- Apple’s rumored folding iPhone has been detailed in a new report
- It contains some surprises related to price and tactile identification
- They are probably still a few years after launching
The tastes of Samsung and Google have produced some of the best folding phones in recent years, but Apple has remained remarkably absent. However, that may not be the case for a long time, since a new report has presented the company’s folding iPhone plans with attractive details. Look closely and find some surprises.
The testimony comes from the Apple Ming-Chi Kuo analyst, who has a solid history for Apple leaks. In the report, Kuo described his expectations of the initial price of the device, his characteristics and how well it could be sold. Here is the lowdown.
1. a striking price
Folding phones have a premium price label, and it seems that Apple’s attempt will not be different. Kuo estimates that the folding iPhone will be sold for “above $ 2,000”, with the price that could reach $ 2,500 (around £ 2,000 / au $ 4,000).
Taking into account the most expensive generation iPhone, the iPhone 16 Pro Max, starts at $ 1,199 / £ 1,199 / AU $ 2,149, that is a massive increase in the price of an flagship iPhone. It is also a decent piece above what it will pay for the high -end folds of Samsung and Google, which charge around $ 1,800 for their devices.
However, that price may not matter. Given the first level reputation of the iPhone and the loyal Base of Apple fans, Kuo believes that the device “will generate a strong demand for replacement … provided that the quality meets expectations.”
Mass production will apparently begin in the fourth quarter of 2026 and are expected to sell 3.5 million units, says Kuo. A second generation model is inclined to enter mass production in the second half of 2027 and could sell 20 million units.
2. Ai first
Artificial intelligence (AI) is fashionable at this time, and Apple is entering the act with its own Apple intelligence system (although defective). This will be in charge and the center on the folding iPhone, says Kuo, with the device positioned as a “true phone directed by AI”.
That means that it will come with “multimodal functionality and cross -application integration,” says Kuo. “Larger screens [will] Improves the AI experience, “he believes,” enabling scenarios such as chatbot about travel plans when seeing a completely complete map application. “
In other words, wait a truly next generation iPhone that has been very necessary for several years.
3. A book style design
The folding iPhone will apparently adopt a “book style design”, according to Kuo, with a vertical fold instead of one that crosses the device horizontally. That means that it is likely to be a rival Galaxy Fold 7 (or perhaps a galaxy z fold 8 alternative at that stage).
Crucially, it will be free of fold, and the hinge, according to the reports, “will combine the stainless steel alloy and titanium, while the housing opts for the titanium alloy,” reports Kuo.
As for the size, the device will apparently come with an internal 7 -inch screen and a 5.5 -inch outdoor screen. It will have a thickness of 9 mm to 9.5 mm when folding, the report states, and 4.5 mm to 4.8 mm thick when it unfolds.
That would make the iPhone fold (or as it is ultimately called) marginally thicker than the OPPO Find N5, which is 8.93 mm thick when folding. But the chamber’s blow will probably add a few millimeters to the total thickness anyway.
4. Touch ID returns
When the 16E iPhone replaced the iPhone SE, Apple eliminated the Touch ID in all its iPhones. Or did he? According to Kuo, Touch ID will return to the folding iPhone. Apparently you will find your way on a side button, which sounds remembers the contact ID button in the iPad air.
Why could this old technology return when Face ID is safer? Kuo states that “face identification may be absent due to thickness and internal space limitations.”
5. A double camera configuration
Can you imagine yourself as a photographer? The folding iPhone may not be its first option in that case, since Kuo believes that he will come with a double lens camera matrix.
Presumably, this will be a little less advanced than the triple lens configuration you get with the iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The double lens camera reflects an earlier report on Apple’s folding iPhone from Leaker
It is also likely that there is a front camera, and Kuo says that “a front camera can wait [to be] Available in folded and deployed states. “
6. An ultra thin battery
Kuo quickly touched the battery duration of the folding iPhone, which argues that it will have “the same high density battery cells as the Ultra Delgado iPhone 17.” It is likely that it is a reference to the air of the iPhone 17 (or as ending), a rumored super thin iPhone that is scheduled to launch in September of this year.
However, we do not know what type of battery life is to expect from the folding iPhone. But given the past marketing habits of Apple, it could still be promoted as “battery life throughout the day” despite its little design.
