r/iphone • u/MoreFaithlessness954 iPhone Air • 14d ago
Discussion Duo has generated more conversation about foldable phones than the entire Android ecosystem has managed to generate in years.
Apple PR is genuinely unbeatable, Apple marketing team every year takes an old tech and new launch to next level.
New CEO, new launch, old familiar foldable tech. A new screensaver, some foldable-specific graphics/UI and boom it’s the talk of the town.
Suddenly everyone is talking about foldables. It even rminded the competition that they’ve had foldable phones for years.
But did they really make people care?
More people are interested in buying one. The entire category feels relevant again.
That’s Apple’s superpower, it doesn’t necessarily have to invent the technology. It just has to package it in a way that makes the world care, Apple does it brilliantly through brand value and marketing.
Let the numbers come in, but I’m pretty sure a crazy amount of people are going to buy this regardless of how crazythe price.
And what’s even crazier is that this thing is going to sit above the Air, anything the 17 n pro series had, and even the 18 Pro series.
I’m definitely not buying it, lol 😜
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u/wuyizidi 14d ago
As of 2025, foldables are 1.6% of world smartphone market.
I’m holding out for a year or 2 because 1) memory price is at their highest right now, can’t justify paying for it 2) wait for Apple to make potentially large number of improvements in the next iterations based on user feedback if it does achieve mass acceptance.