{"id":350522,"date":"2025-12-15T18:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350522\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:08:07","slug":"leak-reveals-foldable-iphone-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350522\/","title":{"rendered":"Leak Reveals Foldable iPhone Details"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first foldable iPhone<\/a> will feature a series of design and hardware firsts for Apple, according to details shared by the Weibo leaker known as Digital Chat Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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According to a new post, via machine translation, Apple is developing what the leaker describes as a “wide foldable” device, a term used to refer to a horizontally oriented, book-style foldable with a large internal display. The device is said to prioritize thinness, with several major design decisions reportedly made to reduce the overall thickness of the chassis. <\/p>\n

Chief among these is the use of a side-mounted Touch ID<\/a> fingerprint sensor. The leaker claims Apple has chosen not to include 3D Face ID<\/a> hardware or a 3D ultrasonic under-display fingerprint sensor, as both systems would add internal volume and complicate efforts to slim down the device.<\/p>\n

The post further claims that the foldable’s hinge has been engineered to a particularly high standard, describing the hinge design as “very strong.” While no deeper technical details are provided, this aligns with long-standing industry expectations that Apple is placing heavy emphasis on hinge durability<\/a> and crease reduction<\/a>, areas where foldable devices have historically faced criticism.<\/p>\n

The leaker states that the current engineering prototype features a 7.58-inch internal display equipped with an under-panel front-facing camera, often abbreviated as UPC. Under-panel camera technology allows the camera to sit beneath the display layer, eliminating visible cutouts when the camera is not in use.<\/p>\n

For the external display, the leaker claims Apple is using a 5.25-inch panel with a punch-hole camera implemented via a HIAA (Hole-In-Active-Area) design, a technique that minimizes inactive screen space around the cutout. It is unclear what will happen to the Dynamic Island<\/a> in both instances.<\/p>\n

The post also claims the device will feature a dual 48-megapixel rear camera system described as having a “large base,” which suggests a physically larger sensor size than pixel count alone indicates. <\/p>\n

Digital Chat Station adds that the foldable smartphone segment will be “reinvigorated” next year, implying that there will be renewed momentum after a period of slower growth and incremental updates. The leaker reiterated an earlier claim that Samsung is also evaluating a new wide-format foldable device.<\/p>\n

Digital Chat Station has a relatively good track record for Apple rumors. They accurately revealed the overall design<\/a> of the iPhone Air<\/a> and iPhone 17 Pro<\/a>, the triple 48-megapixel rear camera system<\/a> of the \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c, the iPhone 17<\/a>‘s slimmer bezels<\/a> and a larger display<\/a> with ProMotion<\/a>, \u200ciPhone\u200c 15 and \u200ciPhone\u200c 15 Plus’s slightly smaller 48-megapixel sensor<\/a>, and display panel design<\/a> of the \u200ciPhone\u200c 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first foldable iPhone will feature a series of design and hardware firsts for Apple, according to details…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[32206,831,14179,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-350522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-digital-chat-station","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-foldable-iphone","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}