MVictor Oh posted a wishlist for the next five years, and half of it doesn't exist.
CHalf of it doesn't exist? That's a bold way to plan.
MThe part that does exist is enough to start a fight — an iPhone Duo and a two-thousand-dollar price tag.
CApple's foldable is real. It starts at one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.
MLaptop money for a phone that bends in the middle.
CIt's a phone and a tablet in one pocket. I'd pay for that.
MYou'd pay two grand so you don't have to carry an iPad?
CI hate carrying an iPad. It's heavy and I forget it.
MYou'll forget a foldable phone? It's twice as thick.
CIt's a little thicker, sure, but it unfolds into a bigger screen.
MThe crease is still there. You can see it in bright light.
CThe new hinge hides it, Matilda. That's the whole point.
MFor two thousand, I want no crease, no scratches, and a free case.
CYou're describing a brick.
MI'm describing a phone that doesn't fold. Those are cheaper.
CNot this again. Foldables are the only innovation in phones in years.
MA folding screen isn't innovation, it's a hinge with anxiety.
CIt's a bigger screen without a bigger pocket. That is a real upgrade.
MBut most apps don't use the extra space. You just get two tall halves.
CThat's not true — reading, video, multitasking all improve.
MReading on a crease? Video with a line down the middle?
CYou're exaggerating. The crease is subtle.
MYou've used one for a week. I've used one in a store and it annoyed me.
CYou tried a demo unit with ten thousand fingerprints on it.
MFine, that part's fair.
CBut the price — two grand — that's the real problem. Not the hinge.
MSo now you admit it's overpriced.
CIt's early! Early adopters always pay more. Remember the first iPhone?
MThe first iPhone was six hundred dollars. This is more than three times that.
CAdjusted for inflation, maybe not. And it replaces your tablet.
MIt replaces your tablet if you're okay with a smaller tablet and a crease.
CYou keep saying crease like it's a broken bone.
MIt's a crease! In the middle of the screen!
COkay, okay. But the HomeView is the better deal — three hundred for an Apple smart display.
MHomeView isn't even shipping yet, and it's a screen you mount on a wall.
CIt's for your kitchen. Weather, timers, music, HomeKit.
MI can do all that with the phone I already have. For free.
CNot mounted, not always-on, not a shared screen.
MYou want to spend three hundred so your family can see the timer?
CFamilies do. That's why smart displays sell.
MMaybe. But the wishlist also listed a MacBook Pro OLED, which Apple hasn't confirmed.
CThat one was the most exciting thing in the post.
MExactly — you want the thing that doesn't exist.
CIt's a wishlist, Matilda. That's how they work.
MMuse Charm and Pixel Fold 15 too. Both are noise until someone ships them.
CSo you're saying Victor's list is half vapor, half expensive.
MAnd the expensive half is one folding phone and one kitchen screen.
CThat's a very modest vision of the future.
MIt's an expensive present. That's all.
CI still want the foldable.
MOf course you do.