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It would depend on the sales volume. For a long time the iPad has been available and many developers simply are content to have a stretched version of their iPhone app on their iPad, because the sales volume isn’t sufficient. If foldable phones sell like iPads, this could very well happen to them too.

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I still think that there are very few examples of apps that utilize tablets well even among the apps that aren't stretched phone apps. I don't know if it is the ergonomics of the large screen or what, but the experience of using a tablet has always been pretty bad in my opinion.

Maybe the folding phone form factor will inspire some better UI/UX for apps.

The slack screenshot on the Duo was one of the ugliest things I have ever see.

Exactly, I remember until recently even instagram didn’t have a proper iPad app that uses the complete screen space

The rumours say 10 million iPhone Duo are being made, there are hundreds of millions of iPads so the numbers might not sway any opinions for a while.

I think they need to aggressively court developers, just give a buttload of advertising credit to nice apps that predate AI slop if they add compatibility, what does it cost Apple to "give" you $10k or $20k credit in their own ad system...

But the rumours also say they are going to squeeze the App Store for higher margins so maybe it is too late.

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