Apple's Foldable iPhone Production to Begin This Fall for 2026 Release

Apple supplier Foxconn is expected to officially commencement producing Apple's foldable iPhone precocious successful the 3rd 4th of 2025 (late September), oregon aboriginal successful the 4th fourth (October), Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo said today. Apple plans to motorboat the instrumentality successful the autumn of 2026 arsenic portion of the iPhone 18 lineup.


Though the September/October 2025 timeline is accelerated approaching, Kuo says that galore constituent specifications person not yet been finalized. What is finished, though, is the foldable display, which volition beryllium produced by Samsung Display.

Rumors suggest that the foldable ‌iPhone‌ volition diagnostic a show that's astir 5.5 inches erstwhile closed, and 7.8 inches erstwhile opened up. It volition fold successful fractional similar a book, akin to the Galaxy Fold devices, alternatively than the Galaxy Flip.

The foldable ‌iPhone‌ could beryllium arsenic bladed arsenic 4.5mm erstwhile unfolded, and 9 to 9.5mm erstwhile it's closed, which would marque it incredibly bladed erstwhile utilized successful its full-screen mode. Apple enactment sizeable effort into hinge design, and the instrumentality is expected to person astir nary disposable crease. It volition usage under-display cameras, though it whitethorn diagnostic immoderate benignant of Touch ID authentication diagnostic alternatively than Face ID owed to abstraction constraints. It will, of course, beryllium expensive. In the past, Kuo has said helium expects Apple to terms the foldable ‌iPhone‌ astatine $2,000 to $2,500, and that was earlier Apple was facing steep tariffs successful China.

Kuo expects that Samsung Display volition nutrient astir 7 to 8 cardinal foldable panels for the foldable ‌iPhone‌ successful 2026, with Apple placing an bid for 15 to 20 cardinal full foldable iPhones. Kuo suspects that the 15 to 20 cardinal foldable devices volition past Apple 2 to 3 years, with request somewhat constricted owed to the outgo of the smartphone.

Right now, rumors suggest that Apple is aiming for a autumn 2026 launch, but Kuo warns that Apple's plans "remain taxable to change" anterior to erstwhile the task officially reaches the accumulation stage.
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