Foldable iPhone Rumored to Feature Four Cameras, Touch ID, and More

[MacRumors]

Apple's first foldable iPhone will be equipped with four cameras, and Touch ID instead of Face ID, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said the four cameras will consist of one front camera, one inner camera, and two rear cameras.

The latest iPad Air, iPad mini, and entry-level iPad models have Touch ID power buttons, and this feature will likely extend to the foldable iPhone.

The foldable iPhone will use Apple's second-generation C2 modem for cellular connectivity, but it will lack a physical SIM card slot, said Gurman.

Apple is currently testing black and white color options for the foldable iPhone, he added.

Gurman expects the foldable iPhone to have a book-like design, with a large inner display when unfolded. Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said the foldable iPhone will have a 5.5-inch outer display, and a 7.8-inch inner display.

Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold7 has an 8-inch inner screen, and a 6.5-inch outer screen.

Kuo said the foldable iPhone — and Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8, will feature a "crease-free" inner display. He said Apple will achieve this feat by using a laser-drilled metal display plate, which can disperse the stress generated by bending.

Gurman said Apple recently pivoted from on-cell to in-cell display technology, and he believes this change should help to make the foldable iPhone's crease "less obvious."

He said Apple plans to release the foldable iPhone next year — as widely expected.

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[MayaUser]

touchID? it means huge bezels or in-screen touchID?

 

[Astrohunter]

How many notches?

 

[MacUserFella]

Thought the iPhone Fold was gonna have 5 rear cameras for a second

 

[jz0309]

Gurman said the five cameras will consist of one front camera, one inner camera, and two rear cameras.

1+1+2=5 … I see, makes sense. Not.

Touched is a non-starter for me. At the rumored price point there should be 2 faceid modules.

 

[MacUserFella]

“Gurman said the five cameras will consist of one front camera, one inner camera, and two rear cameras.” and the fifth one?

 

[BostonQuad]

touchID? it means huge bezels or in-screen touchID?

3rd option: on the power button, like the iPad Mini.

 

[akbarali.ch]

1+1+2=5 … I see, makes sense. Not.

Touched is a non-starter for me. At the rumored price point there should be 2 faceid modules.

They will give 4 but charge us for 5, he meant to say.

 

[Treble]

Touch id then im definitely out if they want to go back in time I will get the Fold 7

 

[akbarali.ch]

5.5 inch outer display, deal breaker for me. i feel heights of all both screen, inner and outer should be same.

 

[DHagan4755]

I need to see it before I decide.

 

[macjaffa]

5.5 inch outer display, deal breaker for me. i feel heights of all both screen, inner and outer should be same.

What do you mean? Heights will be the same no?

 

[Joe Rossignol]

1+1+2=5 … I see, makes sense. Not.

Touched is a non-starter for me. At the rumored price point there should be 2 faceid modules.

“Gurman said the five cameras will consist of one front camera, one inner camera, and two rear cameras.” and the fifth one?

Ugh, I wrote this before having my morning coffee and didn't even catch his 1 + 1 + 2 = 5 mistake in his newsletter.

Thanks for flagging.

I updated our coverage.

 

[Edsel]

It has become the Apple iPholdOphotoPhone!

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

The first model will be "crease-free", and models thereafter will be even more "crease-free". Temper your opinions of unannounced products. I don't see Apple using such wording to market their folding display. The only way to get a crease-free display, as I see it, is to have two separate displays that butt up against one another when fully opened—precision engineered line with no curved crease. Something I personally see as a good idea, as it would probably increase build quality, display consistency over time, and reliability, but Apple is unlikely to go this route.

 

[dominiongamma]

3rd option: on the power button, like the iPad Mini.

Most logical choice I believe and that’s what had in mind. They have the parts for the button so they would just have to just add it

 

[Nozuka]

TouchID already annoys me on the Macbook... i don't want to go back to that.

 

[TVreporter]

Ah back to Touch ID so in a year or two the next model will have Face ID … then in a few more years a notch, then Dynamic Island

Copy and paste the iPhone pattern! Brilliant Tim!

 

[DotCom2]

What are people's opinion on Touch ID? I have never liked it and doesn't work for me especially in the winter. I have it on my mini and it's actually faster and more efficient to just put in my code. This would be a deal breaker for me.

 

[contacos]

touchID? it means huge bezels or in-screen touchID?

Power button like on iPad

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I only buy foldables nowadays so this device may being me back to iPhone eventually but 5.5 seems so small ... Is it due to the aspect radio making the inner screen a little bit more usable instead of just being a square?

 

[JPack]

ToF sensor on the rear is a camera.

As this folding iPhone becomes closer to reality, it’s refreshing to see fewer posters deny it or post the usual “foldables are a gimmick and Apple would never make one.”

 

[MayaUser]

touchID? it means huge bezels or in-screen touchID?

in power button....so the middle ground...not so old, but not in-display with ultimate tech either

 

[hokuspokus]

In addition to combining my iPhone and iPad Mini into 1 device, the rumor of a possible iPad Mini with an 8.7" screen may be another reason for me to get the foldable. I'm skeptical Apple can shrink the bezels enough to accommodate the larger screen with also increasing the physical size of the iPad.

I really hope the rumored non-square aspect ratio of the inner screen is true. The square screens of other foldables aren't great for my tablet use cases.

 

[Sippincider]

Four cameras, $3000?

 

[Sippincider]

Devs should probably be careful that buttons and links aren't smack in the middle of the crease, at least at first.