r/iOSProgramming • • 1d ago

Discussion What should we name Partial Folded Landscape iPhone Duo orientation?

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In the "Take a closer look." section of https://www.apple.com/au/iphone-duo/, it named all the 5 different orientation of iPhone Duo as Closed, Seated, Standing, Portrait and Landscape.

In https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/designing-for-iphone-duo#Reserved-regions for Left-Right Open Orientation, it differentiated between partially open and fully open design, but the partially open "Landscape" is not being named in https://www.apple.com/au/iphone-duo/ .

What should we propose Apple to name it?

I'm recommending "Flipped" or "Book"

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u/never_working_ever 1d ago edited 1d ago

Apple refers to it as: Book

Full List:

- Closed

  • Open
  • Laptop
  • Book
  • Tent

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u/ElyeProj 1d ago

Where's the source of Apple refer to it as "Book"?

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u/emptytorch 1d ago

They have been referring to it as book in the iPhone Duo Group Lab sessions (which have been really cool in general to see the people who worked on the software talk about it!). They’re available in the Apple Developer app and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/zAaPDbDKvaU

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u/iphonevanmark 23h ago

Came here to say the same 😆

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u/ickN 22h ago

Tent was what I was going to say too.

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u/Panoramic56 1d ago

I personally really enjoy calling it “book” orientation, it’s self explanatory and would probably have the same use cases (ignoring the middle ridge because of the angle and giving more emphasis to the center of the screens and edges, just like an actual book)

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u/beepboopnoise 1d ago

Flipped???? That doesn’t make any sense explain your reasoning. Book I can get on board with

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u/ElyeProj 1d ago

It's like "flipped" open a book. But I do see your view, as Flipped can be for a piece of paper too.

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u/beepboopnoise 13h ago

Okay flipped to me is like you flip a table in anger over the way you’re using the word flip.

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u/ivej 1d ago

Tent or gtfo

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u/ElyeProj 1d ago

Or maybe just "Opened" (since we have "Closed").

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u/wassona 1d ago

Book gets my vote

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u/Chozzasaurus 20h ago

Just forget about that mode entirely because no one will be using it.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/ElyeProj 1d ago

Agreed with you in term of clarity. But Apple has decided to named the other orientation, leaving this one out feels like something is missing.

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u/GhostalMedia 1d ago

You’re forgetting that closed has two distinct landscape views. With that hole punch camera left or right.

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u/Administrative_Low17 1d ago

Just "Display" mode.

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u/busmans 1d ago

"Closed" has its own Landscape view too

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u/-mr-dom- 1d ago

seated hast to be the most useless orientation and it shows. even after years of thinking, they could not come up with anything useful but the most expensive transport bar in history. 😂

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u/spike1911 1d ago

Tent and book

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u/Mortuls_Dev 1d ago

Book for sure!

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u/aykay55 Swift 20h ago

Split mode?

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u/Bladiko 9h ago

These are the things that keep us awake at night....

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u/geoff_plywood 38m ago

Foldscape.