Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max - when is the first folding iPhone coming?
AFP via Getty ImagesThe September Timeline And The Foldable Question Mark In terms of reports on when the foldable will arrive, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster.
Some months ago, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said it looked like it would go on sale later than the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, which are predicted to be revealed at the same keynote.
Forbes Apple iPhone 18 Pro Release Date September Signaled In Keynote Update And the logic of that was unimpeachable: with such a change from the previous years’ models, it could easily follow the iPhone X rhythm, which in 2017 arrived more than a month after the other phones released that year.
Why the Latest Leak Suggests Positive Release News Frankly, there’s been so much back-and-forth since then it has been enough to leave your head spinning.
Apple’s next big event will be in September — read this for exactly when it’s likely to be — but although the expectation is that it will see the announcement of the first folding iPhone, there’s a question mark hanging over whether that handset will arrive on time or not. Here’s the latest.
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max - when is the first folding iPhone coming? AFP via Getty Images
The September Timeline And The Foldable Question Mark In terms of reports on when the foldable will arrive, it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster. Some months ago, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said it looked like it would go on sale later than the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, which are predicted to be revealed at the same keynote. Forbes Apple iPhone 18 Pro Release Date September Signaled In Keynote Update And the logic of that was unimpeachable: with such a change from the previous years’ models, it could easily follow the iPhone X rhythm, which in 2017 arrived more than a month after the other phones released that year. MORE FOR YOU However, this was followed by a rumor that everything was on time, then by a counter-rumor that problems with one of the components meant the phone would be late.
Why the Latest Leak Suggests Positive Release News Frankly, there’s been so much back-and-forth since then it has been enough to leave your head spinning. But the latest report has been more positive. Fixed Focus Digital, a serial leaker who posts on Weibo, has said that things are going great. “He says there’s been no delay to the iPhone Ultra. Though there was an issue scaling production initially, that has reportedly been resolved. And very recently, at the end of July, the production line setup was completed,” reported 9to5Mac.
