Foldable Apple Devices
According to investor notes from Jeff Pu (by way of 9to5Mac), an analyst related to the Haitong International Securities Group, Apple has plans to enter the foldable system market beginning with the launch of two gadgets in 2026. The first system is purported to be a hybrid of two fashionable Apple gadgets: iPad and a MacBook, that includes an 18.8-inch show when unfolded.
The different system is claimed to be a foldable iPhone. This declare corroborates a earlier report which advised that the Cupertino-based firm was growing a foldable iPhone which will debut with the iPhone 18 collection in 2026. This purported system may undertake a clamshell design, just like the one seen with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6.
Pu’s analysis notes additionally recommend that the iPad-MacBook hybrid would be the first foldable launched by Apple in Q2 2026. While it was beforehand reported to enter mass manufacturing subsequent 12 months, the analyst claims it will not be the case anymore.
Its debut is reported to be adopted by the introduction of the foldable iPhone mannequin, which was beforehand purported to be alongside the iPhone 18 collection within the second half of the aforementioned 12 months. The handset has beforehand been reported to function both 7.9-inch or 8.3-inch shows, with Samsung allegedly being contacted to change into the first provider of the screens.
Notably, Apple was reported to be growing “a minimum of” two iPhone prototypes with a clamshell design in February. At the time, it was speculated that Apple engineers had the intention of growing an iPhone that may be “as skinny as present iPhone fashions”, however have been met with constraints as a result of battery and show elements occupying substantial house.
