Apple is said to still be developing a foldable iPhone, which could be released as early as 2026

Financial News Agency, February 8 (Editor Liu Rui) Although Apple’s latest financial report shows that iPhone demand in the global market is still strong. However, as major mobile phone manufacturers have successively launched more mature folding screen mobile phone products, Apple has obviously felt the pressure and had to speed up the development of competing products to compete for market share.

It is reported that Apple’s foldable screen iPhone, which has been developed for more than five years, is still difficult to be released in the short term. However, the company is still continuing to explore the design of the product.

In addition, Apple is also exploring the development of a larger foldable screen iPad. In comparison, the development difficulty of this product may be lower than that of the folding screen iPhone.

The folding screen iPhone is still in the early development stage

According to media reports, Apple has been exploring folding screen iPhones as early as 2018, and currently has at least two foldable prototypes. However, the new foldable screen iPhone is still in the early stages of development, so it is not expected to be launched soon.

It is said that Apple has recently discussed parts orders for two different sizes of folding screen iPhones with Asian manufacturers. However, if the final product fails to meet Apple's design standards, the project may also be canceled.

According to reports, Apple’s industrial design team wants to create a device that is half as thin as the current iPhone so that it is not too thick when folded. They also want to add an outward-facing screen so that it can be seen when the device is folded. However, given the current realities of components such as batteries and displays, it may be difficult to achieve such high engineering requirements.

It is reported that Apple originally planned to launch a foldable mobile phone in 2025 a few years ago, but this plan seems to have been postponed,

it is instead researching a foldable screen iPad

Although As early as 2018, Apple began exploring a foldable screen iPhone project, but by around 2020, the project was shelved. Apple later turned its attention to researching an inward-folding iPad that would be about the same size as the iPad mini.

The device will have an approximately 8-inch screen. Compared with mobile phones, foldable screen iPads have less stringent durability requirements. In addition, Apple believes that the thinness and lightness requirements of the folding screen iPad are not that high because it does not need to be placed in a pocket.

Apple is said to be working on ways to reduce the crease in the middle of the display that appears after folding multiple times. The company wants the device to lie completely flat, rather than having a small bump or depression in the middle. Apple also hopes the device will allow users to interact with the screen and draw freely on it using accessories like the Apple Pencil. It's unclear whether Apple has successfully addressed these issues.

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