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>You don't need to be first, Apple has repeatedly claimed to have the first of its kind but it was always just a clever rebrand of an existing technology.

The First part is invention, the second part is innovation.

And yet people and media keep complaining about Apple will / might / could be late with Phablet, 5G, Folding Screen etc.... And being late will fall behind and damage the company. I could understand this coming from common people who are not well versed in tech, but tech journalist? They are either an idiot or making up stories for attention.

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Folding screens are neat but I don't think very many people are going to actually want one after the novelty wears off.

I want one, but I'm not going to spend $2k on something so fragile which I'm going to take in and out of my pocket constantly.

For the current mainstream idea of a smartphone sure. That said foldable screens could be of amazing use for a lot of things:

- construction site worker maps - office replacement of tablets - very small when folded smartphone - runners

The masses are probably going to want one once the tech matures a bit and Apple releases one. I wouldn’t be surprised based on the way it went with MP3 players, tablets, and even touchscreen phones in the first place.

If Apple doesn’t release one, it’s because the tech is too fragile, and that’s a huge signal worth waiting for if you’re on the fence.

> I wouldn’t be surprised based on the way it went with MP3 players, tablets, and even touchscreen phones in the first place.

or it could go the way it went with phablets or AMOLED -- two related display techs that are relevant to this particular tech.

> If Apple doesn’t release one, it’s because the tech is too fragile

or Apple doesn't understand the tech, or doesn't know how to package and market it.

If the form factor is good enough why wouldn't you want the ability to have a tablet sized screen whenever you need a bit more space to do stuff?

This seems like the first actual bit of interesting innovation in smartphones in about a decade..

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