Apple's iPhone Fold is creeping closer - what the rumor mill says is coming

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Apple's long-rumored iPhone Fold has yet to arrive, but the rumor mill still believes it is on the way. Here's all the latest rumors on release year, the screen, and other features.

A render of what the iPhone Fold could look like

While other device manufacturers have embraced the idea of foldable smartphones, such as Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Flip ranges, Apple has steered clear of making its own version. All of its iPhones and iPads continue to be solid, flat devices with fixed screens that won't bend.

That's not to say that Apple hasn't been working on one in the background. Development of a foldable iPhone, often referred to as the iPhone Fold, has been speculated about for years, and leaks certainly put forward the idea that Apple's actually going through with it.

With the very real possibility of a foldable smartphone on the horizon, this is what the rumor mill says to expect from the iPhone Fold, if it actually arrives.

iPhone Fold release schedule

Apple obviously hasn't hinted at any potential release date for the iPhone Fold, and it won't until it's ready to do so. That hasn't stopped analysts from predicting when they think the model will ship.

When it comes to the iPhone Fold, one of the earliest examples goes back to September 2021, when analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted a release by 2024. Obviously, that was a bit optimistic, but more recent speculation offers the same years-away forecasts.

In 2024, those claims insisted that it could arrive by 2027 at the earliest. A plausible timeframe, and one that will take a long time to disprove.

Some of the rumors of a 2027 launch even claim that Apple intended for a late 2026 release, but it got delayed into the following year. Again, this is entirely plausible from a manufacturing standpoint, as Apple can always delay releases for many different reasons.

A February leaker proposed that, based on the current sampling process, manufacturing of the model could start in early 2026. Given Apple's lengthy production schedules and other rumors, this rumor may lend itself to a 2027 release for the model.

However, ETNews in late February said in its rumor report that some production will begin in the second half of 2025 with a release later in the second half of 2026. This is somewhat earlier than the 2027 predictions, but with such a complicated device, Apple could be more cautious than normal and take more time to fine-tune manufacturing ahead of the release.

Ultimately, no-one really knows when it will be launched, except that there is a consensus that it's a few years away from becoming a reality.

iPhone Fold display

The main buying reason for the iPhone Fold is to have a flexible display. By having an iPhone that unfolds to a larger screen, users can enjoy more screen space for apps, games, and so on.

However, it's quite a challenge to create a folding screen that's reliable for consumers. That sort of work relies on getting assistance from key partners in the supply chain.

Back in April 2022, reports were surfacing that LG Display was working with Apple on the display. However, those reports dealt with it from a standpoint of a foldable iPad or a MacBook OLED display, not an iPhone.

One month later, the reports about the iPhone display started to flood in.

An unfolded iPhone Fold could offer iPad mini-style screen estate

In September of the same year, Apple was reportedly working with LG Display and Samsung Display on screens that won't crumple. This apparently involved developing hybrid OLED panels that combine the inflexible sections of glass with flexible plastic substrate panels for the bending bits.

This is entirely likely to have happened, as Apple has to work with its key supply chain partners to develop new screens for its products.

The use of both glass and flexible plastic substrates is also highly plausible. The glass elements will provide the usual rigid iPhone display consumers know and love, while the plastic fulfills the bending requirements for a foldable device.

A February 2025 leaker claimed the display for the iPhone Fold could be "comparable to two 6.1-inch iPhones folded together, resulting in a total size of over 12 inches."

The mathematics of that supposed measurement is somewhat wrong, as it would realistically be a screen size in the ballpark of 7.5 inches, which is similar to the 8.3-inch iPad mini.

That leaker also insisted that the display would be exclusively developed by Samsung, which contradicts the earlier LG Display claims, and a January report that Apple was still working to decide on a foldable display supplier.

The same month, Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station claimed the large folding screen would have a 5.49-inch outer screen to allow it to work like a normal smartphone. The inner screen, to make it look more like an iPad, measures a somewhat realistic 7.74 inches diagonally.

iPhone Fold versus creases

A foldable smartphone has to not only be sturdy for everyday use, but it also has to deal with extra fatigue. The process of folding and unfolding can cause wear on a display, especially in an area where the fold can develop into a crease, which can eventually deteriorate.

