{"id":1014661,"date":"2026-08-21T09:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014661\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:52:20","slug":"iphone-ultra-to-repeat-the-iphone-x-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014661\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;iPhone Ultra&#8217; to &#8216;Repeat&#8217; the iPhone X Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple will likely &#8220;repeat the iPhone X story&#8221; by unveiling its foldable iPhone at the same time as the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, but starting foldable iPhone pre-orders at a later date, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mingchikuo\/status\/2073770705905123705\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/iPhone-X-2022-Upload.jpg\"   alt=\"iPhone X 2022 Upload\" width=\"1142\" height=\"644\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-863523\"\/><br \/>Kuo said manufacturing challenges have limited early production of the foldable iPhone, which will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/04\/27\/apple-planning-to-launch-two-new-ultra-products\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly be named iPhone Ultra<\/a>. As a result, he believes the device may launch at some point after the iPhone 18 Pro models.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Apple unveiled the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X on September 12. iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus pre-orders began just three days later, while iPhone X pre-orders began six weeks later on Friday, October 27. Likewise, Kuo believes the foldable iPhone may not be available to pre-order until the fourth quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Kuo estimated that the foldable iPhone could have a starting price of around $2,299 to $2,499 in the U.S., and he believes that the device &#8220;could sell out immediately after pre-orders open, with delivery lead times quickly stretching to 4-6 weeks or longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s suppliers will ship roughly 7\u20138 million foldable iPhones in 2026, compared to 20\u201322 million for the iPhone 18 Pro models combined, he said.<\/p>\n<p>If this information proves to be accurate, expect the foldable iPhone to be unveiled in September, but you may not be able to order it until at least October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple will likely &#8220;repeat the iPhone X story&#8221; by unveiling its foldable iPhone at the same time as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":914734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[17],"tags":[299227,611,158,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1014661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-iphone-ultra","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117132890126597667","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}