{"id":227927,"date":"2025-12-11T19:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/227927\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T19:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:33:28","slug":"iphone-fold-to-fuel-30-percent-foldable-market-growth-in-2026-says-idc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/227927\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Fold to fuel 30 percent foldable market growth in 2026, says IDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s first foldable, widely referred to as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_fold_5g-13804.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Fold<\/a>, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apples_iphone_fold_may_be_delayed-news-69965.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumored to launch<\/a> next year. While expectations are high, a new report now offers a clearer picture of the impact it could have on the foldable smartphone market.<\/p>\n<p>The foldable iPhone is expected to capture more than 22% of the global foldable market share in 2026, according to a report by market research firm IDC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765481607_60_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone Fold to fuel 30 percent foldable market growth in 2026, says IDC\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As per the firm, the iPhone Fold is projected to grab 34% of the foldable market value due to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/heres_how_much_the_apple_iphone_fold_could_cost-news-70436.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumored $2,400 price tag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The foldable smartphone category is reported to see increased consumer interest thanks to the foldable iPhone, the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, and foldables from Huawei.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765481608_405_gsmarena_002.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone Fold to fuel 30 percent foldable market growth in 2026, says IDC\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Foldable phones will continue to outperform the wider smartphone market in 2026 and are projected to make up over 10% of its total value by 2029, according to IDC.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone Fold is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/iphone_fold_screen_sizes_outed-news-68771.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumored to offer<\/a> a 5.8-inch cover screen, a 7.58-inch inner flexible display, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/iphone_fold_to_pack_larger_battery_than_iphone_17_pro_max_rumor_suggests-news-70355.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">battery that\u2019s larger<\/a> than the iPhone 17 Pro Max.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.idc.com\/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS54017625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s first foldable, widely referred to as the iPhone Fold, is rumored to launch next year. While expectations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[18,19,17,279,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-227927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-mobile","12":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115702609528108458","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227927","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=227927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}