iPhone Fold to use a mixture of materials for its frame | Infinium-tech
Next year, Apple is rumored to finally launch its first foldable iPhone, which we’re calling the iPhone Fold for simplicity.
According to a new investor note from Jeff Pu, a major source of Apple-related information, the iPhone Fold will use a combination of titanium and aluminum in its frame.
This is interesting because the Pro iPhones recently moved from stainless steel to titanium a while back, and then returned to the original iPhone frame material, aluminum, in the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max this year.
A previous rumor from Ming-Chi Kuo, another analyst involved with Apple’s supply chain in Asia, claimed that the frame of the iPhone Fold would be made exclusively of titanium, while the hinge would use both titanium and aluminum. Either one of these people misunderstood, or Apple has changed its mind in the meantime.
The iPhone Fold is expected to have a 5.5-inch cover display and a 7.8-inch main folding screen. It will reportedly lack Face ID and have Touch ID instead. iOS 27, coming next year, is said to be focused heavily on adding new features specifically for the iPhone Fold’s unique (among iPhones) form factor.
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