Según Ming Chi Kuo The first foldable iPhone would begin mass production this yearfrom summer 2025, to be launched at the end of it or at the beginning of 2026.
Rumors about the foldable iPhone have been around for years, before the first foldable smartphone launched in 2018. Several years have passed during which major mobile phone manufacturers have launched different models, with varying degrees of success, but none has fully established itself as a real alternative on the market. Screen durability issues and high price compared to other models with the same characteristics and a conventional design are the main obstacles encountered in convincing users.
Apple has been working on this type of smartphone for several years, looking for solutions to screen problems and thinking about the most interesting design for a foldable smartphone. A conventional design that, when opened, offers a square screen, or a square design that, when opened, offers a wide screen? Well, according to Ming Chi Kuo, our favorite analyst, the decision has already been made in the second half of 2025, mass production of this first foldable iPhone will begin. It could therefore be launched at the end of this year or at the beginning of 2026.
It will be a model which, like the iPhone “Air”, It will not have a SIM tray so it will only work via eSIMsomething that is already happening in iPhone models sold in the United States, and a decision that will eventually affect all iPhone models in the near future. The problem is that in China, one of the most important markets for Apple, the SIM tray is mandatory to be marketed, so these models would face difficulties for this market.
