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AppleZulu said:

That's a great review, but it failed to answer the biggest question: What is the use for this, beyond, "hey look, it folds"? Despite how nifty that might be, folding phones are apparently only 3% of the Chinese market, which, according to others here, is the only place that has the good ones. Also, while the review speaks to the thinness of this device as well as its water resistance, it doesn't address durability. Other reviews out there suggest it's fairly delicate. So why would Apple bother to make and sell one of these? FOMO doesn't seem justified, and would not be consistent with Apple's past behavior. A new phone model that's the most expensive and also much more prone to warranty claims? Why would Apple risk its customer satisfaction reputation just to provide a very expensive novelty?

9secondkox2 said:

yeah... I don't think apple's goalposts are what other's goals are. Apple isn't worried about getting it to be thin, etc. Apple isn't looking to solve the problems with someone else's product. 

Apple wants it to have a reason to exist beyond... "Dude, it folds."

When it makes sense for the category and when It is every bit as reliable as the current, solid bar iPhone, and when it adds something worthwhile to the phone, Apple will release such a thing.

Currently, Apple hasn't seen the need ro benefit. I have to agree.

That's not to say next year won't be a different story. Perhaps it will. But when Apple actually goes in that direction, it will be don't in such a way as to be plain common sense. it could be that Appel has an entirely different idea in mind than another flip phone with a flexible screen.