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iPhone Fold Likely to Ship Later Than iPhone 18 Pro

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The new foldable iPhone won't ship to customers in the same September timeframe as the iPhone 18 Pro and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said today in a Q&A session.

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Apple will likely ship the iPhone Fold to customers after the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and Pro Max come out in September, but Gurman did not provide a specific availability timeline.

Earlier this month, Barclays analyst Tim Long suggested that the foldable iPhone won't ship until December, suggesting a roughly three-month delay between the ‌iPhone Fold‌ and the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ models. Apple has done a split launch before, shipping one model later than another. When the iPhone X launched in 2017, it shipped out in November, while the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus introduced alongside it came out in September as usual.

It is entirely possible Apple will ship the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max in September and then follow it with the ‌iPhone Fold‌ sometime between September and the end of the year. Back in December, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that the ‌iPhone Fold‌ would be in short supply, suggesting manufacturing difficulties. Kuo expects supply constraints into 2027, and supply problems or manufacturing issues could explain why Apple would delay the ‌iPhone Fold‌'s shipment date.

Even if Apple does plan to ship the ‌iPhone Fold‌ after September, we can still expect to see it introduced during the annual iPhone event that will feature the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ models. Apple will likely announce all three phones at once, and then bring them to customers when they're ready.

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2 weeks ago

Apple will likely ship the iPhone Fold to customers after the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max come out in September, but Gurman did not provide a specific availability timeline.
Of course not. For the same reason I’m not providing a specific availability timeline. The difference is my job doesn’t depend on me pretending I have any idea.
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CharlesShaw
2 weeks ago
Is it too early for the "Why I returned the iPhone Fold" thread?
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2 weeks ago

Wasn’t this reported last week?!
They rehash the same stuff every few days
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contacos
2 weeks ago
iOS 27 probably won't be ready for it by then and it'll require 27.1 or even 27.2 at this point
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dominiongamma
2 weeks ago

Of course not. For the same reason I’m not providing a specific availability timeline. The difference is my job doesn’t depend on me pretending I have any idea.
Once I heard Gurman I rolled my eyes lol
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dalestrauss
2 weeks ago

I’m skeptical that the fold as well as this touchscreen MacBook will come out any time soon. I figure that we would have a better idea when ios27 and MacOS27 are unveiled. Because the fold would probably have some kind of multitasking we haven’t seen in the phone before and I’d imagine a touchscreen MacBook would require a change in MacOS to make touch easier
I'd bet good money that iPhone Fold will be on iOS27.1 or 27.2 and same for support for the touch MacBook Ultra. Not going to spill the beans at WWDC...
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