Overview
- Industry leaker reports, centered on Jon Posser’s renders, describe a book-style foldable called the iPhone Ultra or iPhone Fold with a titanium finish, a very thin body and a dual 48-megapixel main camera while omitting a front selfie camera, but Apple has not confirmed these details.
- Multiple outlets citing those leaks estimate a launch price above $2,000 with higher-capacity models reaching as much as $2,800, and Apple executives have said component supply issues will raise prices across some products.
- Market-data analysis from SellCell, reported by Phone Arena and others, shows foldable phones lose substantially more value after 12 months than conventional phones, with some models retaining only about 35% of their original price.
- Industry reports place an official announcement in September alongside the next iPhone lineup, though the timing, name and hardware specs remain unverified by Apple.
- If the leaks prove accurate, buyers face a trade-off between cutting-edge materials and design and a high upfront cost plus rapid depreciation, and Apple appears to be planning a long-term foldable program with work already under way on a second-generation model.