Foldable iPhone's Display Sizes Leaked

[jdawgnoonan]

These are rumors and they are early ones at that. I look forward to this product if it is real. I had a Z Fold 4 which was a great device. However, I really like iOS more than an operating system controlled by Google. I will buy this device more than likely unless Apple really screws something up.

 

[kaplag]

wasn’t me, the original poster of that thread made those mock ups. But yes, it does make sense, and is definitely how they will differentiate they’re foldable.

Yea, was so caught up in excitement, didn't notice it was another poster that did it. But thanks for calling out the proper credits.

 

[ThailandToo]

This is going to cannibalize the iPad. In addition, it will start out smaller and get bigger like the original iPhones did. I expect version three or four to have much larger displays. The only thing it won’t get is something better than iOS and the App Store locked down to Apple tariffs. Really disagree with no regulation of Apple as they are way too anticompetitive.

 

[iZac]

I enjoy popping into these folding iPhone articles and every time seeing a fresh bunch of users querying if this phone will be similar to the iPhone mini and I see some kind soul pop a link to my speculative thread.

 

[Boil]

Taking the current Apple ecosystem into account, I would need an iPhone to set-up an Apple Watch, but I would rather be able to do that on an iPad mini, yet said iPad mini would need goodly sized pockets to carry on the daily...

With this rumored folding iPhone, I could have an iPhone and an iPad mini in one device, and use it to set-up an Apple Watch...

I would love to see the iPhold have the ability to also store a telescoping Apple Pencil...

 

[frownface]

5.5" and 7.8" are screen sizes but does not tell us the aspect ratio. The thing is some aspect ratio combinations with these two constants of diagonal measures are impossible.

One such impossible combination is a 5.5" outer screen with an iPhone mini aspect ratio. It just doesn't work with a single fold device.

Here's a possible combination that seems most likely to me:

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• Make the 7.8" inner screen close to a normal iPad mini aspect ratio.
• The resulting 5.5" folded screen is about as physically wide as the 16 pro max but a bit shorter than an iPhone 13 mini.

No one else in the industry is doing this, are they?

What's interesting about this is Apple maybe even market this as one-handed usable since, although wide, it's not as far to reach top elements. They would also then market how iPad like it is unfolded and how much better this aspect ratio is for watching movies than all there other competitors who ship an oddly square aspect tablet fold.

It's intentional, different, and ownable. And while it looks weird folded... Apple did release the 3rd Generation iPod nano.


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So far this is the most logical option and no one else has actually mocked up something trying to use real world measurements and constraints aside from me. Happy to have anyone else try and prove me wrong with other actually possible options if these screen sizes are for real.

funnily, i owned a nano2 and a nano4 and disliked the aspect ratio of the nano3.

It'll be interesting to see whether apple maintains their rounded corners. Since it's not possible to do that on all 4 corners on the folded device, and having a device that's square on one side, round on the other, and a screen that's rounded and inset will look a tad odd.

 

[mlayer]

Wasn't all that interested in this particular product or form factor, but when you pitch it as an iPhone mini screen that opens up to reveal an iPad mini (OG-approximate) screen you have piqued my interest.

 

[MayaUser]

A 5.5 outer display just screams "bezels". Similar to Fold 1.

how do you know that 5.5" display screams bezels without knowing the physical dimensions ?!

 

[contacos]

Maybe they are going for the Huawei Pure kind of form factor. The outer screen may be closer to the outer screen of a Galaxy Flip for quick glance interaction and the inner screen for when you need more space for content. Basically a Flip / Fold combo

 

[Octavius8]

Crease free… ha. After 6 generations of foldables it is not possible nor needed.
Just a marketing name like “Retina display”. Just a term for inferior capabilities.

 

[MayaUser]

Crease free… ha. After 6 generations of foldables it is not possible nor needed.
Just a marketing name like “Retina display”. Just a term for inferior capabilities.

when iphone 4 release..retina display was an marketing name for an superior capabilities not inferior. There is no inferior capabilities compared to its pred iphone 3GS

 

[svish]

5.5" outer display seems small. But have to know the aspect ratio too. Overall I think it might be similar to an iPhone mini when folded and like an iPad mini when unfolded. Looks like it will be a smaller device when compared to the Samsung Z Fold. Would like to see a telephoto lens on the device.

 

[Moukee]

Seems like the outer display will be close to a 3:2 aspect ratio, so like an OG iPhone (all the way up to the 4S), albeit significantly larger. The inner display will be close to 4:3 then, close to the OG iPad mini (up to gen 5), albeit a little bit smaller.

