Apple won’t debut a foldable iPhone until 2023 at the earliest, with 2024 being a more likely debut date, says display analyst Ross Young.
While rumors of a foldable iPhone have lessened in recent months, there is evidence that Apple is working on foldable iPhone prototypes. A September 2020 report suggested that Samsung had provided samples of foldable displays to Apple for testing. Apple has also been rumored to be working with LG Display.
In May, well-connected Apple industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said Apple is working on a foldable iPhone boasting an 8-inch QHD+ flexible OLED display, for sale as soon as 2023. Kuo predicted that the foldable iPhone shipments will reach 15-20 million units in 2023.
Bloomberg in January chimed in, saying that Apple had started “early work” on a foldable iPhone, but development at the time had not expanded beyond a display.
Samsung debuted its first foldable Galaxy phone a few years ago, and it has been working ever since on perfecting its foldable smartphone options. Samsung’s latest foldable phone is the Galaxy Z Fold3, the third-version of its foldable smartphone.
