Apple iPhone Foldable: After the release of the iPhone 16e, which was said to be known as iPhone SE 4, the most reasonably priced iPhone in the 16 series, now speculations are spiraling once more, and this time we might see a foldable from Apple. Apple seems to be also aiming at the foldable smartphone trend this time. Though rumors of a foldable iPhone are “coming soon,” shortly after, we learn of delays or another issue.
Still, these speculations have increased in frequency during the past year. Leaks informed us that it will be called the iPhone 18 Fold and should be released in 2026. Although the company allegedly works on two foldable devices, the other is a foldable iPad. The display in the foldable model would be larger than the present iPhone 16 Pro Max. These rumors had created a picture; with time, the picture is getting clearer and might as well become a reality. The most recent rumors also expose the expected foldable iPhone display specifics.
What The Leaks Advise
According to a recent leak made public by tipster Digital Chat Station based on Weibo, the forthcoming foldable iPhone will have a 7.74-inch display when unfolded and a 5.49-inch display when folded. The tipster does observe, though, that the display of the foldable iPhone will be shorter and wider than that of the Oppo Find N5, which debuted on Thursday. This is consistent with a prior Wall Street Journal leak implying the foldable iPhone would “unfold to a display size that would be larger than an iPhone 16 Pro Max.” Given the 6.9-inch display of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, it follows that the screen of the foldable iPhone would probably be at least 7 inches in size.
Apple allegedly experimented with foldable displays that would fold outward a few years back. Still, today, the company is once more emphasizing inward-folding display design, the same as what we have seen in most recent cell phones on the market.
Leaks also say the supposedly foldable iPhone will have an unprecedented aspect ratio for internal and external displays.
Anticipated Start Schedule
If we consider its launch in line with previous speculations, the leaker expects the foldable iPhone to drop either next year or the year after. The tipster also mentioned the expected foldable iPad, anticipating the same time of arrival.
This expected release date leak fits the past timeline Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, The Information, and The Wall Street Journal presented. These leaks point to either late 2026 or early 2027 as the launch date.
