Bloomberg’s well-connected Apple specialist Mark Gurman has backed up recent rumors that a foldable iPhone will launch in 2026.In the Q&A section of his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman states that he expects Apple to “launch its own foldable phone next year” with a design akin to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6. That is to say that it will be a regular-looking phone that opens up to reveal a small tablet on its internal screen, rather than a flip phone that can fold in half to be more pocketable.
This makes a lot of sense. As Gurman himself writes, the Galaxy Z Fold is a “dream device for handling work tasks and watching video, and it’s a category that Apple can’t ignore.”Not only that, but unfolded, it’s not all that different to an iPad mini in size: here’s the Galaxy Z Fold 3 next to an iPad mini 6 for comparison.
(Image credit: Future)This echoes a recent report from the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who believes a folding iPhone is coming in late 2026 or early 2027. In Kuo’s telling, the device will pack a 5.5-inch outer display, that will open onto a 7.
8-inch internal one — slightly smaller than the 8.3-inch iPad mini 7.Apple will be well aware of the drawbacks of current foldables, one of which is the necessary physical size of a device where one screen opens onto another.
Keen to avoid the feeling of walking around with two phones in the pocket when folded, Gurman expects Apple to reuse many technologies it has on the way with its ultrathin upcoming iPhone 1.
