Report: Foldready iPhone will appear to be twin iPhone Air smartphones

The first step in direction of Apple’s long-awaited foldable iPhone may need already been taken this 12 months.

According to Mark Gurman’s newest Power On newsletter at Bloomberg, the fundamental design of the iPhone Fold (that is simply what we’re calling it for now, it does not have an actual identify but) ought to be fairly straightforward to visualise proper now. That’s as a result of it is apparently, per Gurman’s sources, much like two iPhone 17 Air fashions strapped collectively. Of course, it might be one massive folding display with a hinge relatively than two separate shows connected to at least one one other, however you get the purpose.

One cause why that is an attention-grabbing comparability is the thickness. Apple’s new ultra-thin handset measures in at simply 5.6mm of thickness, and the iPhone Fold is reportedly about that thick when unfolded. Gurman additionally went on to say the iPhone Fold may run customers a minimum of $2,000 when it’s deliberate to launch late subsequent 12 months. It ought to be famous, although, that we had a minimum of one report over the summer season claiming the cellphone would value a bit lower than that, so maybe the worth is a shifting goal for the time being.

Previous stories additionally indicated the iPhone Fold would have a 7.8-inch internal show when unfolded and a 5.5-inch outer show. We’ll see if any of that holds true if/when the cellphone launches a 12 months from now.