The foldable iPhone might look like two iPhone Airs stuck together

While it seems similar a foregone decision that determination volition beryllium a foldable iPhone, perchance late adjacent year, determination hasn’t been overmuch info astir what it would look like. In the latest installment of his Power On newsletter Mark Gurman says he’s being told it volition look much oregon little similar 2 iPhone Airs stuck together. 

That means it should beryllium beauteous thin, though perchance thicker than a Pixel 10 Pro Fold (10.8mm) and Galaxy Z Fold7 (8.9mm) since an iPhone Air comes successful astatine 5.6mm thick. Though Ming-Chi Kuo’s sources suggest the foldable volition beryllium quite a spot thinner erstwhile unfolded, perchance arsenic small arsenic 4.5mm. Unfortunately, Gurman besides expects the foldable iPhone to outgo much than the Pixel Fold, starting astatine at slightest $2,000, perchance more. 

One payment of basing the foldable connected the iPhone Air’s plan is durability. While foldables person improved a batch implicit the years, determination are inactive concerns astir however they tin basal up to abuse. But Gurman says the iPhone fold volition beryllium made of titanium, conscionable similar the Air, which some JerryRigsEverything and iFixIt person recovered to beryllium beauteous tough. 

iFixIt besides gave the iPhone Air a amazingly decent repairability people of seven. If an iPhone fold could adjacent get adjacent to the aforesaid repairability people it would beryllium a beauteous large deal. Both the Pixel Fold and Z Fold7 earned repairability scores of three, meaning these phones that are acold much fragile than your modular solid rectangle are besides overmuch harder to repair.