In recent years, the new iPhone has been boring, and I believe many users have the same opinion as Xiaoguo.
In terms of hardware performance, the new iPhones have really been steadily improving in recent years.
But in terms of exterior design, the subtle differences between generation-skipping products are really difficult to bring more freshness to users.
At present, folding screen products may become a new form of iPhone in the future.
According to the information provided by the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office, in 2023 alone, Apple has approved no less than 5 technology patents related to folding screens.
All kinds of signs show that the news that Apple is developing folding screen products internally, and it is likely that it is not groundless.
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Coincidentally, Apple executives recently talked about this again in a public interview.
With the release of the new iPad, the Wall Street Journal interviewed Tom Borg, Apple's senior vice president of marketing for iPad and Mac, about the new product.
According to Borg, Apple does not currently see the iPad and Mac as competing products, but rather that they complement each other.
Among them, iPad has always been a product with touch as the main means of interaction, but Mac mainly relies on "indirect operations" such as keyboard and mouse.
When asked if Apple will launch a touchscreen for Mac products in the future, Borg gave a rare and ambiguous answer of "not sure".
Previously, Steve Jobs had explicitly opposed the concept of "touchscreen laptops", but Borg's response left plenty of room for users' imagination.
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Combined with the previous revelations from the outside world, Apple seems to have begun the mass production plan for folding screen products.
In this regard, analyst Jeff Pu pointed out in an analysis report that Apple will start mass production plans for folding screen devices later in 2025.
Apple's first foldable screen product is expected to be a large 20.3-inch device, which is also similar to the widely believed positioning of touchscreen Mac products.
Subsequently, Apple is also expected to launch its first foldable iPhone in 2025, with a screen size that may choose between 7.9 and 8.3 inches.
If the news is true, it will also be the largest iPhone in history.
With the passage of time, the recent news about Apple's folding screen products has gradually intensified.
In a "Apple Product Roadmap" recently released by the source @Revegnus1, it also confirms the mainstream view of the outside world.
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According to the roadmap, Apple will launch its first foldable iPhone in 2026, which will be an important turning point in the history of the iPhone.
The foldable iPhone is expected to have an outer screen size of 6 inches and an inner screen size of 8 inches, and will also feature a new type of memory with low-latency and low-power LLW DRAM.
After all, iPhone exterior design changes have been stalled for years, and it's time to bring some freshness to users.
As soon as next year, we may see Apple's first folding screen device.
Until then, this year's iPhone 16 Pro series models are also expected to feature a larger screen size, which is expected to reach 6.3 / 6.9 inches.
Anyway, let's wait and see.
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