This Week in Apple: Searching for things in all the wrong places

The foldable iPhone hits Schrödinger’s stall, Tim Cook gets some bad news, and Google can’t seem to read the room.

What is time, even?

Bad news on the phone you probably can’t afford anyway!

“Foldable iPhone Production Stalls Amid Hinge Issues”

HINKY HINGE MAKES FOLDABLE FLOUNDER! Oh, no!

…the foldable device's hinge is consistently failing to meet Apple's quality control standards under conditions of prolonged, high-frequency opening and closing.

According to the source:

…“progress will simply have to be stalled for the time being."

Guess that’s it for the iPhone Fold or Ultra or whatever! Guess it’s not coming until 2027! Guess we can all stand down and-

A follow-up post from the leaker suggested the hinge difficulties are unlikely to push back the device's expected release window somewhat, noting that there is still ample time remaining.

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OK, what are we even doing here, people? If it’s not impacting the release date, it can’t be too bad now, can it?…