Apple CEO John Ternus posts teaser video hours before the company's annual launch event
THE SO WHAT
If Apple is about to brand a foldable iPhone, it will reset consumer expectations around premium device form factors and app UX. Mobile product teams should be testing dual‑pane and continuity experiences now—Apple’s industrial design choices tend to become de facto design constraints for everyone else.
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