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Benefits. 

1) Folding to a more compact form factor. 

2) potential  for More diversity in screen and camera use. 

3) Self standing options. 

Cons
1) THAT HINGE 
2) THAT SCREEN 
3) Battery(s)

Hinge:
All phones won’t last forever but the complexity of the hinge design and operation leaves a lot to be concerned about. 

Apple has spent years trying to minimize and fortify the design of the iPhone. To go back to more potentially vulnerable design could be the wrong step forward. 

Screen:
As far as the screen, I personally can’t stand that crease and the feel of the so called “glass” of those current foldable phones. Feels more like the plastic screen guards I used to use before discovering the tempered glass guards. 

Not to mention that foldable screens have their own durability challenges. There’s only a certain amount of times the screen can be bent before the pixels and quality can or will start to deteriorate. 

Again, they count and test for this but I just don’t care add those potential problems for the few benefits it offers. 

Batteries:
A Folding design may cause the need for smaller less powerful batteries.  

Here’s to hoping Apple solves some if not all of these problems. 

Initially I thought this product looked pretty good. But, with all these compromised charging speeds and these prices without blocks… It’s looking more and  more like this is not something I want to get invested in.

You can’t hold your phone and charge either with this product . . . well maybe you can but it would most likely be a very heavy and bulk hold. 

At first glance it looks like a nice little travel package but you’d still need to carry a cable and a charging block along with this thick foldable charger.

So it really isn’t that portable. 

What I suggest is that if you’re  looking for portability… Pick up the Apple Watch magnetic charger dock… It comes with a super long cable and with this you could fold up and separate from the cord. $79. 

There’s also a cheap Belkin alternative that uses your Apple Watch included mag Charger but you can’t separate it from the disc. 

Belkin Travel Stand Charger for Apple Watch Series 4, 3, 2, 1, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072KS25ZB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_yqvTFbSXAS05D

Sure you would still need a cable and a charging block for your iPhone… But you already have those and if you bought this duo charger, you would still need a cable and a charging block to travel with it so you’re not really add any more to your travel accessories.  

Hopefully they fix the horrendous bug that unpacks all of your app folders when you add one of the larger  widgets to the home screen and move them to another page.

What a nightmare… Every single app in all the folders got unpacked and I had 12 pages open that I had to re-organize.

As cute as it is and as easy as if they think it is… They really need to get rid of this “wiggle” thing and just add a simple drag and drop to make folders and remove folders.

Also how about a page rearrange? Why can’t I just drag the whole page and place it in front of another page? 

Maybe I’m missing something but its all so tedious 

Well… Sadly I can say this…

I am called by many people (friends&family) an Apple sheep. I’ve always maintained that I am a Techy  and I just prefer for Apple products  over there build Quality and general reliable performance.

I’ve always defended Apple, from and to various gates, to the battery software, etc. 

With that said I can 100% confirm that I am definitely seeing a massive difference in the way this phone performs with my Wi-Fi network than with any other past iPhone.

 Maybe if iOS12 or maybe it’s something with in the iPhone XS max. But I can tell you that on daily basis, and hourly basis I have to turn off and on my iPhones Wi-Fi to get it work again. 

Hopefully software are will fix it. 

Luckily I can screen record this activity.