Tuesday, August 11, 2026
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‘Everyone’ at Apple calls the upcoming foldable iPhone the ‘iPhone Ultra’

iPhone Fold/Ultra concept

“Everyone” at Apple calls the upcoming foldable iPhone the “iPhone Ultra,” Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says in an X post.

“Everyone calls it the Ultra internally,” he says. “We’ll see what happens.”

The foldable — which could be dubbed the “iPhone Fold” — is expected to arrive in October following the September debut of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. (The non-Pro iPhone 18, an iPhone 18e, and second generation iPhone Air are anticipated in the first half of 2027.)

Alas, the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro line-up and the foldable iPhone will see higher price tags than originally predicted. The price hikes could be around 11% more than their iPhone 17 counterparts. Predictions for the foldable iPhone have been pegged at between $2,000 and $2,500. An 11% increase would push those prices to between $2,200 and $2,275.

Here’s a round-up of rumors about the foldable iPhone:

° It will use a dual-layer, ultra-thin glass structure to reduce display crease visibility.

° It will be offered in 236GB, 512GB, and 1TB options.

° It will feature an interior foldable display roughly the size of an iPad mini. 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/Ultra will have: a 7.8-inch inner display; a crease depth controlled to under 0.15 mm; and a crease angle under 2.5 degrees. 

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Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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