“When the company introduces its first foldable iPhone at the end of next year, it will be entering a product category that’s already seven years old—pioneered and dominated by its biggest hardware rival, Samsung Electronics Co. And this time, Apple won’t be debuting a radically new interface or transformative hardware,” writes Gurman.

In a significant development in the foldable mobile phone market, Apple is reportedly preparing to launch its first-ever foldable iPhone alongside the iPhone 18 series next year. The foldable iPhone would represent Apple's most dramatic design transformation in smartphone history,

The foldable iPhone is expected to feature a book-style design, akin to Samsungs Galaxy Z Fold 7 and could be price around $2,000.