{"id":843957,"date":"2026-09-11T09:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/843957\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T09:32:20","slug":"iphone-duo-could-give-apple-a-25-share-of-foldable-market-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/843957\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Duo could give Apple a 25% share of foldable market in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iPhone-Duo-apps.webp\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new TrendForce report says the iPhone Duo is expected to capture 24,8% of the foldable smartphone market in 2026 alone, countering a 20% slump in the segment. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>iPhone Duo expected to ship 5 million units by the end of 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following yesterday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/09\/09\/apple-unveils-foldable-iphone-duo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announcement of the iPhone Duo<\/a>, TrendForce published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trendforce.com\/presscenter\/news\/20260910-13228.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> today predicting that Apple will capture 24,8% of the foldable smartphone segment by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TrendForce expects Apple to ship 5 million units of the iPhone Duo in 2026, helping offset a segment-wide slowdown due to \u201csharp increases in component costs\u201d:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TrendForce forecasts global foldable smartphone shipments of approximately 20.2 million units in 2026, up just 0.5% YoY. Excluding Apple, combined shipments from Android brands are expected to reach only around 15.2 million units, down more than 20% YoY.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report notes that Samsung is still poised to lead the market with 7.1 million units shipped for the year and 35.1% market share, and expects Huawei to match Apple\u2019s 5 million units shipped and 24.8% share.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/trendforce-foldables-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1069104\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TrendForce goes on to analyze some of Apple\u2019s hardware choices for the iPhone Duo, including the trade-offs the company made to achieve its final design:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple has omitted a dedicated periscope telephoto camera to minimize thickness and conserve internal space. Instead, the 48 MP main camera provides 2x optical-quality zoom, while a side-mounted Touch ID sensor replaces Face ID. These choices highlight the trade-offs that foldable smartphones continue to face among device thickness, camera capabilities, biometric components, and battery space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TrendForce rounds out the report by looking ahead at the foldable segment, suggesting that \u201cdeeper integration of AI and multitasking interfaces with the larger foldable display could transform the device from a hardware differentiator into a new interface for AI applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To read TrendForce\u2019s full report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trendforce.com\/presscenter\/news\/20260910-13228.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Worth checking out on Amazon<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789119134_883_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789119136_505_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4iRiYYE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1067971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789119140_74_im-9to5mac-banner-750x150@2x_6f4008.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new TrendForce report says the iPhone Duo is expected to capture 24,8% of the foldable smartphone market&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":["post-843957","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\/843957","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=843957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}