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Apple’s long-rumouredfolding iPhonewill be a big hit, but you’ll have to wait for it. That’s according to Taiwanese research company Trendforce, which says that the folding iPhone won’t arrive until at least 2027 – but when it does its impact will be seismic.
What will the folding iPhone do to the foldables market?
According toTrendforce, Samsung’s share of the folding market has dropped significantly since other firms have moved into the market sector. Samsung had 80% of the fledgling folding phone market in 2022, but Trendforce says that its market share dropped to 60% in 2023/4 and the firm “now struggles to maintain 50%”.
Key rivals so far areHuaweiand Motorola, with other firms remaining below the million-sales mark; Huawei’s tri-fold phone, expected to launch later this year, “could potentially raise their market share to nearly 30%”. The firm expects Motorola’s share of the folding phone market to rise to around 6%.
According to Trendforce, Apple “is still evaluating component specifications and performance”, and it has apparently set very strict requirements regarding the display’s crease and its reliability. Those requirements mean that Apple is “unlikely” to release its own foldable before 2027 – although other sources say that we can expect afolding iPadthen, with afolding MacBookalso following in 2027.
When Apple does enter the market, it won’t be at the bottom end – and that’s where most of the competition is right now, with Chinese brands in particular really pushing to cut their costs and reduce the sticker prices of their foldables; Trendforce highlights the Nubia Flip, which has a £499 price tag, as an example of the trend. But the foldable Apple will want to beat will be the 2027 equivalent of theSamsung GalaxyZ Fold 5, which currently starts at £1,749.
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