- Apple’s wrinkle-free iPhone Fold is still in development
- Well-known tipster says ‘technical challenges’ remain
- We should see the device launched in 2026
All signs point to the first foldable iPhone coming next year, but a new rumor suggests that Apple still has some technical issues to overcome in its attempts to make the device’s folds completely wrinkle-free.
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Current foldable devices, including the recently released Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, still have slight creases on the screens where the hinge mechanisms are located. It’s not a big deal, but it ruins the aesthetics a bit.
Many of the leaks we’ve heard before about the foldable iPhone suggest that Apple engineers are determined to make this device wrinkle-free, and based on this new information, it looks like they haven’t succeeded yet.
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Still experimenting
The same tipster adds additional information here, saying that Apple is experimenting with different types of ultra-thin flexible glass (UFG) and that the foldable iPhone will be released sometime in September.
Next year could be very busy for Apple, with a significant change to the iPhone launch schedule. The iPhone 18 Pro could normally be launched in September, while the iPhone 18 could be delayed until March 2027.
Add a foldable iPhone to the mix and this is truly new territory for Apple and its smartphones. We’ve also heard that the foldable iPhone could come with an under-display camera, so there’s no notch or cutout in the screen.
At this point, though, there’s no real indication of what the device will be called: the iPhone Fold is a reasonable guess, but it seems a bit vanilla for Apple.
