Apple has been imagined to be engaged on foldable units for years now. Regardless that its opponents within the smartphone market, primarily Samsung and Google, have dabbled on the earth of foldables, the iPhone maker appears to have remained resistant to see stress, focussing on bringing less complicated enhancements to its iPhone fashions. Nevertheless, a market analyst now suggests this might change quickly, with Apple planning to introduce two foldable units in 2026, the primary of which could possibly be an iPad-MacBook hybrid gadget.
Foldable Apple Units
In response to investor notes from Jeff Pu (through 9to5Mac), an analyst related to the Haitong Worldwide Securities Group, Apple has plans to enter the foldable gadget market beginning with the launch of two units in 2026. The primary gadget is imagined to be a hybrid of two well-liked Apple units: iPad and a MacBook, that includes an 18.8-inch show when unfolded.
The opposite gadget is claimed to be a foldable iPhone. This declare corroborates a earlier report which instructed that the Cupertino-based firm was growing a foldable iPhone which will debut with the iPhone 18 collection in 2026. This purported gadget might undertake a clamshell design, just like the one seen with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6.
Pu’s analysis notes additionally counsel that the iPad-MacBook hybrid would be the first foldable launched by Apple in Q2 2026. Whereas it was beforehand reported to enter mass manufacturing subsequent 12 months, the analyst claims it will not be the case anymore.
Its debut is reported to be adopted by the introduction of the foldable iPhone mannequin, which was beforehand imagined to be alongside the iPhone 18 collection within the second half of the aforementioned 12 months. The handset has beforehand been reported to function both 7.9-inch or 8.3-inch shows, with Samsung allegedly being contacted to turn into the first provider of the screens.
Notably, Apple was reported to be growing “at the least” two iPhone prototypes with a clamshell design in February. On the time, it was speculated that Apple engineers had the intention of growing an iPhone that may be “as skinny as present iPhone fashions”, however have been met with constraints as a result of battery and show elements occupying substantial area.
