Other Rumoured iPhone fold size - concept drawing and renders

[The Game 161]

now we are in jan i'm sure we will see more leaks with the dimensions and accuracy

i was going to get both 18 pro max and fold but think will just get the fold. think will tick all boxes i want

what will be interesting is if apple will have a different OS just for fold line or just make things from ipadOS

 

[imdog]

OK so I've been slightly obsessed with the size of the upcoming iPhone fold since it was rumoured that the outer screen would be 5.5" and I wanted to know how it compared to my beloved iPhone mini.

One article the other day suggested an exact resolution and sizes for screens so that let me sketch out the device, using these as a fix and working my way outwards. I've done two or three versions of this over the last month and this is my latest, based on all the collated rumours with a little bit of artistic licence. Apologies, there's a lot of images here. I don't expect it will look exactly like this, but I think I got the size pretty close now.

Animated gif comparing a 16 pro max silhouette and 13 mini silhouette:
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Assorted comparisons with a 15 Pro max and 12 mini (the only two other 3D models I had to hand) -

Closed:
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Open:
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Stacked:
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(note the need for a sharp corner on the left edge to accommodate the opening screen - bad luck left handed users)
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Assorted shots:
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A midnight colourway test:
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Some animated renders:

EDIT:

a mock-up of the device with a keyboard in a 'laptop' orientation and an aluminium camera bump since that's been seen in some of the recent dummy models:
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EDIT 2:

I was asked to do a quick comparison with an iPad mini, which makes a lot of sense. I don't know why I didn't think of it before (I know why - I'm just iPhone mini obsessed) I decided to line it up with the screen on the bottom left corner, because it turns out this rumoured fold is a fair bit smaller than an iPad mini and screen size is probably what people are most interested in.

Although the overall size of this iPad mini is 195.4mm x 134.8mm, I can't vouch for the exact precision of the modelling of its screen size, since I just grabbed it off the internet. None-the-less, in this model the iPad mini screen is 16.5mm wider and 2.9mm taller than the screen in my iPhone fold mock-up.
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EDIT 3:

A couple of people have asked about the wallpaper, it's just the default wallpaper for MacOS Monterey.

https://512pixels.net/projects/default-mac-wallpapers-in-5k/

Could you do an update of the the size comparison to the mini & pro max with the new Fold dimensions? Seems to be smaller than originally anticipated, 5.3" outside display

 

[blairh]

Samsung, Oppo, and Honor are all expected to release wide and short foldables this year. OEM's realize Apple has the right idea with their future foldable.

 

[iZac]

Could you do an update of the the size comparison to the mini & pro max with the new Fold dimensions? Seems to be smaller than originally anticipated, 5.3" outside display

Whilst I haven't updated the size yet (I'm not lazy, just disorganised) I did update the original post in this thread to show more images of the updated iPhone Air style design. I also think the new renders are much better quality than my first round. Hope it's of interest!

I'll link the Youtube video here as well in case anyone's just casually browsing the latest posts

 

[blairh]

Whilst I haven't updated the size yet (I'm not lazy, just disorganised) I did update the original post in this thread to show more images of the updated iPhone Air style design. I also think the new renders are much better quality than my first round. Hope it's of interest!

I'll link the Youtube video here as well in case anyone's just casually browsing the latest posts

A joy to watch mate!

 

[iZac]

A joy to watch mate!

Cheers! I've been eager to share it with people but also really appreciative of the chaps at La Manzana Mordida that thought that my stuff was good enough to reach out and collaborate with me.

 

[endawmyke]

Whilst I haven't updated the size yet (I'm not lazy, just disorganised) I did update the original post in this thread to show more images of the updated iPhone Air style design. I also think the new renders are much better quality than my first round. Hope it's of interest!

I'll link the Youtube video here as well in case anyone's just casually browsing the latest posts

excellent work as usual! love that it's 60fps too

 

[GregoriousMan]

Great job. I recently got a Fold 7 just to see what the hype was about. I think I do like the foldable format. But the one thing that kills me about the product is the aspect ratio. I think Apple got this right.

 

[blairh]

Gurman in his newsletter today says Apple is starting work on a potential clamshell model. I really hope this becomes reality. I got my parents iPhone 16e's last spring because I wanted their first smartphones to be iPhones and their needs are minimal. But as a form factor, they both would have strongly preferred a clamshell smartphone.

He also mentions the potential of larger folding book-style iPhones in the future. I do believe the folding model, in due time, will see two size categories in the same vein as the Pro and Pro Max lines.

 

[Macdctr]

I have never been a fold phone kind of guy but I do recognize the importance of this new format iPhone when it does come out and as such, plan to order mine in the maxed out storage configuration and in the "hero color" whatever that color may be. Once I get this new iPhone it will go straight into my iPhone collection never to be used.

As I initially posted . . . I'm not a fold phone kind of guy. I still prefer using my iPhone 13 mini and 15 Pro as I prefer the smaller sized iPhones over the much bigger versions we see as a common place today.