Apple, like other folding phone companies, has to design the iPhone Fold to counter this weakness.

Patent speculation from 2022 introduced one concept of a folding iPhone that puts the display on the outside, instead of the screen being on the inside of the fold. This is one way to beat the problem, as the screen doesn't have to deal with the typically tight radius of an internal fold, and instead has to deal with being permanently exposed to the elements.

Folding the iPhone Fold could stress the screen with a crease

Analysts have also cottoned on to the external display idea, proposing it as a possibility at least once.

Apple has also considered internal screen fold designs too, but with very complicated hinge mechanisms. The idea was for there to be added supports for the display at its most vulnerable point, so it would be OK for users to press down on flexible sections.

Patents have also proposed the idea of using stretchable displays. However, it seems unlikely for Apple to go down that route for the iPhone Fold for the moment.

An ETNews report from late February 2025 said that Apple's folding iPhone may not be plagued by a crease at all. A source doubled down on claims Apple was working hard to avoid wrinkles in the display, which can emerge over time.

iPhone Fold or folding iPad

The nature of a folding smartphone is that it will create a larger viewable area when unfolded, if designed like a book rather than a clamshell. That size increase could make it a very large iPhone, or possibly something more.

If the size of the unfolded display is sufficient enough, it could feasibly be considered similar in size to an iPad mini. That could make the iPhone Fold a two-in-one device, switching between a smartphone and a tablet.

The iPhone Fold could be really compact when folded, compared to an iPad mini

Samsung actually offered a confident prediction that Apple's first foldable device in 2024 would be a tablet. This was quite believable at the time, due to Samsung being a key display partner for Apple.

Ming-Chi Kuo also offered that a foldable iPad could arrive by 2024, just one year later. But, others at the time insisted that a foldable iPad-style design wasn't on the way that year, including Ross Young of DSCC.

We at least know that a 2024 launch didn't happen.

A lot of guesswork

The problem with rumors about a brand new device category from Apple is that there really is no guarantee that any of the rumors are actually correct. Part of this can be down to some fanciful leakers working from iffy data or wanting to make a splash from a big prediction.

However, a lot of it is down to Apple itself. Leaks for new hardware types don't tend to come out from Apple, but they do tend to solidify and accelerate the closer it gets to actually shipping the hardware.

The problem is that we're nowhere near that point. We are still in the very early stages, when Apple has yet to solidify its plans properly.

Another issue is the nature of production, and Apple's long development and production schedules. Each annual upgrade to the iPhone family takes two years to produce, and there can be a lot of changes in those early stages that can impact what happens later.

The iPhone Fold will be catching up to competitors already offering foldable devices to the public

It's also so early that no-one can really pin down what the other specifications for the iPhone Fold could be. While it's likely to be a copying of the premium components inside a Pro-tier iPhone, we can't say those details with any precision.

A dubious leak from February 2025 from social media sharer Jukanlosreve, formerly TechReve, had a stab at the specs. The list seemingly included a 5,000mAh "3D Stacked" battery cell system, a new ultra-thin Meta Lens front camera, and rear Main and Ultra-Wide cameras.

It would theoretically be 4.6mm when unfolded or 9.2mm when folded, making it thinner than the M4 iPad Pro.

However, the account has a very patchy track record when it comes to leaks. Add in the supposed timeframe for release of 2027, and it becomes quite dubious.

Timeframes and core specifications will remain fluid for the moment. Until Apple gets close to releasing the iPhone Fold, we won't know what's actually inside it.



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pema

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

tht

If it has the Phone app, it's an iPhone. If not, it's an iPad. 😝 Or, how about it is an iPhone on the outside, but an iPad on the inside! It's an iPhad? An iPone?

Whenever I think about this form factor (a phone that unfolds into a small tablet), I'm always left with thinking it is niche device. An expensive and revenue/profit generating device, but niche nonetheless.

