{"id":137527,"date":"2025-10-22T04:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/137527\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T04:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:26:10","slug":"with-iphone-airs-fate-seemingly-doomed-apple-is-more-committed-to-foldables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/137527\/","title":{"rendered":"With iPhone Air’s fate seemingly doomed, Apple is more committed to foldables"},"content":{"rendered":"

For quite a while, Apple has been working on foldable devices and the technology has mostly caught up to the company\u2019s high standards. It is expected to launch its first folding iPhone, a Galaxy Z Fold style device, in 2026, but it\u2019s not going to stop there. A new report has suggested that there is a clamshell style iPhone Fold scheduled for 2028. With the iPhone Air\u2019s unfortunate sales hurdles, looks like Apple is more invested in the foldable form factor. <\/p>\n

The report from ET News<\/a> (machine translated from Korean) states Apple is expected to launch a clamshell style foldable in 2028 to diversify its portfolio kicked off by a book-style foldable in 2026. Of course, Apple has not shared any information on either of the form factors and there are no official release timelines. That being said, a recent report<\/a> suggested that Apple\u2019s first foldable could be pushed to 2027, though the ET News report maintains the 2026 timeline<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Apple foldables are said to use new and improved display tech (for Apple) like LTPO, color filter-on-encapsulation (COE), cathode patterning material (CPM), and glass-metal-mesh-film (GMF). These will contribute to better display efficiency, improved transmittance, better under-display camera tech, and minimal creases. Apple wants a crease free display for its foldables and Samsung has been able to achieve<\/a> the same, which will likely be featured in the Korean giant’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 as well. <\/p>\n

Apple seems to be more committed to the foldable form factor than its thin and light iPhone Air. It was recently reported that the company has drastically reduced the production<\/a> of the iPhone Air as demand has been dwindling, despite impressive initial sales numbers. Around the same time, an account on Weibo posted that the iPhone Air will definitely be cancelled<\/a>, putting the future iterations of Apple\u2019s thin and light iPhone in limbo.<\/p>\n

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I have always been passionate about gaming and technology, which drove me towards pursuing a career in the tech writing industry. I have spent over 7 years in the tech space and about a decade in content writing. I hope to continue to use this passion and generate informative, entertaining, and accurate content for readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For quite a while, Apple has been working on foldable devices and the technology has mostly caught up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[311,1820,81647,81648,81653,18,18033,81646,1821,19,431,17999,81645,81651,18841,81649,81650,17,1815,26322,279,1819,81652,1814,1822,13938,1818,1142,1143,28553,63198,82,1817,1816],"class_list":{"0":"post-137527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-benchmarks","10":"tag-book-style","11":"tag-cmalshell-style","12":"tag-crease-free-display","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-foldable-iphone","15":"tag-folding-iphone","16":"tag-graphics-card","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-iphone","19":"tag-iphone-air","20":"tag-iphone-air-cancelled","21":"tag-iphone-air-sales","22":"tag-iphone-fold","23":"tag-iphone-fold-2026","24":"tag-iphone-fold-2027","25":"tag-ireland","26":"tag-laptop","27":"tag-leak","28":"tag-mobile","29":"tag-netbook","30":"tag-new-technology","31":"tag-notebook","32":"tag-processor","33":"tag-production","34":"tag-reports","35":"tag-review","36":"tag-reviews","37":"tag-rumor","38":"tag-samsung-display","39":"tag-technology","40":"tag-test","41":"tag-tests"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}