Apple provider Foxconn is anticipated to formally begin producing Apple’s foldable iPhone late within the third quarter of 2025 (late September), or early within the fourth quarter (October), Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today. Apple plans to launch the system within the fall of 2026 as a part of the iPhone 18 lineup.
Although the September/October 2025 timeline is quick approaching, Kuo says that many part specs haven’t but been finalized. What’s completed, although, is the foldable show, which shall be produced by Samsung Show.
Rumors counsel that the foldable iPhone will characteristic a show that is round 5.5 inches when closed, and seven.8 inches when opened up. It’s going to fold in half like a guide, much like the Galaxy Fold units, relatively than the Galaxy Flip.
The foldable iPhone could possibly be as skinny as 4.5mm when unfolded, and 9 to 9.5mm when it is closed, which might make it extremely skinny when utilized in its full-screen mode. Apple put appreciable effort into hinge design, and the system is anticipated to have nearly no seen crease. It’s going to use under-display cameras, although it could characteristic some sort of Touch ID authentication characteristic relatively than Face ID resulting from house constraints. It’s going to, in fact, be costly. Up to now, Kuo has stated he expects Apple to cost the foldable iPhone at $2,000 to $2,500, and that was earlier than Apple was going through steep tariffs in China.
Kuo expects that Samsung Show will produce round seven to eight million foldable panels for the foldable iPhone in 2026, with Apple putting an order for 15 to twenty million complete foldable iPhones. Kuo suspects that the 15 to twenty million foldable units will final Apple two to a few years, with demand considerably restricted resulting from the price of the smartphone.
Proper now, rumors counsel that Apple is aiming for a fall 2026 launch, however Kuo warns that Apple’s plans “stay topic to alter” previous to when the undertaking formally reaches the manufacturing stage.