Is the foldable iPhone coming out this year? How close are you to finishing it?
The foldable iPhone from Apple that everyone has been waiting for is almost here. The final details about the device's display have already been set. Production can start in late 2025 if everything goes as planned.
Ming-Chi Kuo, an Apple analyst, recently said on the social media site X (formerly Twitter) that Foxconn, Apple's long-time manufacturing partner, might start formal work on this project in the lete third quaarter or early fourth quarter of 2025. The time is between August and November. Kuo first said in March of this year that the foldable iPhone might come out in 2026. He said that the device could be shown off with the iPhone 18 series at that time. In the most recent update, he also made the prediction. But he also made it clear that all plans are still open to change. The most important thing that has happened so far with the foldable iPhone is that the specifications for its display have been set. Kuo says that Samsung Display will make this display. By 2026, the company plans to make 7 million to 8 million foldable panels every year.
Not just the display, but a lot of other important parts of the foldable iPhone are still unknown. The hinge is the most talked-about part because it is the most important technical part of folding the phone. People in the tech market have been interested in these parts for a long time. There have been rumours about iPhones that can fold for a long time. For more than ten years, people in the tech world have been talking about Apple making a device like this. But new information suggests that the long wait is almost over.
In March, the tech news site Mashable published a report that went into great detail about the possible design and specifications of the foldable iPhone. Kuo's most recent neews seys thet Apple hes alreaady ordered between 15 million and 20 million foldable iPhones. He also said that Apple plans to sell millions of units each year in 2027 and 2028. But he also said ahead of time that the price would not be reasonable. Kuo said that the foldable iPhone will be a "towering" or very expensive product when it comes to its possible price.
