Apple's 2026 Foldable iPhone Has No Visible Display Crease – Report

[darngooddesign]

It seems weird to me that Samsung can fix the crease for Apple but not their own devices! Surely this is something Samsung have worked out how to do and will use it in their phones too.

Samsung cant use it on their phones if the idea is Apple's.

 

[Hellokittystampmyfacein]

I am all for it. tired of these huge phones in my pocket. but I bet there will be 1st gen problems.

Oh you better believe it every first GEN product is the guinea pig product
Second of all they better make it for like a book the up-and-down folding is absolutely useless

 

[Hellokittystampmyfacein]

I don't believe it. There will always be a crease. If you don't see it on day 1, you will by day 100. It's a moving part and will start to show with age.

Let’s think how was Steve Jobs would solve this oh let’s just make two different displays two separate displays and figure out a way to put them really close together problem solved minor crease where the display meets the other display I’ll buy it What are the advantages it’s cheaper it’s more durable And if you’re really smart about it you can just sell two iPhones
Apple has this problem Where the market is over saturated How do you solve that let’s sell two phones to everybody

 

[turbineseaplane]

Anyone who has no interest in a foldable..

Not every product is for everyone 😉

 

[Hellokittystampmyfacein]

Anyone who has no interest in a foldable..

Not every product is for everyone 😉

Like a door bell

 

[turbineseaplane]

Like a door bell

Exactly! Great example

 

[green_diyos]

I am not the market for a ~$3k iPhone fold.

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Bring it on, Apple.

I don't need it, but I may want it if done right.

I will never rage against more choices.

 

[macjaffa]

I am all for it. tired of these huge phones in my pocket. but I bet there will be 1st gen problems.

This is still gonna be a hefty chonker going by the description above. Apple need to make a 2.5" square iphone, that opens out to a normal sized phone.

 

[The Game 161]

The crease is only part of the issue for me. The fact you can damage the display surface of current devices with just your fingernail is enough to put me off. If Apple are able to eliminate that issue too, then maybe I'd consider it.

However... even Apple can't defy current material chemistry limits.

That’s simply not true at all. Maybe with first gen folds not now

 

[The Game 161]

Samsung Display is the supplier. They are a separate business unit from the consumer division that sells directly to the consumer.

Yep same reason why they give the HP9 telephoto lens to other Chinese brands

 

[ab2c4]

Still no interest, this will die out in time like curved tv's.

 

[Fuzzball84]

I prefer as few mechanical and moving components as possible

It’s usually always the components that move, that break first. The only exception being the battery.

 

[Fuzzball84]

Still no interest, this will die out in time like curved tv's.

I agree. It’s one more action to access your phone and presents a weak point in its design, both the display, the hinge itself and any wires or connections between the two half’s

 

[Jony Ive]

I want it today

 

[nostradumbass]

The competition already has creaseless foldables
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Rubbish lighting.

There’s no fold or crease free screens and it is doubtful Apple’s will be too. If anyone claims crease free it is only when the device is new and not after a few months or a year.

The only way to get “almost” crease free if if both sides of the display are glued to one flexible bending back.

Or a self healing material for the screens, which doesn’t exist yet and it is uncertain how they can prevent aging even with self healing.

 

[robertosh]

Not really interested to be honest. I hope that they don't trash the iPad mini due to this device. I really like the concept of having two separate devices for different use cases.

 

[richinaus]

It needs to have pencil input for me.
Hope they don't do an Apple special and gimp it on purpose to make me use an iPad.

 

[richinaus]

Not really interested to be honest. I hope that they don't trash the iPad mini due to this device. I really like the concept of having two separate devices for different use cases.

I don't - the mini feels dated and clumsy in comparison to the Samsung Fold and a device this size is much better as one than 2.

 

[Numbah One]

"Apple has decided to eliminate the crease at all costs, regardless of price" - glad those pay over time companies are proliferating. Gonna need them to afford the iFold. Curious how thick thin it'll be. The Find N5's dimensions are a good target for Apple's first product.

 

[SixStarsPlus]

I'd be curious to know how many of us actually want a folding iPhone.

It's not something I want, and I'm not sure what purpose it serves.

Bigger display maybe? 😉

 

[dannyyankou]

Well, that’s good. I still have concerns about durability, I mean these things are a lot more susceptible to debris getting in the hinge than laptops. And they’re thicker in your pocket when folded. That might be uncomfortable.

And odds are, it’ll be more expensive than buying an iPhone 18 Pro and iPad Mini separately.

 

[Velora Bloom]

If you don't like an iPad, why would you want an iPhone that folds out to be essentially an iPad? And that additional complexity will not be cheap, I can get an Air on sale for $499. I would be very surprised if the first iPhone Fold is cheaper than iPhone + iPad Air.

Well if the last part is true I’ll wait a few years, no problem; a tablet for me is merely nice to have.
And the Air is closer to a thousand in Europe. Can’t even find refurbished and a generation older for that 500 here 😉
And I don’t like the iPad because for the 500 bucks it costs here I expect a way better display than the one it has and it can’t do video editing so I’d have to go to my pc to edit my iPhone videos anyway.
A foldable iPhone will have a 120 Hz display as there are no manufacturers for those kind of displays that only do 60 Hz and instead of the outdated iPad plastic laminated displays it will have an extremely thin glass layer. It will also be way more powerful than a regular iPad. So to me at least it has a lot of potential whereas the regular iPad to me has only one use case.

So we’ll see! I’m not in a rush but I am excited to see what Apple can come up with!

 

[johnsawyercjs]

I don't believe it. There will always be a crease. If you don't see it on day 1, you will by day 100. It's a moving part and will start to show with age.

It's a certainty that Apple has put this material through at least 100 days of folding to see if it develops a crease. More likely they've done at least two or three simulated years of folding, or more.

 

[nikaru]

Last week i was professional representation for a colleague and he handed me over his ~2 years old Samsung Flip 5(!) for that time. Yes, there was a crease - if i wanted to see it -, but in practical use it wasn't and this little gadget felt way more advanced than a conventional phone. As a joke i offered to exchange it against my 512 GB 12 Pro, but the colleague only laughed out loud and took his Flip 5. I must admit, i already miss this little gem...

Yeah, the foldable phones have their "WoW" effect, but this effects rapidly fades away on the 100th time you have to unfold the phone with two hands to do what you want, sometimes dozens of times a day. And then there is the thickness which after few weeks becomes a bit frustrating and uncomfortable, especially if you use regular trousers. Yes, you get a bigger screen, but that's it. You gain nothing else positive, and you have all the downsides and cons. The issue for me with foldable phones is not technical (the crease is barely noticeable as you pointed out), it's about its practicality, usefulness and convenience compared to a regular phone.