IIRC Apple jumped on the bendable-phone trend a few years ago, before everyone else.

Do you have any reference to backup that claim?

Pretty sure its a joke referencing "bendgate".

Ok, you got me, bravo

Look, a joke for a made up problem that didn't exist.

Apple happily sold 100's of millions of "bendgate" phones, and 100's of millions of costumers happily used them and still use today, without a problem.

Android fans are so full of themselves, they think anyone listens to them ahahahah

Apple is a major innovator in the bendable phone space, they were way ahead of the rest of the market with the iPhone 6 back in 2014.

(search for bendgate)

> Apple has transformed into a company that lags in innovation.

At no point was Apple a company that was first in a product category. They didn’t make the first PC, the first portable MP3 player, the first smartphone (not even the first all-touchscreen smartphone), or the first smart watch. They won by jumping into these categories afterward and doing them better. Comments like this display an incredible ignorance of how Apple does business just to score cheap points.

Yep, first to market doesn't matter. First to useful does. Apple optimizes for the latter where integrating the new tech into a complete package that makes sense for the end user, rather than just being there for the sake of new.

This is a chestnut you can roll out in every discussion on new tech, because the history of tech is littered with new ideas poorly executed, then (usually) Apple coming along and defining how it should be done, and then everyone copying that.

Two recent examples I can think of of this phenomenon:

* Asus' ScreenPad, a screen stuffed into the trackpad. Completely not integrated into the overall experience and a total gimmick.

* Any Kinect-like product (LG's Project Tango phones, Intel RealSense, etc), which were essentially hardware demos without quality software to hit useful use cases

Typically they wait a few years before they "reimagine" it.

I’m trying to think of a reason I would want to be able to wrap my phone around a pole... I’m happy with it being non foldable.

I see the appeal. Sometimes you want a small tablet sized screen but you want to carry around and use something with a phone sized form factor.

This is why I want one. I like to carry a tablet to read books and take notes at the same time (Android multitasking + a bluetooth keyboard) in places (planes mostly) where my full laptop is a bit too big/too much overhead/doesn't have enough battery. Unfortunately, that adds weight, and it's another thing to keep charged. These seem like a great solution - if perhaps a little small for now.

Yeah, I'm a bit surprised by the comments like "who would want this". A phone that you can unfold into a tablet when you want more screen? It's awesome. Now I don't want this particular device, or the Samsung one, because the tech isn't quite there yet, but the second or third gen _could_ be amazing.