Alleged Foldable iPhone Motherboard Photos Surface Online

[MacRumors]

Images and video claiming to show circuitry from Apple's upcoming foldable iPhone are circulating on X and Chinese social media platforms.

For example, on X, the user "LusiRoy7" posted a short video alongside an image, as well as a labeled composite image identifying components, purportedly depicting the motherboard of Apple's foldable iPhone. The image appears to show the CPU, a hinge connector, a flex cable connector, and more.

Separately, on the Chinese forum Baidu, a diagram from the repair parts vendor MIJING depicts the same components. The MIJING diagram uses Chinese repair-industry component numbering. The range of images appear to show the same parts.

While the authenticity of the images is unknown, they are likely another sign that the launch of the first foldable iPhone is nearing. The device is widely expected to be announced alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models next month.

Rumors point to a 5.5-inch cover display and a 7.8-inch inner display, the A20 Pro chip, and a 5,000mAh battery, as well as a 48-megapixel dual rear camera system and 18-megapixel selfie cameras on both the outer and inner displays. The device is expected to debut with a price of at least $2,000.


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[xmlninja]

Looks like someone disected the new cloth https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-releases-new-polishing-cloth.2487914/

 

[JosephAW]

No wonder it’s gonna cost more than two grand, it has more logic board components than the Neo. 🙄

 

[SteveJUAE]

The board aspect ratio looks a bit odd for IFold/Ultra 😕 amongst other things.

More like a prototype for a book style fold

 

[xxFoxtail]

No wonder it’s gonna cost more than two grand, it has more logic board components than the Neo. 🙄

I was about to say, isn't the iPhone Air's logic board condensed into the camera plateau? Why is the Ultra's so large?

Edit: Maybe it's smaller than it looks. I need a banana for scale.

 

[Nyx1]

The most expensive iPhone coming anyway

 

[Nyx1]

Why still using A20 pro it should be A20X or A20 max/ultra

 

[svish]

Interesting to see this. Eagerly waiting to see the first foldable from Apple. Too bad that it will be missing out on FaceID and telephoto lens.

 

[chrisi29]

Oh the circulating circuitry!

 

[BeerDrinkerDan]

Are we ignoring the 5 camera lenses on the left-most circuit or am I misinterpreting this image somehow? Looks like a galaxy/android/whatever.

-bdd

 

[Hammerd]

Are we ignoring the 5 camera lenses on the left-most circuit or am I misinterpreting this image somehow? Looks like a galaxy/anroid/whatever.

-bdd

One could be LiDAR and the other a flash

 

[JosephAW]

At this price there should be thunderbolt 5 built in, maybe only activate when plugged into power source so you can drive several monitors and external hard drives and boot macOS from it. 🙄