This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: fresh details on Apple’s biggest new iPhone models coming in the next two years, the ‘iPhone 20’ and iPhone Fold. Here are the latest Apple rumors.
iPhone Fold’s design will follow the iPhone Air’s example
Now that Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup is here, it has brought a little clarity around a new model coming next year: the iPhone Fold.
This week, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reported that the iPhone Fold’s design will look a lot like the just-released iPhone Air.
As for how the foldable iPhone will look, I am increasingly told that users should imagine two titanium iPhone Airs side-by-side. In other words, it’s going to be super thin and a design achievement.
My takeaways
Gurman’s report very much lines up with what prior rumors have indicated. iPhone Fold will have a sleek, titanium design just like the newly released iPhone Air.
In fact, the latest rumors indicate iPhone Fold will actually be significantly thinner than even the Air—at least when unfolded.
Current expectations are for a 4.5–4.8mm thin iPhone Fold vs. the 5.6mm of the iPhone Air.
As someone who owns and loves the iPhone Air, I’m all the more excited by the prospect of Apple’s first foldable iPhone.
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