So…it appears that the plans that Apple had for the foldable iPhone aren’t going to be possible, at least according to industry insider Mark Gurman’s newsletter Power On. Which means that Apple might have waited so long to enter the foldable market for nothing, and that many people might not even want the company’s offering now.
Apple has hesitated in making a foldable phone for so many years because it was determined to do so in its own way. What that meant is that the company wanted the first foldable iPhone to feature a completely creaseless display, something that many of you claimed could not, and would not happen.
Did you ever believe that a creaseless foldable iPhone would happen?
Yes...I believed
25.49%
I was cautiously optimistic
35.29%
No, I knew it wouldn't happen
39.22%
Most of you were right, a crease-free foldable iPhone is not coming next year. Gurman revealed that Apple is switching display technologies for its foldable: going from on-cell touch to in-cell touch. This is because on-cell touch displays were making the crease more prominent than normal.
Yes, the foldable iPhone did have a very visible crease. Apple’s replacement, the in-cell touch, improves that to an extent, but does not completely eliminate the crease. Gurman says that the foldable iPhone will now have a less-pronounced crease, but does not say that it won’t have a crease, period.
For now, we can only guess what the foldable iPhone looks like. | Image credit — Technizo Concept
Some leaks have claimed that the foldable iPhone will have the most advanced hinge in the industry, but none have said that Apple has eliminated the crease entirely. One source for such leaks even said a few days ago that Apple was finally having to admit that it could not make a creaseless foldable smartphone.
And, in my eyes, that’s a real bummer. I was really hoping that Apple would be able to improve upon the already excellent Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: taking the foldable industry that last step closer to perfection. But, as it turns out, the general consensus was correct: the technology for a creaseless foldable doesn’t exist just yet.
However, then we need to ask who Apple’s folding phone will be for. According to leaked foldable iPhone specs, Apple’s phone — which is coming out next year — has already fallen behind the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
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