{"id":376335,"date":"2026-08-29T03:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=376335"},"modified":"2026-08-29T03:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:44:05","slug":"apple-iphone-ultra-foldable-is-increasingly-expected-it-could-revive-foldables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-iphone-ultra-foldable-is-increasingly-expected-it-could-revive-foldables\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPhone Ultra foldable is increasingly expected: it could revive foldables"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumors and analyst notes keep circling the same idea: Apple\u2019s foldable iPhone Ultra<\/strong> is shaping up as a book-style flagship, positioned above the Apple iPhone Pro Max. If that happens, Apple finally joins the foldable race after spending years on the sidelines while Samsung, Motorola, Huawei, Honor, and the rest kept tightening hinges, softening screen creases, and shaving down the bulk.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s still a small category<\/strong> , and an expensive one. Even so, Apple has the kind of reach that can move the high end of the market fast, between stronger carrier backing, massive retail exposure, and an iPhone crowd that\u2019s usually more willing than most buyers to pay for top-tier hardware.<\/p>\n\n

And Apple\u2019s slow approach<\/strong> doesn\u2019t look accidental. You\u2019ve already seen where foldables have had a hard time: thick bodies, inner displays that look delicate, creases you can spot right away, battery tradeoffs, software that feels half-finished, and manufacturing yields that are tough to get right. Waiting gave suppliers, OLED panels, hinge designs, iOS<\/a>, and iPad-style multitasking more time to catch up.<\/p>\n\n

So if you\u2019ve been waiting for foldables to stop feeling like<\/strong> a niche experiment, keep an eye on this. A successful Apple foldable iPhone Ultra launch could give the whole format a real stamp of approval, push developers to build around new screen layouts, and make rivals pick up the pace. That said, high prices and the appeal of simpler, thinner phones could still keep foldables from going fully mainstream overnight.<\/p>\n\n

If Apple\u2019s foldable iPhone Ultra<\/strong> does show up, expect it to sit inside Apple\u2019s iPhone lineup and move through the company\u2019s usual retail and carrier channels.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rumors and analyst notes keep circling the same idea: Apple\u2019s foldable iPhone Ultra is shaping up as a book-style flagship, positioned above the Apple iPhone Pro Max. If that happens, Apple finally joins the foldable race after spending years on the sidelines while Samsung, Motorola, Huawei, Honor, and the rest kept tightening hinges, softening screen … Continue reading “Apple iPhone Ultra foldable is increasingly expected: it could revive foldables”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":376334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-376335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376336,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376335\/revisions\/376336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376335"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=376335"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=376335"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=376335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}