In an X post, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple’s foldable Mac laptop has been delayed to 2027 or 2028.
He says the launch was originally planned for the first half of 2026, but has been delayed due to technical issues. “Some market participants previously expected Apple to launch the foldable iPad in 2025, but the current supply chain survey indicates that the foldable iPad has no visibility,” he adds. “This may also be because some call this foldable MacBook a foldable iPad.”
Rumors of a “MacBook Fold” go back at least two years. In February 2022 analyst Ross Young said Apple is considering a 20-inch foldable MacBook. He adds that it and a foldable iPhone won’t arrive until 2025 — if not later.
Young says a foldable laptop could form a new product category. If it arrives, it could be a dual-use product: able to work as a notebook with a full-size on-screen keyboard when folded and as a monitor when unfolded and used with an external keyboard. The foldable could also allow for 4K resolutions or higher at the size Apple is investigating, Young added.
As wild as the idea sounds, Apple has filed for multiple patents that hint at foldable Macs, iPhones, and iPads. Included among them are patent filing 10,579,105 and patent filing number 20190163233.
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