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All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch (wccftech.com)
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[–] 40 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Foldable at least has theoretical benefit, curved screens on a phone are fucking terrible

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    What I don’t understand is why nobody makes a foldable phone where it’s just two flat screens with an invisible bezel along one edge so they fit seamlessly together when fully opened.

    It’s not like there’s a use case where you operate the phone half unfolded and require both halves of the screen to be seamlessly connected.

    If the flexing feature wasn’t a gimmick and there was an actual use case for a foldable pocket iPad, someone would have released a phone like the Kyocera Echo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyocera_Echo to commercial success.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Is "invisible bezel with actual screen below" possible?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm sure there are a half-dozen ways you could at least fake it. Like if the bezel can be made clear and they overlap somewhat.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Since it’s not been brought to market, I’ll assume there isn’t a way with its money’s worth. At most you have the Microsoft thing with a thin hinge.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I mean, it's a really slick gimmick. I think having a bendy screen is cooler than two screens even if it's more expensive/difficult to manufacture and doesn't provide any real benefit.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Exactly. And it wouldn’t have to be double wide since some components could be pushed to the other size. I’m fine with it just being like two apps open and not even one big one. Multitasking.

    I guess what we really need is a phone case that has hinges and we can just buy two phones!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Interesting idea. Bezels have been made pretty thin and there have been curved display edges, but I don’t know if anyone’s ever tried a one-side zero-bezel design that you could hinge together. Bezels in the other sides are fine, but could we create a flush edge with no gap to click two screens against each other?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I have a foldable phone that also has a very slightly curved front screen (Honor Magic V2). It's perfect. You can barely see the curve, no weird reflections, it just feels very good in the hand, there are no sharp edges at all. Feels very smooth and nice to hold and use.

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