{"id":581943,"date":"2026-08-03T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/581943\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:09:08","slug":"no-delay-for-the-iphone-fold-as-production-problems-are-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/581943\/","title":{"rendered":"No delay for the iPhone Fold as production problems are solved"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new leak doubles down on the iPhone Fold<\/a> being launched in September 2026, and says production difficulties were surmounted without the rumored extensive redesign. <\/p>\n

Despite some reports saying that the folding phone industry was likely to follow Apple’s innovative hinge system<\/a>, others said that hinge was a problem<\/a> that could mean the iPhone Fold being redesigned. Now regular leaker Fixed Focus Digital says that recent reports of delays to the iPhone Fold are not true. <\/p>\n

Writing on Chinese social media site Weibo, Fixed Focus Digital claims instead that there has never been any delay. “The foldable project faced production challenges during the initial manufacturing phase [as] a small batch was produced for testing,” says the leaker (in machine translation). <\/p>\n

“While ramping up output was initially difficult,” they continue, “the hurdles were overcome, and the issue is now resolved.” <\/p>\n

Reportedly, the problems became apparent as the manufacturing tried to progress from that small testing batch to a larger production run. Whatever the difficulties were, though, the leaker says that they have been resolved without significant changes. <\/p>\n

Specifically, they say that the final production model will remain much as Apple had it planned early in 2026. The leaker is confident enough about this that they suggest a future teardown of the shipping device will prove them right. <\/p>\n

The claim that the iPhone Fold remains on schedule for a September 2026 launch does back up recent reports<\/a> from the supply chain. Those claimed that multiple component manufacturers were continuing production for Apple and had not been told of any significant delay. <\/p>\n

Note that Fixed Focus Digital has a mixed track record when it comes to Apple rumors. One success was naming the iPhone 16e<\/a> before most others, but the account also incorrectly predicted<\/a> that the iPhone 17<\/a> would get a 120Hz display without ProMotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new leak doubles down on the iPhone Fold being launched in September 2026, and says production difficulties…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-581943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}