'iPhone Ultra' Screen Protectors Reveal Asymmetric Corners

[MacRumors]

The leaker known as "Ice Universe" today shared images and a hands on video of screen protectors for Apple's rumored "iPhone Ultra," and the leak appears to confirm two of the most discussed details about the foldable's front design.

The leaked accessory has square corners on the side that would sit next to the hinge, and rounded corners on the opposite edge. That asymmetry lines up with months of rumors describing a foldable device with a hinge on one side, and the leak marks one of the clearest looks yet at how the proportions and shape carry over to the cover display itself.

Ice Universe said the shape reflects the protector covering the entire glass panel rather than matching the display area exactly, and that the screen underneath is still expected to have symmetrical rounded corners and uniform bezels on all sides. As shown in multiple previous reports, the screen protectors also corroborate the foldable iPhone's shorter, wider design.

This is the screen protector for the iPhone Ultra. You can see, the iPhone Ultra actually has an irregular screen with one side square and the other round. Oh my God, can you even handle that? pic.twitter.com/qpQHZHiqcD— Ice Universe (@UniverseIce) August 11, 2026​

The protector also shows a single punch hole cutout for the front facing camera, positioned on the right side of the panel rather than in the center. Some earlier reports had suggested the cutout could end up centered, so the accessories offer a firmer answer on its placement. Since the iPhone Ultra is expected to use Touch ID rather than Face ID, it doesn't need the larger TrueDepth sensor array Face ID requires, clearing the way for a single hole punch camera, which is a first for the iPhone.

I'm sure this is just a misunderstanding - the protective film covers the entire glass panel, not exactly the same as the actual screen display area. The iPhone Ultra screen itself is still a symmetrical rounded rectangle. pic.twitter.com/Iwu52050uw— Ice Universe (@UniverseIce) August 11, 2026​

The information comes a few days after leaker Sonny Dickson shared images of protective covers for the iPhone Ultra's rear camera module in silver and dark blue finishes. Other 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 alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup in mid-September, with a price of at least $2,000.

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[iMac The Knife]

If you folded this screen protector in half from top to bottom, or let's say a paper version of it since the glass would break, it would match up perfectly. So, you at least have bilateral symmetry in this scenario.

 

[The Game 161]

reaching on even a screen protector now

 

[rbbloom99]

I’m waiting to see what the cases will look like. I don’t worry about damage to my screen but protection “when” I drop it, and I will.

 

[Slo Pesci]

One thing I always preferred that Samsung did over Apple was how on Samsung phones how the radius in the corners is very tight. Whereas on Apple phones the corner is very rounded. I like on the Samsung Galaxy Ultra how the corners almost come to a point, like it's almost a perfect rectangle.

 

[ThailandToo]

Does this mean the front outside cover display will have those corners in left side and rounded on right? That would be fugly.

 

[definitive]

and a third, secret surprise feature, will be that the first version will probably have a hardware issue, which won't be fixed until v2, so thank you to the brave souls who will be the first to test it out for us.

 

[bigglow]

1st iPhone to exceed $2k and You're going to love it

 

[CharlesShaw]

People sound disappointed that the reality of Liquid Metal is not what it was in Terminator 2: Judgement Day

 

[enkiera]

Does this mean the front outside cover display will have those corners in left side and rounded on right? That would be fugly.

Probably more like this, the corners are rounded but it will be squared off hinge side to cover all the glass.

 

[goaliefight]

It’s the Apple 3.

 

[DTphonehome]

I’m waiting to see what the cases will look like. I don’t worry about damage to my screen but protection “when” I drop it, and I will.

If ever there was a phone to get AppleCare with, it's this one.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

1st iPhone to exceed $2k and You're going to love it

It’s not though. If you include tax and or what it costs internationally, the two terabyte iPhone 17 Pro Max is well over $2000 already.
Add tax and any additional fees to the $1999 retail price of that 2TB iPhone 17 Pro Max, and you are talking about well over $2100 out of pocket.

 

[whelmedjedi]

I'm still waiting for Apple to make an iphone with no camera bump on back. (I dont care it's camera quality. iphone 5s was good enough. I'm sure in 10 years, camera technology can do better than that)

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Does this mean the front outside cover display will have those corners in left side and rounded on right? That would be fugly.

Literally read the article, it answers your question.
But because I assume that you won’t, no. The display will have symmetrical rounded corners on all sides.
It’s the bezel that surrounds the display that will be rounded on one side and squared off on the other.

 

[vertsix]

Steve Jobs would be absolutely furious if this ends up being legit.

 

[neptunexp]

It’s not though. If you include tax and or what it costs internationally, the two terabyte iPhone 17 Pro Max is well over $2000 already.
Add tax and any additional fees to the $1999 retail price of that 2TB iPhone 17 Pro Max, and you are talking about well over $2100 out of pocket.

The poster means 'list price in US dollars'. This WILL be the first.

 

[Core.2]

No longer will I buy 1st gen Apple devices.

iPad, iPad Mini, etc. 2nd gen was such a leap for updates it brings heavy regret being an early adopter.

 

[ECHLN]

Annoying but I might still get it

 

[The Game 161]

Steve Jobs would be absolutely furious if this ends up being legit.

yeah you would really know what he wants now wouldn't you seeing as he's been dead for a long time. posts on here really do get worse.

 

[fire1113]

Does this mean the front outside cover display will have those corners in left side and rounded on right? That would be fugly.

This is just a guess but they might use software to imitate a rounded corner on display (hinge side) to match the outside corner.

 

[NeonNights]

Does this mean the front outside cover display will have those corners in left side and rounded on right? That would be fugly.

This sounds a lot like the original Pixel Fold.

 

[deuxani]

So this one has me confused. The privacy version shows a cutout in the top right corner. So let’s speculate that this is true, it would mean the front face camera would be in that position.

If you would open the foldable, the internal camera could not be in the same location as there is no room internally to stack 2 cameras. So it would not be in the top left corner of the inside screen. It could also not be in the top right corner of the internal screen as there would be the camera plateau on the back.

I really hope Apple is not going for the Samsung solution with putting the camera at 25% of the internal screen as that looks terrible and interferes with the UI in different orientations. I’d rather have it even in the bottom left or right hand corner, although I don’t see that happen.

It’s funny that with all the leaks it is still not clear where the 2 front facing cameras will be. In my opinion the best solution would be: outside screen - middle, internal screen - top left.

 

[Radeon85]

1st iPhone to exceed $2k and You're going to love it

The 17 PM 2TB is the first iPhone to exceed $2K.

 

[MNGR]

and a third, secret surprise feature, will be that the first version will probably have a hardware issue, which won't be fixed until v2, so thank you to the brave souls who will be the first to test it out for us.

Won’t be me