Foldable iPhone may debut in 2026

According to credible leaks, Apple is close to finalising the design of its first foldable iPhone – a book-style device with a hinge down the left side – that opens up to a screen with no crease down the centre

Closed: iPhone will look
almost identical to current
models

Opened: Display would be
similar to shallow
iPad mini

Left edge: Less curved
to accommodate hinge

Size:
Leakers say it will
merge two 6.1” screens for
12” display. This seems unlikely, as joining two
screens together suggests measure closer to 7.6”

Device
will be built
by Foxconn,
utilising flexible
Samsung
OLED
display

6.1 in
7.6 in

Hinge patent: Developed in-house by Apple, featuring highly complex array of gears and pins – credited to 10 inventors, including specialist in friction hinges

Dual-lens
cameras:
Similar to
iPhone 16
design

Twin
batteries:
Total
capacity of
5,000mAh

4.6mm
thick

Front-
facing
camera:
Metalens
technology
reduces
size and
weight

Cost:
Approx
$2,000

Sources: EP&T, UDN, WCCF TECH, AppleInsider, Patently Apple
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