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Will the foldable iPhone save the stagnant foldable market?
According to recent news, Apple’s first foldable iPhone will be released at the end of 2026, along with the iPhone 18 Pro. Foldable smartphones continue to be released, but they have not been able to expand the market. Currently, foldable smartphones are not providing much freshness to consumers, and they are not satisfied with what they feel as a future form factor to replace the bar-type form factor.
Mark Gurman’s Predicted Foldable iPhone
It is expected that the launch of foldable iPhones will bring new life to the sluggish foldable phone market. It has been reported that foldable iPhones will have several advantages that are different from foldable smartphones that are currently released. According to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, foldable iPhones have two main advantages.
Main display with almost no wrinkles
The first is the main display, which shows almost no wrinkles. This news has already been revealed many times. It is said that foldable iPhones rarely show wrinkles due to their features. The foldable iPhone’s main display size is estimated to be 7.8 inches, and its ratio is about the same as the iPad, with a ratio of four to three.
Therefore, the wrinkle-free display is expected to provide a heterogeneous experience, regardless of horizontal and vertical modes. Mark Gurman also mentioned that Apple seeks to differentiate itself from its competitors by making wrinkles less noticeable when unfolded.
Durable Hinges
Here is some information about the durability of the hinge. The holdable iPhone will be equipped with a much higher quality white paper. Mark Gurman did not say exactly which hinge will be installed, but according to Ming Qi Guo in the past, the foldable iPhone’s hinge will be made of steel mixed with stainless steel and titanium, which will improve the durability of the white paper.
Innovative Foldable Display Expected
Here’s the news about the display that will be installed in the foldable iPhone. According to a report by MacRumors, the new technology of the foldable iPhone may set a new business standard. The foldable iPhone will be equipped with a new type of foldable OLED panel produced by Samsung Display, which is said to be an innovative foldable display that has never been used in existing foldable products.
The foldable iPhone will use Apple’s custom display process, which is branded by Apple, which is thin, power efficient, and meets Apple’s strict requirements for brightness levels. First, the touch panel layer is integrated into the TFT panel, reducing the thickness. This is expected to be about 19% thinner than the display mounted on the Galaxy Z Fold, resulting in a lighter body and a more robust display. Therefore, when the phone is unfolded, the screen will look almost the same as that of a regular iPhone, and it will be difficult to see the cracks caused by wrinkles or hinges that are common in existing foldable devices.
Foldable iPhone, can I look forward to it?
What do you think of this news about a foldable iPhone? The current Galaxy Fold’s ratio feels limited to using it in the upright direction, but with a 4:3 ratio, it’s positive that you can actively use both landscape and portrait modes. It’s expected that there will be less letterboxing when watching content. If there were a crease like the current foldable device, the crease could be distracting in the hand, and there could be a significant sense of incongruity when switching from landscape to portrait mode. However, if the crease is almost non-existent, as in this news, it’s expected that there won’t be such incongruity.
According to the news so far, most of the features of foldable iPhones are positive for now. It seems that it will solve the problem of existing foldable phones. The problem is price accessibility, but since it is a higher lineup than Pro Max, it will be very expensive. It feels overwhelmingly good compared to other companies, but it seems that it will be a similar position to the current M4 iPad Pro, which is difficult to buy.