In September 2018, I wrote the following in one of my blog posts:
Following the recent release of the “iPhone XS Max” impelled this tongue-in-cheek analysis, which projects that iPhones will be as big as small tablet computers by 2025, which is comical. However, I predict the growth trend will continue as predicted, but the iPhones will stay pocket-sized thanks to foldable screens.
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/09/13/how-big-will-the-iphone-get
I made a mental note to add this to my next, Big List of Predictions, and did so when I published it four months later:
[In the 2020s] Foldable smartphones will enter mass production, though it’s uncertain how much the market will embrace them. These phones will have one, rigid screen on their “front cover,” and one, flexible screen that is twice as big spanning their inner space.
Rumors of Samsung’s impending release of a foldable smartphone started circulating in January 2019, which is when I wrote the Prediction post, but they didn’t influence me. That phone, the “Galaxy Fold,” had a limited release in April 2019, which revealed serious technical problems and forced Samsung to delay its widescale release until September to fix them. The reviews I’ve read since then have been positive. This means my prediction about foldable smartphones was right, and actually came true a few years sooner than I thought.
So there! Eat it, doubters! I know you’re listening. (Maybe…)