{"id":659955,"date":"2026-06-26T20:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659955\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:29:19","slug":"apple-and-xiaomi-to-be-only-brands-with-wide-foldable-after-huawei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659955\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple and Xiaomi to be only brands with wide foldable, after Huawei"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huawei<\/a> is the first brand to introduce the concept of wide foldable<\/a> in the smartphone industry, and it looks like two more brands will follow suit this year \u2013 Apple and Xiaomi. A new leak reveals the number of phone makers to bring a broad folding device by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

As noted by FixedFocus, Xiaomi<\/a> seems to have a wide foldable phone in the pipeline. The details of this device are unclear. However, it is expected to debut this year.<\/p>\n

iPhone Ultra<\/a> is also in the news headlines for making way to the launch stage in September. Just like the Pura X Max<\/a>, Apple will also adopt a wide-screen design for its first folding creation.<\/p>\n

The tipster stated that only Huawei, Apple<\/a>, and Xiaomi will have a wide fold phone in 2026. Meanwhile, other brands could use the \u201cwait and see\u201d approach in this matter.<\/p>\n

\"Apple<\/p>\n

(Image Credits: Weibo)<\/p>\n

Samsung has also been rumored to launch a wide Galaxy Z Fold 8 device as the successor of the Z Fold 7. But the tipster didn\u2019t count the brand. It might be that the tipster is just shedding light on the brands related to the Chinese foldable market.<\/p>\n

Leak further reports that while other manufacturers also have ideas for a wide fold handset, they don\u2019t yet have finalized plans for the launch time and are currently allocating resources to build one.<\/p>\n

Wide foldable phones have flipped the smartphone market to a great extent. After the launch of the Pura X Max, consumer demand significantly shifted to the broad folding design rather than the regular vertical or book-type appearance.<\/p>\n

As a result, more brands are planning to adopt the new fold look. But Apple and Xiaomi are currently the only brands that are somewhat confirmed to bring a wide foldable by the end of this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Huawei is the first brand to introduce the concept of wide foldable in the smartphone industry, and it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-659955","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\/659955","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=659955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}