{"id":354717,"date":"2025-08-18T17:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354717\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:49:11","slug":"iphone-18-reportedly-wont-launch-until-2027-because-of-foldable-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354717\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Reportedly Won&#8217;t Launch Until 2027 Because of Foldable iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">The yearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-iphone\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone launch<\/a>\u00a0schedule is reportedly going to become very confusing \u2014 or exciting \u2014 depending on how you look at it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">The premium versions of the iPhone 18 series, but not the base model, will be released in September 2026, along with the first foldable iPhone, according to an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etnews.com\/20250813000323\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">ET News report<\/a>. The base iPhone 18 will be launched in the first half of 2027, the report said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/best-iphone\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Best iPhone in 2025: Which Apple Phone You Should Buy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This decision has bearing on the release of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/iphone-17-rumors-everything-to-know-from-redesigned-cameras-to-an-upgraded-display\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone 17<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/is-the-iphone-17-pro-going-to-be-big-and-orange-we-rounded-up-the-rumors\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone Pro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/im-eyeing-these-7-iphone-17-pro-max-rumors-to-decide-whether-to-upgrade\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone Pro Max<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/every-iphone-17-air-rumor-what-to-know-about-a-slim-new-iphone\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone Air<\/a> this September. There is no exact date for those releases yet. If the rumors and reports become reality, this would be the launch schedule over the next two years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 2025: iPhone 17, iPhone Pro, iPhone Pro Max, iPhone Air<\/li>\n<li>First half of 2026: iPhone 17e (entry-level version, ala the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/the-iphone-16e-announcement-here-are-the-release-date-price-features-and-specs\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone 16e<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>September 2026: First foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Air, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max  <\/li>\n<li>First half of 2027: iPhone 18 base model, iPhone 18e<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A representative for Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar Priyadarshi, founder of training and consulting firm <a href=\"https:\/\/techovedas.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">TechoVedas<\/a>, said having two launches per year &#8220;could work&#8221; if &#8220;Apple does it right. By splitting the release, Apple stays in the news for a longer time, which could help keep sales steady all year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apple saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canalys.com\/newsroom\/global-smartphone-market-q2-2025\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">2% decline<\/a>\u00a0in shipments of its iPhones in the second quarter of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Priyadarshi said the new launch schedule could also be smart from a customer perspective. &#8220;People who want the newest, most advanced models will buy in the fall, while the spring release can attract buyers looking for a more affordable upgrade,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But Apple needs to clearly explain things so that buyers of the regular model don&#8217;t feel like they&#8217;re just waiting for a &#8216;lesser&#8217; iPhone.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The yearly iPhone launch\u00a0schedule is reportedly going to become very confusing \u2014 or exciting \u2014 depending on how&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3159],"tags":[547,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-354717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115051034242493690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}