We all know that Apple is expected to announce its first foldable smartphone next year. Well, its design has just surfaced again, and this time it comes from a trusted source. Jon Prosser just revealed the iPhone Fold design (which is slightly different than the one from the other day ), plus a ton of additional details about the phone… and something else rather interesting. Let’s talk about it.
Only 3 iPhones coming in 2026, without the base iPhone 18 model
Before we get to the iPhone Fold, let’s talk about the very first thing he revealed in the video. Apple will announce only three iPhones next year. That is quite a change compared to 2025, as this year the company announced 5 new iPhones.
In any case, in 2026, Apple will announce the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the iPhone Fold. No, the standard iPhone 18 will not be coming, nor will the iPhone Air 2.
While the omission of the iPhone Air 2 is not surprising at all considering the sales of the first model , the missing iPhone 18 sure is. Perhaps that’s why the iPhone 17 was such a big improvement over the iPhone 16, as Apple planned to keep it around for longer as the base iPhone.
The iPhone Fold design and details have been revealed in a new video
With that being said, let’s get down to the most exciting part of Jon Prosser’s video, which you can check out below, the iPhone Fold. In it, the design of the phone is shown from various angles.
As reported recently, the iPhone Fold will be wider and shorter than book-style foldables are these days. That way, it will have a wider display when you unfold, likely in the ballpark of 4:3 aspect ratio.
It will have a display camera hole on each of its two displays
It will have a display camera hole on both displays. On the cover display, that camera hole will be centered up top. On the main display, it will sit in the top-left corner. The phone will have rounded corners and a horizontal camera bar on the back. Two cameras will sit inside that camera bar.
Jon Prosser revealed quite a few additional details about this phone. The device is coming in Black and White colors only. It will also be quite expensive, allegedly somewhere between $2,000 and $2,500.
Apple really, really wants to get rid of the crease, despite the fact it’s a non-issue these days
He also talked about the crease. It’s not a secret that Apple wants to get rid of the crease, and now we know how the company plans to do it. Even though Apple is allegedly still working on that.
Apple is allegedly using a metal plate that disperses the pressure of bending the display. That, in combination with liquid metal in the hinge, is supposed to make it happen. Display crease hasn’t been an issue for years, when it comes to foldables, actually. Well, at least in our opinion. Newer foldable phones, like the OPPO Find N5 and Galaxy Z Fold 7 , have a barely noticeable crease that you can barely feel. Once you start using the phone, you forget it’s there, as you can’t see it head-on.
Apple really wants to make it disappear, so it remains to be seen how effective will the company’s plan be. In any case, moving on to the displays and thickness of the device.
Display sizes and thickness of the phone have been revealed too
The cover display will measure 5.5 inches, while the phone will be around 9mm thick when folded. The main display will measure 7.8 inches, while the phone will be 4.5mm thick when unfolded.
Facial scanning will not be available, but a fingerprint scanner aka Touch ID will. It will sit at the top of the device, in the top-right corner. The Apple C2 modem will be used, the company’s second-gen in-house modem.
Apple will finally use silicon-carbon batteries
Apple will also be using “high-density battery cells”, suggesting that the company will finally embrace silicon-carbon batteries. That’s the only way Apple will be able to make the phone so thin, so… that much is expected.
The device will launch in September, and no, the iPhone Fold name is not confirmed. That is just a placeholder name, Apple could go with a different name, we don’t know. It could even go for the ‘Ultra’ name, finally.
