Imagine a large iPad about the size of an old tabloid newspaper — an unfolded one. And just like a tabloid newspaper, you’d fold up this super-sized iPad when you were done and tuck it under your arm.
This is what Apple is reportedly working on: A folding iPad with a 20-inch screen that would fold in half to make it portable.
Samsung already sells devices like this, but they all suffer the same big problem: a prominent crease in the screen, an issue Apple is reportedly close to solving.
But there’s a funny wrinkle to this rumor. The device might not even be an iPad.
And, while the giant, folding iPad is reportedly a ways off, a folding iPhone may be coming fairly soon.
Also in today’s newsletter:
Every. Single. Day. I forget something when I leave the house — so this upgrade to AirTags 2 sounds like a very worthy improvement.
The minute Apple releases a new beta, I usually install it on all my mission-critical devices, prudence be damned! But perhaps I’ll hold off on the new iOS 18.3 beta. Here’s why you should, too.
I haven’t done much Christmas shopping yet and the shipping window is closing. If you’re in the same boat and need some inspiration for last-minute Xmas gifts, check out our idiosyncratic cool tech gifts guide. There are a couple of offbeat ideas in there!
After more than a decade of hate for its under-chassis charging port, Apple’s Magic Mouse may finally be getting a design update that moves it — plus some other features that sound kinda weird.
The latest rumor about the pricing of the iPhone 17 Air — the upcoming super-slim iPhone — makes sense when you look at the position of the various Air models in Apple’s current lineup of devices.
I’ve never heard of an inkless pen that writes on almost anything and is so small it easily attaches to your keychain. I used to carry Space Pens all the time, but got tired of constantly losing them. The ForeverPen looks very intriguing.
— Leander Kahney, EIC.
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