Most trendy foldable telephones broadly comply with the identical design ideas as both the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 or the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, but it surely appears the foldable iPhone may not. Instead, it’d borrow from the Huawei Mate Xs 2.
This is based on a new investor word from Haitong International analyst Jeff Pu, seen by 9to5Mac. Pu describes the foldable iPhone as having a “wrap around foldable design”, saying it’s “similar” to the Huawei Mate Xs 2.
So what does that imply? Well, the Huawei Mate Xs 2 is a large-screen foldable, just like the Galaxy Z Fold 5, besides whereas Samsung’s telephone has each a cowl screen (for utilizing it with a phone-like type issue) and a foldable show to make use of it extra like a pill, the Huawei Mate Xs 2 has just one screen.
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This one screen is a giant foldable show, as you may see within the pictures above, but it surely’s on the surface of the telephone (somewhat than being hidden inside when the screen is folded). The outcome being that it folds right down to a phone-size screen, without having a second show.
There are potential benefits to this, with the shortage of a second screen that means fewer show parts are wanted. So in principle Apple could most likely both make the gadget slimmer, or use the saved area for one thing else, like a larger battery.
On the opposite hand, this design additionally implies that the foldable show – which is arguably essentially the most weak a part of the telephone – is at all times uncovered.
So we’d take this declare with a pinch of salt, however it might make sense for Apple to wish to go with a design that’s barely totally different to the norm, particularly because it’s so late to affix the foldable occasion.
Still years away
Speaking of which, in the identical word Pu says to count on the foldable iPhone in 2026, and that the screen will likely be 7.9 inches, although these are each issues they’ve claimed earlier than, in order that they’re just reiterating this right here.
That launch timing is in line with another leaks, although different sources have claimed that the foldable iPhone most likely gained’t land earlier than 2027. So both manner we’re unlikely to see it anytime quickly.
In the meantime although there’s loads of different Apple stuff on the way in which. The firm just introduced iOS 18 and Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024, with this new software program set to launch later this 12 months, most likely alongside the iPhone 16 sequence.
