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by w10-1 2 days ago
Everyone I know over 70 would love something that works like a phone when folded but like a tablet unfolded -- big enough for text to be big, small enough to carry, and without fiddly interface -- and at a reasonable price for those anchored in 1980 prices.

(If those under 17 got attached to foldables, it would be an enduring franchise.)

For those of us in between, I'd love it if my foldable when unfolded were finally the OS of choice - iPadOS or iOS or even macOS. It would be the hub for hub-and-spoke devices...

It's an impossible ask, but perhaps....

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Won't happen anytime soon because the smartphone manufacturers have decided that folding is a flagship phone feature with a flagship price tag attached.

I'm still waiting for a large folding phone with no/minimal outer display and with all other features cost reduced for half the price of the flagship folding phones.

The OS of choice may be an “impossible” ask from Apple. However with the Neo running on the A18 I don’t think we’re far from seeing something along those lines.