The usability of the form factor is limited. When unfolded, it typically ends up being a squarish tablet with 7 to 8 diagonals. This type of tablet shape is not good for text input or handability, and it primary ends up being a reading device. You can't hold it in one hand and scroll. Anything involving a lot of touching inevitably means two hands or using it on desk, table or lap. Then, it will be difficult to thumb type on it. People can learn to use split screen thumb board, I guess. Use a shrunken QWERTY keyboard?

In phone mode with the outer screen, you'll have a heavier and thicker device to handle. It will be harder to put in a pocket. Harder to hold. Just chunky.

Then everyone's favorite, with the slab part of the device being about 5 mm thick, a good camera system is going to stick out 3 to 4 mm, maybe 5 mm? It will likely have to have an 2024 iPad Pro type camera compromise.

charlesn

Pema said:

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

And meanwhile, in the real world: Apple's booming sales keep fueling record-setting revenues and profits, it's the world's most valuable company, its stock price sits near its all-time highs and it just won its 18th straight World's Most Admired Company award. But The Cult of Dead Steve just can't abide a level of consistent, record-setting success that exceeds what Apple achieved under Jobs. 

suntanironman

charlesn said:

Pema said:

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

And meanwhile, in the real world: Apple's booming sales keep fueling record-setting revenues and profits, it's the world's most valuable company, its stock price sits near its all-time highs and it just won its 18th straight World's Most Admired Company award. But The Cult of Dead Steve just can't abide a level of consistent, record-setting success that exceeds what Apple achieved under Jobs. 

World’s Most Admired Company Awards is… kind of a misnomer. It’s the United States’ most admired companies limited to those with the highest revenue in each industry. Plus a handful of non-US companies from a database limited to 30-ish countries. And then voted on by the executives and directors from those very companies, as well as financial analysts covering those companies.

But yes, Apple has won that award 18 times in a row.

pema

charlesn said:

Pema said:

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

And meanwhile, in the real world: Apple's booming sales keep fueling record-setting revenues and profits, it's the world's most valuable company, its stock price sits near its all-time highs and it just won its 18th straight World's Most Admired Company award. But The Cult of Dead Steve just can't abide a level of consistent, record-setting success that exceeds what Apple achieved under Jobs. 

On that basis, the drug cartels are the sure epitome. They are the highest grossing, best managed businesses the world over, despite not having any board members on the election committees and dealing with adversarial forces on every front. I am just taking your measure of success: $$$$. 

I was talking about innovation. You obviously buried your head in the pot full of cash and forgot about that. 
 

charlesn

Pema said:

charlesn said:

Pema said:

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

And meanwhile, in the real world: Apple's booming sales keep fueling record-setting revenues and profits, it's the world's most valuable company, its stock price sits near its all-time highs and it just won its 18th straight World's Most Admired Company award. But The Cult of Dead Steve just can't abide a level of consistent, record-setting success that exceeds what Apple achieved under Jobs. 

On that basis, the drug cartels are the sure epitome. They are the highest grossing, best managed businesses the world over, despite not having any board members on the election committees and dealing with adversarial forces on every front. I am just taking your measure of success: $$$$. 

I was talking about innovation. You obviously buried your head in the pot full of cash and forgot about that. 
 

Can't waste my time. You continue barking at the moon on message boards. I'll continue making money on Apple innovation. 14 years with Cook as CEO and the growth has never stopped. It is a far better and exponentially more successful company now than when Jobs died--but by all means, you keep worshipping at your altar of Dead Steve. 

pema

charlesn said:

Pema said:

charlesn said:

Pema said:

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

And meanwhile, in the real world: Apple's booming sales keep fueling record-setting revenues and profits, it's the world's most valuable company, its stock price sits near its all-time highs and it just won its 18th straight World's Most Admired Company award. But The Cult of Dead Steve just can't abide a level of consistent, record-setting success that exceeds what Apple achieved under Jobs. 

On that basis, the drug cartels are the sure epitome. They are the highest grossing, best managed businesses the world over, despite not having any board members on the election committees and dealing with adversarial forces on every front. I am just taking your measure of success: $$$$. 

I was talking about innovation. You obviously buried your head in the pot full of cash and forgot about that. 
 

