I grew up in the early days of the iPhone, and during that time my gaming console of choice was often my iPod Touch or the iPhone 5S that replaced it: I\u2019ve always seen iOS as a unique home for some truly excellent titles.<\/p>\n
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Sniper Elite 4 runs well on the iPhone 16 Pro, albeit at 720p resolution. (Image credit: Future)<\/p>\n
That\u2019s truer than ever today. iOS and iPadOS are the only mobile operating systems<\/a> with a proper selection of console-class titles \u2013 I\u2019m talking Assassin\u2019s Creed: Shadows<\/a>, Death Stranding<\/a>, Sniper Elite 4<\/a>, Control, and Resident Evil 4 Remake<\/a>, among others. We\u2019ve come a long way from the days when Jetpack Joyride was the most advanced game in the App Store (though Halfbrick’s infinite scroller is still totally brilliant).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And even more recently, iOS 26<\/a> and iPadOS 26 saw Apple finally gave the iPhone and iPad a dedicated Games app and Game Mode overlay with specific controls and optimizations for gameplay. To me, this suggests a renewed and open dedication to iOS as a gaming platform, which gets me thinking about what could come next.<\/p>\n Folding iPhone intrigue<\/p>\n \n The introduction of the iPhone Air has some wondering whether Apple is working on slimmer designs ahead of a new thin folding phone. (Image credit: Apple)<\/p>\n According to every credible tech leaker, tipster, and rumor aggregator, Apple is working on a folding iPhone<\/a>.<\/p>\n What\u2019s more, it could be a real oddity, with a wide iPad mini-style display and a squat passport-style cover screen. The latest rumors point to an inner screen of around 7.7 inches and an approximate aspect ratio of 14:10<\/a>, which is just a bit squatter than the iPad mini\u2019s 3:2 panel.<\/p>\n Most of the best folding phones<\/a> \u2013 at least those with a booklet form factor \u2013 tend to emulate typical slab phone displays with their cover screens, with a large square-ish inner display, so this suggests Apple could be taking a different approach.<\/p>\n Those conventional booklet-style folding phones are great for reading, multitasking, and taking photos and videos, but aren\u2019t that well suited to certain games \u2013 particularly console titles originally developed for TVs and monitors, or first-person games that rely on the player having a wide field of view. I\u2019m sure Call of Duty Mobile<\/a> runs well on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7<\/a>, but you\u2019re at a practical disadvantage if you use the inner display over the wider cover screen, because of the hemmed-in visual field.<\/p>\n A wider folding screen, alongside a powerful A-series chipset and a healthy battery capacity, could make the folding iPhone an excellent mobile gaming machine. At its rumored screen size of about 7.7 inches, it\u2019d offer a similar display size to the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> while folding down to a size just a little bit larger than the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7<\/a>. That\u2019s a mix of power and portability that other gaming phones \u2013 nearly always slabs with large screens \u2013 don\u2019t quite match.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Huawei ahead of the curve<\/p>\n \n The Huawei Pura X could provide some form of template for the rumored iPhone Fold (Image credit: Huawei \/ Notebookcheck)<\/p>\n Naturally, we can look to China to see that this general concept has already been attempted. Huawei released the Pura X earlier this year, around the time that iPhone Fold rumors were beginning to heat up. The Pura X sports a 6.3-inch inner display with a 16:10 aspect ratio, with a square 3.5-inch cover display.<\/p>\n Since the Pura X is a China exclusive, I\u2019ve not had a chance to get any hands-on experience with it \u2013 but I appreciate its style from afar. The key here is the inner display, which at 16:10 is well suited to gaming, so this type of form factor combined with iOS\u2019 superior selection of games could make for a really enticing combination.<\/p>\n Now, I\u2019m not expecting Apple to centre its rumored folding iPhone around gaming \u2013 in fact, I\u2019d expect any Apple folding phone to be aggressively marketed as a general purpose device, in contrast to Samsung<\/a>\u2019s focus on performance and productivity. I just hope Apple goes for the weird and wide design to make the most of this speculative phone\u2019s gaming potential.<\/p>\n How should Apple design the rumored iPhone Fold? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nq2mKJk4gKt6xkcoZ4skN9.jpg\")
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