{"id":618123,"date":"2026-06-03T02:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/618123\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:31:09","slug":"iphone-ultra-to-sport-a-liquid-metal-hinge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/618123\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Ultra to sport a liquid metal hinge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s first foldable smartphone, widely rumored to be coming this fall under the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/apple_iphone_fold_5g-13804.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Ultra<\/a>, is now said to sport a liquid metal hinge. This information comes from one of the most prolific leakers over on Weibo.<\/p>\n<p>According to this source, the development of the iPhone Ultra is progressing rapidly, and prototypes have already been shipped to carriers worldwide for testing ahead of the launch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780453869_709_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone Ultra said to sport a liquid metal hinge\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Despite the name, &#8220;liquid metal&#8221; is an alloy that isn&#8217;t actually liquid, but unlike traditional metals, which have a rigid, crystalline atomic structure, it has a disordered, non-crystalline atomic structure, similar to glass.<\/p>\n<p>This means it&#8217;s highly elastic and can absorb massive amounts of stress and snap back to its exact original shape perfectly. It&#8217;s also stronger than both titanium and stainless steel while being significantly lighter, and it has a microscopically smooth surface so it won&#8217;t get loose or wobbly even after hundreds of thousands of folds.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone Ultra is expected to be unveiled in September alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/iphone_18_pro_and_iphone_18_pro_max_to_have_a_smaller_dynamic_island-news-72665.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/5821279480\/5305328406364601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Source<\/a> (in Chinese) | <a href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/5673255066\/R1X48b3zS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Image source<\/a> (in Chinese)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s first foldable smartphone, widely rumored to be coming this fall under the name iPhone Ultra, is now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-618123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}