Want a folding iPhone? Apple is making a bigger condition than ever before you will do next year

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Key takeaways of zdnet

• Reliable supply chain reporter Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple promoted its folding iPhone plans.
• Apple will reportedly increase 2026 manufacturing from 8–10 million and 2027 to 20-25 million.
• This 2.4 million unit Samsung plans to sell for its recent fold 7 devices.

Supply Chain Analyst Ming-chi Kuo released a new report On Tuesday that Apple released a 20% increase in the number of foldable iPhones planned to build in just 2026 and this number will increase by 40% for 2027.

Apple hopes to launch a foldable iPhone since the company for a long time. Keeps more than 30 patents in folding phone,

Well -wide Report “Apple recently modified his shipment forecast for 20–25 million units in 2026 and 20-25 million in 2026 (6-8 million and 10–15 million respectively) in 2026 and 20-25 million (respectively 6-8 million and 10-15 million) in 2026 and in 2027.”

In other words, Apple is just expected to sell in the coming years that the number of folding iPhones increased a lot. Apple probably will not announce its folding iPhone, until the 2026 iPhone event, until one year from now.

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Comparing, Samsung is planning its 2.4 million ship Samsung Fold 7 According to the Korean source, the phone (9% increase on last year’s model),, AlecThe fold 7 is the model that is potentially the most such as an Apple is allegedly preparing to launch-an 8-inch foldable phone with a cover screen that is close to the size of a standard smartphone.

If Apple is planning to exceed the number of units more than 7 times the triple, which Samsung is planning to sell, it indicates that the company has tremendous confidence in the prototype which is currently ahead of the launch in 2026. After all, Samsung has been refining the foldable phone concept over the years. And recently, Chinese manufacturers are also producing state -of -the -art foldables like Honor Magic V5 And find Oppo N5.

Ansel SAG, leading analyst of Moore Insights and Strategy, said, “I think it comes from a place of paint-up demand for an iOS foldable.” “But I would also say that a book is more needed to hit those numbers.”

I recently Samsung Fold 7 started testingAnd I am not surprised that Apple is happening fast. I never like folding phones, but fold 7 is quickly becoming one of my favorite phones that I have ever tested. When folded, this iPhone 16 Pro is the same size as Max, so it looks like using a normal phone and feels.

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But when you reveal it, it becomes more like using an ipad mini, except that fold and camera configuration gives you a lot of options to do things that you can never do on a regular tablet – like Use it as a mini laptopTaking a selfie with the rear cameras when previewing with the cover screen, and even using a teleprompter -like cover screen when recording videos with back cameras.

I will mention a lot more 7 tricks in an upcoming ZDNET article, but the bottom line is that it gives us preview of all new abilities that Apple can launch a folding version and bring it to the iPhone.

ZDNET approaches Apple for comment and update this article as we learn more.