iPhone Fold in ‘crease-free’ display breakthrough, but the price could leave you doubled over
Apple has reportedly made a major iPhone Fold breakthrough. The creaseless display is reportedly in sight.
While some fans have bemoaned Apple being decidedly late to the foldable phone party, it’s been a long-held assumption the company wouldn’t take the plunge until it found a way around the form factor’s inherent drawback – that ugly, persistent display crease.
Well, according to a new report, Apple might be closing in on that goal and, as a result, closing in on the iPhone Fold. The Chinese publication UDN – admittedly an unfamiliar one to me – says Apple has made some breakthroughs.
According to the report, it now has a “crease-free design” that’s graduated beyond the experimental phase. It says Apple has “entered the engineering verification and pre-production process” and that a manufacturer has been secured to build the component.
The report goes on to say the breakthrough has Apple hopeful that a September 2026 launch date could be on the horizon which would be a year earlier than many observers – including this one – might have expected.
However, if a release is really under a year away, Apple fans should probably start saving now. A separate research-based report (via CNET) says Apple will charge $2,399 (around £1,800) for the long-awaited handset. It’s not clear whether this is for the starting price or the top spec model.
That would be entirely expected, especially if Apple has perfected that creaseless display, which Samsung hasn’t managed in seven generations of its Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip handsets. Samsung charged $2,420/£2,149 for the 1TB model of its Galaxy Z Fold 7, which started at $2,000/£1799. So $2,399 for an iPhone Fold might be on the money when you consider the premium Apple places on its smartphones.
Chris Smith
