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melgross said:

So, if Apple has figured out how to make a screen and protective coating without a crease, that would be big. 

I’d like to remind people that Apple has its own OLED screen technologies. They are not simply Samsung screens. The low power OLED screens most higher end phones use these days is an Apple technology that Samsung tried to copy for a couple of years before they were successful. Apple’s phones use Apple’s and everyone else’s uses Samsung’s. They are similar, but not exactly the same. Samsung produces many Apple screens, but a lot of the technology in Apple’s screens belong to them.

as far as the phone itself goes, I would consider one. But like a lot of people buying higher end phones, the cameras are a very important reason why I upgrade. So if the cameras are of lessor quality than Apple’s top slab model, I wouldn't be interested. I feel that a lot of people would feel the same way.

as far as how true these rumors are, well, big deal. We all know Apple is working on this. We all know that either they can fix the biggest problems which consist of the crease and the fact that these screens go bad where screens in slab phones don’t, or they won’t come out with a folding phone until they do, or will just give up if they don’t think it’s solvable.

when? A year more or less doesn’t matter. There is no evidence that Apple is losing serious sales over this. If they lose a million sales a year, that sounds like a lot, but they discontinue sales if models only sell 3-5 million units a year, so I don’t believe that loss bothers a company that sells 220 million phones a year. In fact, unless this phone can be additive to Apple’s sales in a way that’s profitable, I doubt they will bother bringing it out even if they think they can do it.

DAalseth said:

If you have a doorbell, you have power to it already. MagSafe makes absolutely no sense. Battery power makes absolutely no sense. You have power there already. 

I already have enough stuff that I have to keep charged.