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, actually, as announced by Google. And I am excited for it as I am for every upcoming foldable – I can't wait to gawk at it and adore its design, only to ultimately decide that I don't want to use it.The foldable phones of today have the same problem tablets had 10 years agoBack in the day, when the first iPad launched, people were just pointing at it and laughing —"It's an oversized iPod!".
And yes, as a person who abandoned the iPad 10 years ago, but now uses an iPad every single day — I believe a lot of this is down to the app experience. I just have a reason to prefer to use an iPad over a phone — the big screen actually shows me more information. Or an iPad over a laptop — I can easily take it from room to room while doing anything else., you get pretty much the same apps and experience... only bigger. And square-shaped.
Then, we also have websites — even if you have a huge, almost-8-inch screen in your hands, many websites will adapt and show you a phone version. Many UI elements get hidden in a sandwich menu, instead of giving you a top bar to navigate the site more easily, of example. Attached exhibit below — Z Fold showing mobile version vs iPad showing desktop version:
Why am I throwing Google into this conversation? Well, like Apple draws the rules for iOS , Google is the one that says what goes with commercial Android. In fact, when foldables first came out, Google added responsive/adaptive design guidelines, allowing developers to optimize their apps accordingly. But few did.means the app can actively change the resolution of the app, so it can easily travel from one screen to the other.
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