Folding iPhone is here (sorta)

November 09, 2022

I've played around with a couple of folding Samsung devices and found them well-designed and well-made.

But I'm not sure if I want a folding iPhone.

I guess I'd like an iPhone that folded in half to make it easier to store in a jeans pocket, like the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4.

But do I want it that bad that I'd pay a premium?

I doubt it. Sliding my current iPhone 14 into my back pocket works just fine, and I don't have to flip it open to do anything with it.

The bigger-screen Galaxy Z Fold4 makes more sense. This phone looks like a regular smartphone when closed, but folds open like a book to reveal a bigger, iPad-mini-sized screen inside.

My neighbor has one, and showed it to me one night displaying all the feeds from his home security cameras.

I was impressed that the device did double duty: it's a phone when closed; an iPad when open.

However, it's a chunky beast and definitely not something I'd want to slip into my back jeans pocket every day.

But if Apple ever makes a similar device -- and slims it down considerably -- it'd definitely get my interest.

In the meantime, check out the clever hack below that turned a regular iPhone into a folding one.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

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