Unlike Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus, Oppo, Honor and Google, Apple has no foldable phone. A new report suggests that Apple has reached a significant stage of growth in June, with prototype 1 phase. Apple undoubtedly hopes it will be like the game with the original iPhone-Read because it could be down.
Will Tim Cook announce a folding iPhone in 2026?
A new report from Barbecue He says this means the phone is on the goal that will start next year. “Apple has quietly entered the early stages of developing long -term iPhone, with supply chain sources confirming that the company started its original P1 phase (original 1) in June,” he said.
“If all remains on the right track, the device could complete the original tests by the end of 2025 and proceed to the EVT verification test stage, setting the stage for possible launch in the second half of 2026,” the report continued. This means that only two years after the iPhone 16 Pro, we could see a folding iPhone.
Before that there are two more phases of original before that 9TO5MAC It is referred to as “the EVT phase, which is intended to confirm that the design is practical for construction,” he said.
Apple will be far from the first in the market for folding phones, but this rarely concerns the brand. There were smartphones before the iPhone, a tablet before the iPad and even digital music players before the iPod.
Apple “Don’t do it first, do it right”, Mantra will probably guide the company for this project.
So, why Apple’s phone could be a game-changer?
There is an aspect of folding phones that seem to unify current users: they do not like the extremely visible aspect that aligns the center of the phone when unfolding.
According to some reports such as News and Bloomberg’s Marks GurmanApple is determined to make this aspect invisible, or at least much less noticeable than any previous folding phone.
The original news is good for those who are impatient for an aspect of the iPhone – in May this year, Gurman said the foldable phone would not reach 2027, so this new report contradicts it.