Can't waste my time. You continue barking at the moon on message boards. I'll continue making money on Apple innovation. 14 years with Cook as CEO and the growth has never stopped. It is a far better and exponentially more successful company now than when Jobs died--but by all means, you keep worshipping at your altar of Dead Steve. 

Yup. Proved my point. You are tone deaf. I am not worshipping Steve Jobs. I am just pointing out the bleeding obvious that you can only milk a product so far before you bleed it dry. MS under Nutella moved away from Windows to the Cloud. Google, ok, bad example because they are a one trick pony: Search. But Apple has traditionally been a huge innovator during the early Jobs era, then it faltered and almost died, then Jobs came back and it was one great product after another. Where is that innovation gone? You can keep on hiring best and brightest engineers in the world but engineers do not create, they build. 
You need someone with a great vision to follow on from Jobs and I just don't see it. 
Apple Car. Dead. Vision Pro. On life support. And now more iPhone configurations to lengthen its life well beyond its due by date. 
Yes Apple is making money. But that's not enough. 

mustseeuhdtv

Again, the folding iPhone needs to be like this. 3 panels
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv_S7KrOlfk&pp=ygUlRm9sZGluZyBwaG9uZSBudmlkaWEgamVuc2VuIHN1cnByaXNlZA%3D%3D

foregoneconclusion

Hopefully Apple can come up with a screen proportion that makes sense for both the folded and unfolded format. 

macxpress

Folding phones to me are like the netbook era. Everyone wanted Apple to release a netbook Mac and never did because they saw how restricted and gimmicky it was. Folding phones is no different. It's just "cool", but provides no real value to the end user. 

macxpress

Pema said:

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

The mobile phone market is a very mature product. What exactly do you want it to do now? It's really no different than cars today versus cars of 20yrs ago. They have 4 wheels, an engine and get you from point A to point B. 

I get very sick and tired of people like you who just sit and dwell over Steve Jobs and how much better Apple would be if he were here. Well he's not so get over it. 

Tim Cook is a far better CEO and grew Apple like a weed and has been maintaining it for many years now. I like how you just try really hard to find the failure and totally omit the many successes Apple has had under Tim's direction. The hell with Apple Silicon on Macs and yet another transition for everyone. The hell with Apple Watch, Apple Services, AirPods, etc, etc. But yeah, Steve would have done better right? It's not like Tim didn't expand Apple into other areas to keep itself relevant. 

edited March 1

avon b7

foregoneconclusion said:

Hopefully Apple can come up with a screen proportion that makes sense for both the folded and unfolded format. 

For people who actually purchase folding phones, the aspect ratio is a non-issue because they know exactly what they are going to get. 

Video will be letterboxed. No one will be surprised at that.

From there on, aspect ratio is irrelevant as you are always doubling your screen size for more comfortable use for all the other tasks. Literally everything. And that is the appeal of folding phones.

eBook reading, photo viewing and editing, office work, web use. Even video editing can be improved by moving elements off the overlay.

Then of course there is the multi-tasking which allows you to have at least three apps open onscreen at the same time. Anything that removes app switching for simultaneous tasks is an advantage.

Given that book style folding phones need to be useful in standard (non-folding) mode, and apps are designed for that, the aspect ratio is unlikely to change until a third panel is included. That has already come to market (Huawei). Samsung is likely to follow (soon if rumours are to be believed). 

If we look to where things can be improved, that is in software as each manufacturer currently needs to adapt its OS to folding phones. 

The good news there is that Android itself is moving forward to include support for folding phones. HarmonyOS already supports a wide range of aspect ratios. 

canukstorm

charlesn said:

Pema said:

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

And meanwhile, in the real world: Apple's booming sales keep fueling record-setting revenues and profits, it's the world's most valuable company, its stock price sits near its all-time highs and it just won its 18th straight World's Most Admired Company award. But The Cult of Dead Steve just can't abide a level of consistent, record-setting success that exceeds what Apple achieved under Jobs. 

Apple is not a growth company

edited March 1

chasm

I'll try to keep an open mind about any possible future folding iPhone, but the ones that already exist are more expensive than the most expensive iPhone. And prone to crease.

