Samsung, Motorola, and even Google have introduced foldable phones as well Galaxy Z Fold 4And Motorola Razr restart And pixel fold, respectively. As the crowd in the field grows with Android foldable phones, Apple still hasn’t come out with its own foldable phones, despite mounting evidence for years that the company appears to be tinkering with iPhone Flip phones. But rumor has it that Apple may not release its own flexible display device until 2025.
Years ago in 2017, people predicted That the foldable iPhone could be launched in the near future of 2020 – which has not happened. Since then, analysts and leakers have begun pinpointing the release date, and Rumors and wishlists They hang out while phone lovers keep their hopes up. In the absence of any confirmed details from Apple, here’s everything we know so far about the company’s foldable future.
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Release date: iPhone Flip could be launched in 2025
It appears to be an open secret
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Working towards a foldable iPhone. The company owns He was Register Patents Foldable technologies have been around for nearly a decade, and while there’s no guarantee one will come out even after all this research (remember AirPower?), there’s still years hype and potential release dates out there — though it’s still not fixed by what. Enough to get excited.
Early rumors pointed to 2021 as a possible target date, but the year has passed without a foldable iPhone on the horizon. March 2021 report from longtime Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo (via MacRumors.com) Proposal 2023 may be more realistic, if that happens. According to Kuo, Apple still needs to figure out technology and mass production issues before bringing a device like this to market, and then wait. Speculation Later in 2021 from Bloomberg’s Mark Gorman Lines with Kuo’s Predictions: In his book Power On NewsletterGorman said that the foldable iPhone may not arrive for another two to three years.
But since then, new rumors have pointed to a later release. Reliable supply analyst Ross Young said in February that The foldable iPhone has been delayed to 2025Kuo revised his predictions to 2025 in a tweet on Friday.
“Apple may launch its first foldable product in 2025 at the earliest, which could be the foldable iPad or a combination of iPad and iPhone,” Kuo wrote in a tweet.
Rumors have since subsided, and it doesn’t look like we’ll get a foldable iPhone this year alongside the iPhone 15 expected to launch later this year. But that still leaves two years before Kuo’s prediction becomes a reality.
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Design: What will the foldable iPhone look like?
2021 Report from Bloomberg Apple already has a business indicated iPhone foldable screen prototype. While it’s not yet a working prototype, it’s a step up from a patent – which, until then, was all we’d seen.
This illustration, according to Apple’s patent filing, shows “a device that bends along an elastic segment like an elastic seam attached to a hinge.”
Apple / US Patent and Trademark Office
Apple seems to have every patent under the sun when it comes to foldable displays, including an origami-style foldable display, a flip display and even a wraparound display. And while we don’t know which one will make the final cut, both Kuo and Bloomberg seem to agree that the current prototype is more of a traditional foldable design.
unlike Microsoft Service Duowhich has hinges on the outside, Apple will have one continuous screen with a hidden hinge mechanism like the Galaxy Fold.
However, John Prosser, an Apple leaker, reported in early 2021 that iPhone Flip will likely use a clamshell design and come in several ‘fun colors’. between the sparkling iPhone 12 purpleAnd The new blue and pink options for the iPhone 13A splash of fun colors for Apple’s first foldable device is certainly a possibility.
Youtube ConceptsiPhone He also gave us a glimpse of what the iPhone Flip could look like with concept art of the iPhone foldable in blue, red, gold, and green colors.
Roadblocks: What Still Stands in Apple’s Way?
Corning is working on bendable glass for foldable phones.
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While Samsung and others have been testing the waters, Apple has been learning from the pain points of its foldable devices and figuring out how to use them.
One of those pain points: the crease. Much of the current cover materials, including the glass-and-plastic mix Samsung uses for the Z Fold and Z Flip, show a visible crease when folded to fill the screen. To avoid that, Apple will likely have to wait
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the glass supplier from Apple, to create a kind of bendable version of the Ceramic shield screen. The company is already working on bendable glass, but hasn’t announced a release date.
Kuo tweeted in April 2022 That Apple was testing a foldable OLED screen. As reported by Korean technology news site The Elec that Apple was working with LG to develop a foldable OLED panel.
Cost: Foldable phones aren’t cheap
Price is another major issue for these types of devices. Although Samsung still has the most affordable foldable phone with a clamshell Z Flip 4 At $999, most of the others in this category are book-shaped foldables like the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Pixel Fold that are about twice the price of most flagship phones. We don’t expect the foldable iPhone to be cheaper than its competitors. Apple’s foldable must match existing foldable and non-foldable models to be able to compete with other brands and entice iPhone users to ditch their single-screen devices and pay more for the foldable.
Last year’s report found that Half of American consumers are interested in purchasing a foldable phone, though Apple customers are a little less willing to take the leap than Samsung or LG users. but maybe”Apple effectIt will change these stats if and when the foldable iPhone becomes a reality.
For more, check out everything we’ve heard about iPhone 15. You can also see a file The most exciting phones to look for in 2023.
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