really cant see it taking off. Theres a limit to the size of phones before they become unwieldly - either in screen size or in the thickness.

Probably a small market for it but not significant.
But they aren’t as thin as possible. And the folding phone won’t usurp a new big iPad. It’s coming. Thin as a wafer thin mint
Any pics i've seen so far have been clunky looking. Apple will probably be the ones to crack it though.


Burwood

Original Poster:

18,709 posts

245 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Deep Thought said:
Burwood said:
Deep Thought said:
If mobile phones are as thin as they can be, then a folded one is going to be twice as thick.

Really cant see it taking off. Theres a limit to the size of phones before they become unwieldly - either in screen size or in the thickness.

Probably a small market for it but not significant.
But they aren’t as thin as possible. And the folding phone won’t usurp a new big iPad. It’s coming. Thin as a wafer thin mint
Any pics i've seen so far have been clunky looking. Apple will probably be the ones to crack it though.

Exactly, Apple and Samsung won’t release a clunker. They have had this concept in the lab since 2013

FourWheelDrift

88,381 posts

283 months

Thursday 15th November 2018
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How it will look - https://www.tomsguide.com/us/galaxy-foldable-rende... and if it doesn't it will do at some point.

Terminator X

14,921 posts

203 months

Thursday 15th November 2018
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FourWheelDrift said:
How it will look - https://www.tomsguide.com/us/galaxy-foldable-rende... and if it doesn't it will do at some point.
OCD alert, it doesn't fold flat!

TX.