{"id":737873,"date":"2026-07-02T00:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/737873\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T00:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:06:10","slug":"iphone-fold-to-spearhead-2026-rebound-for-foldable-phone-screen-shipments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/737873\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Fold to spearhead 2026 rebound for foldable phone screen shipments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple’s iPhone Fold<\/a> is expected to be the driving force of a 2026 rebound for foldable smartphone orders, falling only just behind Samsung’s hardware. <\/p>\n

Apple is expected<\/a> to unveil its first folding iPhone<\/a> in late 2026. Though the move will mark the company’s entry into new smartphone territory, the iPhone Fold could also have a significant impact on overall orders for foldable phone screens. <\/p>\n

According to Counterpoint Research, the iPhone Fold will account<\/a> for 29% of all folding smartphone display orders in 2026. Huawei, meanwhile, is expected to take 24% of the market, while Samsung will likely remain in the lead with 31% of overall orders for folding smartphone displays. <\/p>\n

Per Wednesday’s report, Apple’s iPhone Fold orders will also drive the competition towards higher average selling prices. High-end book-style foldables have reportedly replaced value-oriented clamshell folding devices as the mainstream form factor, but “the growth of in-fold is not entirely dependent on Apple.” <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, tri-fold devices like the Huawei Mate XT series and Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold reportedly won’t become mass-market products anytime soon. The yield challenges and complexities of tri-fold designs will continue to serve as factors that limit widespread adoption. <\/p>\n

According to multiple sources<\/a> and rumors<\/a>, Apple’s supplier for iPhone Fold OLED panels will be Samsung Display, which held 22% of the foldable smartphone screen market in Q1 2026. This is up from 15% in Q1 2025. <\/p>\n

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Samsung Display’s share of foldable smartphone display shipments rose to 22% in Q1 2026, while BOE’s share decreased from 52% to 45%. Image Credit: Counterpoint Research.<\/p>\n

Foldable smartphone screen shipments are still dominated by BOE, though, which held 45% of the market in Q1 2026, down from 52% in 2026. <\/p>\n

An April 2026<\/a> rumor said that Apple had decided against using BOE OLED panels for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro<\/a>. We likely won’t see BOE hardware on the iPhone Fold either. <\/p>\n

As a whole, though, global shipments of foldable smartphone screens are expected to reach approximately 27.5 million units for the entirety of 2026. This means orders will be up roughly 24% compared to 2025, and iPhone Fold panel orders are sure to be a key contributing factor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple’s iPhone Fold is expected to be the driving force of a 2026 rebound for foldable smartphone orders,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":["post-737873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737873","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=737873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}