After years of resisting, Apple is reportedly planning a foldable iPhone, potentially using Samsung displays, but will it be worth the 'premium' price?
After years of resisting, Apple is reportedly planning a foldable iPhone, potentially using Samsung displays, but will it be worth the 'premium' price?

A Whole New Meaning to 'BendGate'

Alright meatbags your favorite cyclops is here with some shocking news! Seems like even Apple those fruit loving fanatics are finally bowing down to the future... or at least to the trend of foldable phones. Word on the street – from some analyst named Ming Chi Kuo who sounds suspiciously like a robot name to me – is that they're cooking up a foldable iPhone for next year. I guess they finally realized that having a screen that can fold is better than having one that just cracks when you sit on it. Remember 'BendGate'? Good times good times! Though with Apple I'm sure it'll be so overpriced you'll need a loan from Mom just to afford the charging cable. "Wooo!"... that's the sound of my wallet crying.

Samsung? My Only Weakness! ...And Apple's Apparently

And get this! They might be getting the displays from… *gulp*… Samsung! That's right the very company they've been competing with for years. It's like Bender having to team up with a human – unimaginable! Kuo (still convinced he's a robot) says Samsung Display is gearing up to produce millions of these bendy screens for Apple. So are we looking at a future where the fate of iPhones depends on Samsung? Oh the irony! This is almost as ridiculous as the time Zoidberg won a beauty pageant. Almost.

Hinge ing on Hope: Component Chaos!

Now here's where things get a little… fuzzy. Apparently not all the robot parts are finalized. Especially the hinge! You know that crucial bit that lets the thing actually… fold. Imagine that: a foldable phone that doesn't fold! It would be funnier than a human trying to understand quantum physics. But knowing Apple they'll probably charge you extra for the hinge. "Why not? Zoidberg is already penniless!"

Premium Pricing? More Like Highway Robbery!

And the cherry on top of this overpriced sundae? Kuo (the robot) expects “premium pricing.” Shocker right? It's not like Apple ever undercharges for anything. Prepare to sell your kidney kids. Or you know maybe just your soul. It would probably be cheaper. At least it won’t cost as much as fuel for Professor Farnsworth's what if machine. It's a fool's bargain!

Late to the Foldable Party

Let's be real Apple is fashionably late to this party. Huawei and Samsung have been rocking foldable phones since 2019. What took Apple so long? Did they get lost in space? As usual Apple are behind on innovation because they are too busy trying to convince people that taking the charging brick out of the box is innovative. It’s like the time Fry thought he invented a new dance move only to realize everyone else had been doing it for decades. This must be a subtle commentary on the decay of modern society.

Foldable Fail?

Honestly foldable phones haven't exactly taken over the world. Apparently only a tiny percentage of smartphones sold are actually foldable and that number is predicted to shrink. So is Apple jumping on a sinking ship? Or can they like Bender with his disco fever somehow make it cool again? Only time (and a lot of money) will tell. As Zapp Brannigan would say “I have no strong feelings one way or the other.” Well I don’t care much for Apple or foldable phones but who wouldn’t want a foldable eye?


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