The fix, he told me, was temporary - he didn't have the right part and couldn't get it. This experience revealed a broader shift in how modern products are designed, sold, and owned - one that increasingly treats repair as optional and replacement as inevitable.
Tipster Ice Universe has shared images of a new foldable display that was showcased by Samsung Display at CES. The display is expected to be used in Apple's iPhone Fold. According to the tipster, the panel shows no visible crease, which is a common drawback of current foldable screens. Samsung appears to have significantly minimized the crease with this new display. The screen will also feature an under-display camera and offer improved overall quality.
Samsung Display showcased a new foldable OLED panel at CES that doesn't have a visible crease - something that currently blights every foldable phone on the market. This could be our first look at the panel used in the next generation of Samsung's Galaxy foldables and even the folding iPhone, given that Samsung Display is a long-time provider for Apple.
The source hints at a 7.6-inch internal display, probably in a 4:3 aspect ratio that will resemble a tablet when unfolded and facilitate easier multitasking, document work and the like. The obvious drawback is an extra-wide form factor while folded, making it potentially difficult to handle with one hand.
2025 was a big year for Samsung in foldable phones. It redesigned the to become the lightest book-style folding phone of the year, and unveiled the then-new, two-hinged Galaxy Z TriFold. It appears that the Korean electronics maker is returning to its era of hardware innovation and won't stop anytime soon. A new report by ET News claims that Samsung is developing a million units of a wide-screen Galaxy Fold, which will differ from all existing Galaxy foldable phones.
Just as previous rumors have suggested, the iPhone Fold will bring a similar design to Google's first-gen Pixel Fold with a wide cover screen. The front panel is rumored to come in at 5.5 inches, and it features a single punch hole cutout up top for the selfie camera. Based on speculation, it will go for a 4:3 aspect ratio, making it more usable than the square-ish aspects of most current book foldables.