I'd like an unfolded display like this. Of course this means you get the somewhat unusual display dimensions for the folded screen. We'll see how that works out.

The only way to get a more typical tablet unfolded display with a more typical phone folded display would be a trifold (think Huawei Mate XT). But that'll be many years off for Apple I think.

 

[applyr]

5.5 was the screen size of the 6,7,8 Plus models.

 

[wikiverse]

So a smaller out display is smaller the Samsung one. Samsung will be better. It’s perfect the size now. 5.5 is to small for our display and 7.8 isn’t much bigger

This will be controversial on this forum, but Samsung have had superior hardware on their flagship phones for at least 7 years.

The real problem is that they run Android. Even though their implementation of Android has features that are far superior to iOS (especially with AI features like Circle to Search and Photo editing), it's still a track-me-everywhere google product.

I'd probably be really happy with Samsung hardware. I think their watches and headphones are fine, but I just don't want an android device. I really wish there were a couple more players in the mobile OS space besides Apple and Google.

 

[applefan8254]

Can we get a magnetic version that comes apart and snaps together magnetically?

 

[AndiG]

Come on - this product will make it into the stores in 2026/2027 for an insane price. Until then will see one or two improved iterations of the Galaxy Fold. An 7th Gen foldable phone with almost no crease right now. Apple simply can not compete with this technology - neither now, now in 2026 or 2027.

Additionally the OS must undergo heavy changes to support multiple displays. Some things may have to be borrowed from iPadOS - since unfolded it becomes an iPad that should be able to compete with an iPad. So what will we see iPadOS merged back into iOS? A complete mess?

 

[upthetoffees]

I realize that this is *just me* but I spend probably < 50 mins/day on my phone, at most, and we already tried the hiptop thing on the 00’s and outside of that one popular Verizon phone that folded in two axis’.

Does anyone need this?

I rather think the Air/razr redux is going to be wildly more popular.

Its the action bar on the macbook pros. No one needs it. Samsung foldable sales are dwindling, it’s a complete gimmick.

 

[Moukee]

This will be controversial on this forum, but Samsung have had superior hardware on their flagship phones for at least 7 years.

In many ways they have, but even they play it rather safe compared to some of the Chinese manufacturers (tri-fold, super fast charging technology etc.). Apple is still ahead with their A chips, but the gap is nowhere near where is has been and the latest Snapdragon is usually more than fast enough (even faster in some aspects).

With this fold Apple needs to be about on par with whatever Samsung releases next year (or do they?). Samsung will probably supply the panel and a lot of the folding tech anyway, so I guess the devices will be similar.

 

[tonywalker23]

once I read this post, and then looked at the mockup images in another thread, and then really stared at the rounded corners on this window in macOS beta 4 I can’t help but think...

so this is what a fullscreen window would look like when the iPhone fold is opened all the way. now in my brain, when I look for a few seconds at any landscape macOS window I think, so this is what apps will look like when the phone is unfolded open.

 

[zakarhino]

What leaked exactly? I swear I've seen these numbers before.

I don't need to see the numbers anymore, I want to see a mockup size comparison vs. current and previous generations of iPhone. Diagonal measurements alone really don't tell us what the actual folded and unfolded dimensions are.

 

[klasma]

That’s a really small outer screen. How do they get a 7.8” screen that’s close to that of the Samsung ZFold 7 when their outer screens are so different? What is the aspect ratio of that phone? I would have assumed Apple’s striving for a 4:3 like they do for their iPads. Should that be 6.5” outer screen, not 5.5”, Trendforce? 5.5” is awfully tiny.

The inner screen is 1.41:1 aspect ratio, the outer screen 1.47:1. The 5.5” is wider than the Pro Max display, but shorter than an iPhone mini.

 

[kenny7]

These numbers are meaningless without corresponding aspect ratios.

 

[klasma]

7.8 inches with a 4X3 aspect ratio and a resolution of 2713X1920.

Note that 2713X1920 isn’t 4:3, but 4.24:3, which is halfway to 3:2 = 4.5:3. It’s closer to the 11” iPad aspect ratio (4.35:3) than to the traditional 4:3 iPad aspect ratio.

 

[klasma]

This is going to cannibalize the iPad.

Not at the rumored price of around $2000 I think. You can get a Pro Max and an iPad mini for that money. And it isn’t a replacement for the larger iPads, even if they increase the foldable size a bit in the future. An 11” iPad folded in half doesn’t fit into anyone’s pocket.