During these last months, we have talked about a new device that Apple will launch next year, a folding iPhonea phone that we will see in the Second half of 2026but that brings with it a large screen version, which was expected to begin to occur in that year, and everything indicates that it will be delayed.
So if your idea was to buy the new folding iPhone, quiet, it seems that the little brother will come out on the planned dates, or at least for now. However, the large, and for which many were waiting, has problems, and will not enter into production as fast as we believed.
Apple's great folding device is delayed
To enter into context, you have to differentiate the 2 products that Apple plans to launch, since, as we said, it will not be the same one other, because the first one does seem to meet the promised dates.
Apple will produce two folding devices:
- An iPhone Fold (screen of about 7.8 ″) (It will come out in 2026)
- A large model (~ 18.8 ″), possibly a hybrid between iPad and MacBook (It is delayed)
According to the analyst Jeff Pu, of GF Securities, the iPhone Fold continues to advance well in the supply and Apple chain aims to launch it in the second half of 2026. Instead, the largest model, with a 18.8 -inch screen, has been delayed and will no longer enter production that same year, which could postpone its arrival until 2027 or even later. It is not yet clear if this device will work as an iPad with ipados, such as a macbook with macOS or as a kind of hybrid, since Apple has not yet decided which operating system will use. Analysts such as Mark Gurman and Ross Young handle different dates: Gurman believes he could arrive in 2028 As a kind of giant iPad, while Young estimates that it could be in 2026 or 2027, although without confirming anything safely.
The output of the folding iPhone next year can also condition the arrival of the next model, seeing really if users bet on these types of devices, or not, since being a success, they could advance their production. On the other hand, if the folding iPhone of 2026 fails, we may late more to see the next largest model, despite being something different, since it would go along the same lines and need as customers.
For now it is time to wait, and for now we will focus on his little brother, who will see in less than 1 year and of which we are excited, since it will be a large change by Apple, who for years have presented us minimum variations in the versions, and that we will finally have something new.
And you, are you classic and prefer normal phones, or do you think this folding might be interesting, both in smaller and older format? Leave us a comment with your opinion about it, although it still remains to try them.
