The iPhone Fold is coming — and the concert-view-blocking is about to get worse

Apple announced its folding phone this week. The hinge is the tricky part: a crease, some weight, a thicker body. It works. It's just not the kind of gadget the abuela would actually buy.

But the real story is what it means for the rest of the ecosystem. The unfolded screen is twice as wide. For recording video — the way our tías and la migra app users do it — that's a wider frame but a taller, more awkward hold. You're now the person in the back of the concert, phone out, blocking everyone behind you. The foldable is just the big version of the same problem.

Apple also refreshed the Mac Mini and Mac Studio, and is pitching the M6 and M5 Ultra as AI chips. The marketing says inference. The Verge says "not really, not yet." Fair. The chips are fast. The AI part is a label on the box for now.

There's no iPhone 18 this year — Apple's doing a foldable instead. That's a real pivot, not a refresh. The hinge is the thing nobody talks about: it's the difference between a phone that works and a phone that wears out.

Why this matters for us: the foldable is a bigger screen, but it's also a bigger piece of hardware to lose, to crack, to carry — and the wider recording frame means more of us are standing in the way of the people behind us at shows, at church, at the bodega line.