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Iāve been listening to podcasts for about 90 minutes, but the right AirPod shouldnāt be showing 100%, surely.
I did notice yesterday that the left AirPod had only charged to 80% but that was because of optimal charging (which Iāve now turned off - didnāt even know it was a thing for AirPods). But they were both at 100% when I took them out of the case today.
Does anyone actually want this? 
No. I wonāt consider a foldable until the crease is completely invisible, from all angles.
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Plus they seem to be pushing the flip style when Iād rather it be a fold style.
I saw someone with one of the newer Galaxy folds which they canāt have had long, screen looked huge and really tall, but the crease in the middle was genuinely completely unacceptable. There was a good 1cm in the middle that you couldnāt see anything on. No Apple bias, it was just not something I could ever accept on a Ā£1,000+ device, or however much this one cost.
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I honestly donāt think Apple would do it unless they worked out how to make the crease invisible.
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While Apple do have a miss now and then they are also well known for waiting for the tech to be āperfectā before releasing their own version.
I have faith it would be a top product but itāll probably be out of my āwilling to payā price range.
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Exactly. Apple customers tend to be more sensitive to aesthetics, in my opinion.
The crease just wouldnāt wash.
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See Iād only want a flip style. Different needs for different people.
But Iād not want the crease there, which I canāt see them solving too soon.
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I see why people prefer a flip but for me Iām happy with the size of my 16 Pro so if that also opened up to a small tablet. 
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Agreed. I reckon they could solve it pretty quickly if they were to allocate enough resources. However, I dare say there are bigger priorities for their research teams.
I mean we are talking about a firm with an annual R&D spend that is more than the GDP of many countries.
Iām curious, what attracts you to the flip style?
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How is it entering mass production this year if itās still only in the planning stage, and expected to release 2026/2027? Stupid article.
The iPhone 17 series isnāt even in mass production. It usually starts in the summer for the autumn release.
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Itās been updated. It was a translation error. Had it been entering mass production in the second half of this year, it would be among this yearās line-up.
Update: While a computer translation of Kuoās Chinese blog post said a foldable iPhone would be entering mass production in the second half of 2025, this translation was incorrect. Kuo later shared an English version of the text that said a foldable āiPhoneā remains in the planning stages.
To answer the question: No, I donāt want this. I think foldables are a fast dying fad and a waste of R&D resources The crease is but one of many compromises you have to make for this form factor, and theyād need to solve all of them. Even then.
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This is my approach to consumer AI. I really wish Apple would have done anything else but AI.
Iād get a folding iPhone though.
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They already sell them!
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I want a compact phone. I actually donāt mind the size of the iPhone mini. Halving that inside my pocket would be ideal.
Itās also nostalgia. I am from the flip phone generation I feel. Just a good clamshell design gets me going on a Friday evening 
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I loved my flip phones.
Iām not sure Iād get the same shut-it-cut-someone-off satisfaction when my phone rings (and I answer it) once a quarter
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While I would love to see a fold or flip phone from Appleā¦it would probably be too expensive 
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