Comment by asah

8 hours ago

??? everyone I know who's gone fold hasn't gone back.

yes, battery & camera are a generation back and water/dustproof is even worse.

but productivity and fun are off the charts: slab phones feel pathetic once you've got a fold. Communication apps show you the list of conversations as well as the current one - or the current one and the details/multimedia. Google Maps shows the map and the listing details/reviews. Games and multimedia are delightful. Photos are full sized, and you can see what you're shooting in detail - if you shoot with a digital camera, remote shooting is amazing because there's enough space to show detailed focus.

Not to start an endless device debate but a good chunk of these use cases make more sense to do on an iPad or to just have a separate device in general.

I know, I know, that’s not as portable, that’s not a device you have with you all the time like a phone.

But we’ve seen pretty mixed results on the “combine devices into one” playbook. Sometimes it’s a huge hit, sometimes not so much.

  • > a good chunk of these use cases make more sense to do on an iPad

    Then they make perfect sense to do on an iPhone Duo, because the inner screen size is basically the same as an iPad mini.

    That's the point. It's a foldable iPad that carries the iPhone name.