Overview
- Bloomberg reports the project, internally code-named J312, has slipped from a 2028 goal to 2029 or later due to hurdles with weight, features, and display technology.
- Apple is working with Samsung Display on an approximately 18-inch OLED panel that aims to minimize the crease seen on current foldables.
- Test units are said to weigh around 3.5 pounds, versus roughly 1 to 1.3 pounds for today’s iPad Pro models.
- Estimated pricing is near $3,000, about triple a 13-inch iPad Pro, and some people involved question whether the device will ever ship.
- Prototypes omit an external display, resembling a closed Mac laptop and opening to about a 13-inch laptop size; Apple declined to comment as comparisons are drawn to Huawei’s 18-inch MateBook Fold.