The foldable iPhone (the “iPhone Fold”) will be “the most significant overhaul in the iPhone’s history,” Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says in his latest “Power On” newsletter.
“iPhone 4, iPhone 6 and iPhone X were clearly a big deal, but this is a whole new design,” he said.
About the ‘iPhone Fold’
Here’s a round-up of rumors about the foldable iPhone:
° It will ship after the iPhone 18 Pr and Pro Max ship in September.
° It will use a dual-layer, ultra-thin glass structure to reduce display crease visibility, according to the Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station.
° Apple will offer the “iPhone Fold” in three different storage capacities, according to the leaker known as “Instant Digital.”
The foldable smartphone will purportedly be offered in 236GB, 512GB, and 1TB options for US$2,320, $2,610, and $2,900, respectively.
° Gurman says it will feature an interior foldable display roughly the size of an iPad mini, according to people with knowledge of the matter. There also will be an external screen that’s about the size of the display on a small iPhone.
° Apple is developing new iOS app layouts and revamping its core iPhone programs to add sidebars along the left edge of the screen, similar to many of its iPad apps.
° The iPhone Fold will have: a 7.8-inch inner display; a crease depth controlled to under 0.15 mm; and a crease angleunder 2.5 degrees.
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