Apple has been planning to make folding designs since 2016. The latest scoop is that the company is experimenting with two flip-style foldable iPhone prototypes.
Apple folding iPhone prototype
Apple has been testing the waters since 2016. We have come across multiple patents showcasing the various ways Apple could take for its folding iPhone. According to The Information finding, the most plausible design seems to be like a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5. The publication has learned this from someone with direct knowledge of the project.
However, these two prototypes are in the early stages of development and are not in Apple’s mass-production plans for 2024 and 2025. Perhaps, a flipping iPhone could hit the production floor in 2026. Apple analysts Ming-Chi Kuo also share a similar timeline. But, nothing can be said for sure and worse, if the designs are not up to the mark, Apple could even shelve the project.
It has reportedly done so before in 2020. That one apparently had a screen on the outside like a Huawei Mate X but picture it in a flip-style design.