The iPhone Fold (or Ultra) has widely been reported to finally become official this fall alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. However, recent rumors have claimed that it wouldn’t actually start shipping right away – Apple would announce it at the same event as the Pros, but those would become available in late September as usual, while the Fold would take a few more weeks to actually arrive in stores according to one source. Another source claimed it might only be released in December.
However, Apple seems to be doing all it can to have the iPhone Fold’s arrival fully synchronized with the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. According to a tipster on Weibo, trial production has now started for the iPhone Fold at Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn in China.
This means it’s on track to start mass production around July alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. That is, of course, if everything goes smoothly during this initial trial production run. We don’t know that yet, but here’s hoping.
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