I’m not disagreeing with you but whose phone do you plan on buying next? Pichai + Brin also bribed trump (they were at the inauguration alongside Tim Apple and others)

Buy secondhand, especially if you still want iphones. Money goes to lower class (something like Facebook marketplace has no tax), no money to "less bad" competing companies, and you'll get a much cheaper product which still has the "appleness" you want.

It makes huge difference. I'm on Fold since Fold 4 and would never go back to a slab phone mostly because I just read books or text web/social media. The square display is perfect for this as you get proper 80-120 character lines with large font and enough space for media etc.

It’s either I get that or a foldable 1 screen phone (like a flip phone).

From the times when things were actually convenient to use. Buttons shouldn't get random presses while the thing is in your pocket. Screens should be protected from scratches and dirt while in your pocket. It's more compact when folded while in your pocket, while thicker, but an apple fits in my pocket, so thickness is not a problem.

Remind me what happened? Ah, yes, Steve Jobs went out on a stage and confused the hell out of millions of hamsters, telling them he's brought them their Star Trek communicator. Well, that's not what he said, but that's what they heard and what he meant.

I've gotten used to making sure my hands are not sweaty when using a phone, and that it's practically not usable when it's cold and your fingers are not very precise, like when walking or when in a crowded place, and that you should be careful with that pocket to not occasionally unlock the thing and repost something personal into apartment building common WhatsApp chat, things like that.

But sometimes I recall that with a Motorola flip phone I could do everything with no loss of ability or speed in all these situations.

Not even talking about battery life.

On another note, after Tim apple bribed Trump with a gold ball I’ve decided to no longer buy apple products again.

Oh, that's when.

So if wasn't their overpriced cult bullshit that turned you off Apple. Well at least you drew the line at their endorsement of a felonious authoritarian pedo. Minimum possible bar cleared.

The other solution is to make women's pants with pockets that can actually hold things.

This is actually why I adore my Motorola razr. First phone I've had in I don't know how many years that fits easily into the front pocket of my jeans and is relatively unnoticeable. Love the folding form factor.

Wait your pants have pockets and they're not vestigial

Some of next years linux phones look quite compelling. Lora radios and powerful enough to pull off what canonical and Microsoft failed to do years ago.

If they succeed, it will be absolutely devastating to an industry that absolutely deserves to be slapped around. One device that transforms to fill multiple demands based on what you plug it into. It’s the continuum concept without Microsoft tripping over its own dick.

I'm prone to believing that a lot of those things presented as "leaks" are actually the company in question doing it by themselves behind the curtains - because let's face it - people want sensationalism and they won't shut up about something like that.

Someone forgot an unreleased phone at a bar? I call bullshit.

The camera bump sure isn’t going away for a folding phone. cameras have fundamental volume requirements to maintain quality, if they don’t think they can justify making the normal iPhone thick enough to enclose the camera then there’s no way in hell they’ll think the folding phones doubled width can include it, if anything you’d expect it to be more prominent on a folding model

It does not surprise me that the Air is literally the folding phone without the second screen.

I mean, being stupid thin is something that a foldable phone has to be, so that it ends up being normal-ish thickness when folded. So it tracks that they'd design it like their ultra-thin phone.

how do you propose removing it?

there are two options, 1) using a smaller,shittier camera, or 2) making an extremely thick phone. neither option is very “apple”, especially for a flagship model.

considering the vast majority of people use phone cases and will never notice the bump anyway, i think this whole thing is blown way out of proportion.

Watched the video on mine. I was thinking the same thing lol. Only difference is the alleged no center dent, which, tbh, people make too big of a deal out of. Once you use it for a bit you don't even notice it anymore. Meh.

Omg it is it even has the horrible curved screen and little notch. How could apple do this horrendous design. Oh wait they gave the notch.