Apple’s first foldable telephone is anticipated to launch within the second half of 2026, and particulars of the handset’s show and its suppliers have been leaked. In line with particulars shared by TF Securities Worldwide analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the purported iPhone Fold will function a folding display that’s designed by Samsung Show. It’s mentioned to be outfitted with show steel plates (or inner hinges) developed by one other South Korean agency that at present provides inner hinges for Samsung’s personal foldable telephones.
How Samsung Show May Construct a Crease-Free Panel for the iPhone Fold
Kuo claims his newest business survey has revealed that Apple will use a crease-free foldable screen designed by Samsung Display, as an alternative of utilizing its personal design. Whereas The iPhone maker normally prefers to utilise its personal designs for elements, the analyst claims that the resolution to make use of Samsung’s resolution was taken to “guarantee secure mass manufacturing” of the handset.
Samsung’s personal foldable telephones, together with the lately launched Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7, are outfitted with inner hinges provided by Fantastic M-Tec, a contract producer primarily based in South Korea. Apple has reportedly tapped the identical agency to provide 80 p.c of the inner hinges required to provide its first foldable smartphone.
Fantastic M-Tec and Samsung Show have designed a foldable show resolution that entails the usage of microstructures created utilizing lasers, in response to the analyst. Manufacturing of those inner hinges is anticipated to start within the first quarter of 2026, and Fantastic M-Tec will reportedly improve manufacturing capability at its facility in Vietnam.
Kuo additionally predicts that Fantastic M-Tec will produce between 13 and 15 million inner hinges for the foldable iPhone in 2026, however this is not an indicator of what number of telephones Apple is anticipated to ship subsequent 12 months. Many of those hinges can be utilized by the iPhone maker’s service centres and restore companions, and the quantity can be anticipated to incorporate yield losses.
This is not the primary time that particulars of the foldable iPhone (or iPhone Fold) have surfaced on-line. Earlier this 12 months, a report indicated that Apple would exclusively rely on Samsung Display to provide OLED panels on the Cupertino firm’s first foldable iPhone. Apple’s different suppliers, BOE (Jingdongfang) and LG, have reportedly been unable to ship a crease-free show like Samsung, resulting in Apple selecting Samsung as the only provider for these panels.