Foldable iPhone's Display Sizes Leaked

So a smaller out display be smaller in one. Samsung will be better. It’s perfect the size now. 5.5 is to small for our display and 7.8 isn’t much bigger

counterpoint: basic iPhone screen is too big to be a one-handed phone, iPhone Pro Max is too small to be a compelling tablet.

5.5” outer. Might this be as small as an iPhone Mini when folded?

5.5" and 7.8" are screen sizes but does not tell us the aspect ratio. The thing is some aspect ratio combinations with these two constants of diagonal measures are impossible.

One such impossible combination is a 5.5" outer screen with an iPhone mini aspect ratio. It just doesn't work with a single fold device.

Here's a possible combination that seems most likely to me:




* Make the 7.8" inner screen close to a normal iPad mini aspect ratio.
* The resulting 5.5" folded screen is about as physically wide as the 16 pro max but a bit shorter than an iPhone 13 mini.

No one else in the industry is doing this, are they?

What's interesting about this is Apple maybe even market this as one-handed usable since, although wide, it's not as far to reach top elements. They would also then market how iPad like it is unfolded and how much better this aspect ratio is for watching movies than all there other competitors who ship an oddly square aspect tablet fold.

It's intentional, different, and ownable. And while it looks weird folded... Apple did release the 3rd Generation iPod nano.




So far this is the most logical option and no one else has actually mocked up something trying to use real world measurements and constraints aside from me. Happy to have anyone else try and prove me wrong with other actually possible options if these screen sizes are for real.

I understand the frustrations with Cook and the lack of innovation while going all in on Vision Pro. And I also get being annoyed that Samsung is already on their 5th (?) gen foldable. But Apple always plays the long game and waited for the bend/hinge technology to be good enough for Apple, and here we are. I’m excited and looking forward to finally see something different than the typical rectangle phone. We’re here as enthusiasts for the latest rumors, after all.

There's some amazing renders by @iZac in the below thread.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/rumoured-iphone-fold-size-concept-drawing-and-renders.2456447/

I can see why apple is pursuing that particular form factor; to keep their aspect ratios consistent; but the passport shape is going to take a lot of getting used to for people.

I really care about seeing this product live. I can care less what influencer say it’s going to have this that and whatever. Is meaningless.

That’s a really small outer screen. How do they get a 7.8” screen that’s close to that of the Samsung ZFold 7 when their outer screens are so different? What is the aspect ratio of that phone? I would have assumed Apple’s striving for a 4:3 like they do for their iPads. Should that be 6.5” outer screen, not 5.5”, Trendforce? 5.5” is awfully tiny.

I retract what I said. I just measured the iPad mini’s screen, which cut in half when in landscape is about 3.5” wide. Take that half screen and measure the diagonal and you get 5.7”. Since the mini has an 8.3” screen versus the 7.8” expected here, 5.5” makes sense. I guess it is the aspect ratio that results in such a small outer screen.

Samsung can get a bigger screen because it is closer to 3:4 on the inside rather than the 4:3 Apple will likely strive for. Samsung’s screen is closer to cutting the mini in half when in portrait mode. I measured the portrait half of a mini of about 2.25” and got a diagonal of 7.3”. Samsung isn’t quite 4:3, so that probably accounts for the difference. Apple’s outer screen will be wider but shorter.