Foldable iPhone 'Ultra' Still on Track for September Debut

Apple's archetypal foldable iPhone remains connected way for a September debut, contempt rumors to the contrary, based connected a caller study by China Securities Journal (via DigiTimes).


According to the report, which cites a root astatine an Apple supplier, the institution precocious started delivering components successful tiny batches for Apple's archetypal foldable iPhone.

The supplier besides reportedly received guidance indicating that the instrumentality is scheduled to beryllium unveiled successful September 2026, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. A 2nd supply-chain root cited successful the study said it had received nary denotation of a hold and continues to enactment toward a autumn 2026 merchandise timetable.

The study backs a assertion made past week by a Chinese leaker that suggestions of a hold are wide of the mark.

There person been occasional reports that Apple's archetypal foldable instrumentality is encountering engineering hurdles arsenic improvement enters its last stages. In May, leaker Instant Digital claimed the foldable iPhone was inactive facing durability concerns related to its hinge mechanism. While Apple is said to person mostly resolved issues surrounding show creasing, the leaker suggested the hinge has yet to conscionable the company's semipermanent reliability standards.

Apple is known for imposing rigorous durability requirements connected wholly caller merchandise categories, but reports of unresolved hinge concerns this precocious successful improvement would beryllium antithetic fixed the device's expected motorboat timeline.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported successful March that Apple's foldable iPhone whitethorn not motorboat alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max successful September. Earlier, Barclays expert Tim Long predicted the instrumentality would not statesman shipping until December, perchance creating a spread of up to 3 months betwixt the foldable iPhone and Apple's flagship iPhone 18 Pro models.

Apple has taken a staggered motorboat attack before. In 2017, the iPhone X was unveiled alongside the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, but it didn't scope customers until November, portion the different models launched successful September arsenic usual.

If Apple yet decides to hold shipments of its foldable iPhone beyond September, it would apt inactive unveil the instrumentality alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max astatine its yearly iPhone event. In that scenario, Apple would denote the full lineup unneurotic earlier releasing each exemplary according to its accumulation schedule.

The foldable iPhone is expected to diagnostic a 7.8-inch interior show and a 5.5-inch screen display, the A20 spot and C2 modem, a Touch ID powerfulness fastener alternatively of Face ID, and 2 rear cameras, with pricing rumored astatine astir $2,000. Apple's book-style foldable could motorboat arsenic the "iPhone Ultra," arsenic suggested by reports.

In an antithetic measurement compared to erstwhile autumn announcements, arsenic portion of a caller split-launch strategy, Apple is expected to clasp implicit the merchandise of the regular iPhone 18 until outpouring adjacent year.
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