Apple just pressed the pause button on the large folding iPad reportedly on the drawing board in Cupertino, according to the published message from Wednesday. Development work reportedly took place for years.
At the same time, the company is reportedly moving forward with the folding iPhone.
Apple folds on the large folding iPad
Computers still produce folding phones and tablets because they solve the basic problem: users want large screens but are not willing to carry bulky devices. Folding phone or tablet meets both criteria.
But there is also a cost factor. High-end iPads already come up with stiff price tags and include folding screen, robust hinge and other technologies would increase costs. Samsung Galaxy from Fold 6 costs $ 1,900 and IT sport has only a 7.6 -inch display. A folding iPad would need something significantly larger – and Prircier. That’s why the product was reportedly delayed.
“Sources that are with this matter say Apple has also explored the folding iPad together the iPhone,” he said Digitimate. “The company has decided to suspend progress on a larger folding device.”
Digitimate“Sources report costs for one reason, but also” relatively modest consumer requirements for larger crazy devices “.
It is true that current offers, such as Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold, did not take the world of storms. However, none of them is from Apple – of course – and sometimes it requires Apple version to accept a new type of product. It happened with iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch.
It was all said, the folding iPad was expected soon. The most reliable sources pointed to the release in 2028 and the development is now reported, it is not canceled. If Apple engineers can eventually find a way to make the product feasible, it could return to the company’s schedule.
Folding iPhone still on the way
Apple, however, has not lost interest in folding, with the folding iPhone expected for next year.
In the latest update of the progress “Apple quietly entered the early phases of development its long -term folding iPhone, while the sources of the supply chain were launched in June the initial phase P1 (prototype 1),” Digitimate Wednesday.
The legends of the handset have been spreading for months, and this quarter is expected to get into full production, or at least by the end of the year. This will be reportedly running in 2026.
Reliable sources indicate that Apple has selected a book design, so the device opens into a small iPad. And if it is a success, it can stimulate the interest in larger folding iPad, inside Apple and consumers.
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