{"id":606090,"date":"2026-08-27T10:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/606090\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:10:24","slug":"75-of-us-adults-arent-interested-in-a-foldable-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/606090\/","title":{"rendered":"75% of US Adults Aren’t Interested in a Foldable iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three out of four U.S. adults say they have no interest in buying a foldable iPhone, according to a new survey from CNET<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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CNET’s survey was conducted online by YouGov between August 13 and 17, polling 2,605 U.S. adults. It found that 75% are not interested in an Apple foldable device, and those who are would not pay anywhere near the rumored $2,000+ price.<\/p>\n

Interest is low across every generation surveyed. Boomers (1946\u20131964) and Gen Xers (1965\u20131980) are the least interested, at 83% and 77% respectively, while 69% of Gen Z (1997\u20132012) and 68% of millennials (1981\u20131996) also said they would pass on a foldable iPhone. CNET noted that a quarter of respondents still expressing interest in the device is a notable proportion for what remains a niche product category.<\/p>\n

On average, U.S. adults said they would spend just $781 on a foldable iPhone, about $48 less than the $799 starting price of the standard iPhone 17<\/a>. Gen Z was willing to spend the most, an average of $919, followed by millennials at $859, Gen X at $690, and Boomers at $572. That mismatch between expected pricing and what buyers actually want to pay highlights just how far a $2,000+ device will sit outside most people’s budgets.<\/p>\n

Moreover, CNET found that 41% of U.S. adults are rethinking their upgrade plans because of anticipated price increases. Apple raised prices<\/a> on most of its devices in June, citing the global memory shortage, though iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods prices were untouched at the time. The iPhone 18 Pro<\/a> lineup is expected to cost<\/a> more than its predecessor when it launches for the same reasons.<\/p>\n

5% of respondents said they are considering buying an older or cheaper model, 4% are considering switching brands, and 4% are looking at refurbished or used phones. Another 9% said they will only upgrade if a trade-in or carrier promotion covers the cost. 22% of U.S. adults said they have no plans to upgrade anytime soon regardless of what Apple releases, ranging from 16% of millennials to 27% of Boomers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three out of four U.S. adults say they have no interest in buying a foldable iPhone, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[59835,7716,61,37495,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-606090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-cnet","tag-foldable-iphone","tag-ie","tag-iphone-fold","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606090","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=606090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}