A folding iPad might be nice, but not at double the current price.

hexclock

I’m interested to see how they solve two problems. 

The first and most obvious, is the crease problem. But for me, the more interesting second problem is this:

How do you design the hinge so that it will not pinch your fingers if you “hold it wrong”, and how do you keep sand and grit out of the mechanism to ensure a flat mating of the two halves. 

I guess that’s three problems. 

hexclock

SuntanIronMan said:

charlesn said:

Pema said:

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

And meanwhile, in the real world: Apple's booming sales keep fueling record-setting revenues and profits, it's the world's most valuable company, its stock price sits near its all-time highs and it just won its 18th straight World's Most Admired Company award. But The Cult of Dead Steve just can't abide a level of consistent, record-setting success that exceeds what Apple achieved under Jobs. 

World’s Most Admired Company Awards is… kind of a misnomer. 

But yes, Apple has won that award 18 times in a row.

Does that make Apple the Beyoncé of the Most Admired Company Awards?

tkchap

macxpress said:

Folding phones to me are like the netbook era. Everyone wanted Apple to release a netbook Mac and never did because they saw how restricted and gimmicky it was. Folding phones is no different. It's just "cool", but provides no real value to the end user. 

Personally I would like to see a tiny phone that unfolds to a reasonable size phone.

muthuk_vanalingam

chasm said:

I'll try to keep an open mind about any possible future folding iPhone, but the ones that already exist are more expensive than the most expensive iPhone. And prone to crease.

A folding iPad might be nice, but not at double the current price.

Apple has to start somewhere. They cannot get to where they need to be, by not launching the product. Rather, they will have to launch it at a price point which is feasible, say $3000, and then reduce the price as years pass by. Yes, it will be for a niche group of hardcore Apple fans in the first 2-5 years and then become more mainstream as price reduces in the subsequent years.

And it is nice to see that you are keeping an open mind on this, unlike many people in this forum who dismiss the idea outright without thinking this through. It will be fun to see how the tune changes once Apple launches a foldable iPhone.

edited March 2

opinion

Is Apple loosing touch with it’s customers? Because what I see is increasingly bigger iPhones when there’s so many wanting a small iPhone. I know it’s been said that Apple stopped the Mini versions because of not enough being sold, but is that the whole truth and if, maybe things have changed since then. I don’t see so many expressing that they want a foldable iPhone or what the 16e became. By the way, I kind of like the 16e except that it is too big.

suntanironman

hexclock said:

SuntanIronMan said:

charlesn said:

Pema said:

Beating a dead donkey this is what this is. Another iPhone (yawn): iPhone 16e (aka the Dud) and now the iPhone Fold (another dud). And in another four years: the iPhone Anniversary Edition - 20th Phone. What does it do? Makes phone call, text messages and oh yes the entire back is covered with cameras. Other than that, nada. Other than over-complicating an iOS with myriad functionality that everyone keeps turning off because it is getting in the way of working and eats up gobs of memory. 

And, oh yes, let's not forget Apple Intelligence. Which Microsoft shuttered last week is starting to look a lot like the dot.com boom of the Y2K. 

Talk about eating the same meal that Steve Jobs cooked all those years ago. Must be surely getting stale by now. 

And the new vision: the Vision Pro aka the dead horse. 

Apple needs new blood rather than stirring the same pot ad infinitum. 

And meanwhile, in the real world: Apple's booming sales keep fueling record-setting revenues and profits, it's the world's most valuable company, its stock price sits near its all-time highs and it just won its 18th straight World's Most Admired Company award. But The Cult of Dead Steve just can't abide a level of consistent, record-setting success that exceeds what Apple achieved under Jobs. 

World’s Most Admired Company Awards is… kind of a misnomer. 

But yes, Apple has won that award 18 times in a row.

Does that make Apple the Beyoncé of the Most Admired Company Awards?

I don’t understand the reference (joke?). Beyoncé famously only just now won the Grammy for “Album of the Year” for the first time ever in her career (despite having been making amazing music for 25+ years). If anything, Beyoncé the exact opposite of Apple winning the Most Admired Company award for 18 years in a row.