{"id":22479,"date":"2025-08-25T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/22479\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:10:08","slug":"report-reveals-major-details-about-apples-foldable-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/22479\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Reveals Major Details About Apple’s Foldable iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple is looking for its next cash cow. But Tim Cook won\u2019t need to look far because, according to Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman<\/a>, the company is working on reinventing the iPhone with not one, not two, but three models.<\/p>\n

The first of the three iPhones will come next month at Apple\u2019s annual fall launch event. The long-rumored \u201ciPhone 17 Air\u201d<\/a> will reportedly be Apple\u2019s thinnest phone ever\u2014even skinnier than the iPhone 6<\/a>, which sparked \u201cbendgate\u201d<\/a> back in 2014. The 17 Air is expected to replace the iPhone 16 Plus,<\/a> and Gurman claims with confidence that the 17 Air will come in \u201clight blue,\u201d which corroborates leaked dummy models<\/a>. The 17 Air will also reportedly use an Apple-made modem\u2014possibly the same C1 chip used in the iPhone 16e<\/a>\u2014and come with a single rear camera and support eSIM only.<\/p>\n

See iPhones at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

The second revolutionary iPhone will be a book-style foldable, similar to the style of Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Z Fold 7<\/a> and Google\u2019s Pixel 10 Pro Fold<\/a>. Gurman again says the foldable iPhone will launch in 2026. He shared new details for the device that haven\u2019t been previously reported, including that it\u2019ll reportedly use Touch ID instead of Face ID, have four cameras, and not include a physical SIM card slot. It might also use a second-gen version of Apple\u2019s own modem\u2014dubbed the \u201cC2\u201d chip and the screen will use \u201cin-cell\u201d display technology, which \u201cshould help make the crease less obvious and improve touch accuracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SamsungThe Z Fold 7 has a crease, like every foldable phone. Can a foldable iPhone really eliminate it? \u00a9 Raymond Wong \/ Gizmodo<\/p>\n

Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said that the foldable iPhone would come with a crease-free design<\/a>. The crease, aka the fold running down a flexible display when it\u2019s opened and closed, is something no phonemaker has been able to eliminate. Leading foldable phone makers like Samsung, Honor<\/a>, and Motorola have\u00a0reduced the crease on their bending devices, but the crease has always remained (and still deepens with extended use after the first days). Having reviewed every generation of Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Z Fold since 2019, I\u2019m skeptical Apple can do what others haven\u2019t, but I\u2019d love to be proven wrong. That being said, I\u2019ve been totally in love with the Z Fold 7\u2019s thinness and lightness that I\u2019ve accepted that it has a crease, the same way I accepted the notch on the iPhone X<\/a> and the Dynamic Island on the current iPhones. Repeat after me: there is no perfect phone and there never has been. Phone designs have always come with tradeoffs.<\/p>\n

And the third iPhone, which Gurman says won\u2019t be coming until 2027\u2014in time for the iPhone\u2019s 20th anniversary\u2014will finally revamp the current glass-and-flat-metal-sides design that Apple introduced with the iPhone 12<\/a> series in 2020. He says the \u201ciPhone 2020\u201d will have \u201ccurved glass edges all around,\u201d which will be a hardware match to the glossy, reflective, and animated Liquid Glass interface that arrives with iOS 26<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If Gurman\u2019s crystal ball is working properly, Tim Cook is cooking up some new iPhones to help allay concerns that the company has lost its North Star. Fumbles with AI\u2014Apple Intelligence and the revamped Siri have been major stains\u2014and mild refreshes to its product lineup, not to mention a slew of its design team defecting to former Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive\u2019s LoveFrom firm<\/a>, have made consumers question whether Apple\u2019s time as a technology tastemaker is up. A skinny iPhone 17 Air is a start, but a foldable iPhone, followed by an all-glass iPhone, could get people lining up at Apple Stores in a way they haven\u2019t since before covid-19.<\/p>\n

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