Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says ‘Screw It,’ This is the Foldable iPhone Early

There are a number of people who Apple would like to delete from the face of the planet.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who’s persistently divulging Apple’s plans, is one. TF Worldwide Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who’s at all times sharing info based mostly on his provide chain checks, is excessive up on the listing, too. However YouTuber Jon Prosser is public enemy primary that Apple is attempting to actually silence. And for good cause: the person who Apple sued in July for leaking iOS 26 and Liquid Glass retains spoiling Apple’s unreleased merchandise with high-quality 3D renders in his movies—just like the foldable iPhone that’s not anticipated to be introduced till subsequent yr.

On Christmas Eve, Prosser gave the world an early reward: a video revealing what he claims is Apple’s foldable iPhone in all of its book-style glory. Look ahead to your self:

In his video, Prosser confidently states the foldable iPhone, which is rumored to launch subsequent fall alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, may have a 5.5-inch exterior show with a hole-punch digicam. The within foldable display screen will measure 7.8 inches with a hole-punch digicam within the higher left nook. His renders present twin cameras sitting on an rectangular digicam plateau very similar to the one on the iPhone Air; an LED flash sits on the other aspect.

Prosser says the foldable iPhone might be 9mm thick when closed, which implies every half will probably be 4.5mm. That’d over a complete millimeter thinner than the 5.6mm iPhone Air, which is already barely thicker than a USB-C port and feels impossibly skinny within the hand.

The scale do align with the rumored footprint from a number of earlier reviews. Nonetheless, it conflicts with a latest leak that claimed the foldable iPhone would have an external screen that’s about 5.25 inches, which might be smaller than the 5.4-inch iPhone 13 mini.

Prosser’s 3D renders do seem to depict a foldable iPhone that’s wider than it is tall when folded and open. Facet-by-side with a first-gen Pixel Fold, minus the thicker bezels on Google’s foldable, the foldable iPhone may look related, all the way down to the placement of the hole-punch cameras. Different reviews have instructed the foldable iPhone would have an “invisible” under-panel digicam (UDC) within the folding show.

The massive query might be whether or not or not Apple could make the crease much less seen. A number of earlier reviews mentioned that Apple had figured it out, however the latest leak suggests that might not be the case after all.

In the end, a foldable iPhone will undoubtedly get numerous buzz if Apple does launch it subsequent yr. However the true indicator of its success might be whether or not customers purchase it. The iPhone Air is a state-of-the-art cellphone with impressive miniaturization that could possibly be a glimpse of what’s to come back in a future pair of Apple good glasses, and but it’s reportedly been a business failure. It’s been such a gross sales flop that there may not be an iPhone Air 2 next year. Extra customers have bought the iPhone 17 and 17 Pros than the super-skinny iPhone Air that has fewer cameras and fewer battery life.

Will customers see the worth of a foldable iPhone, particularly if it comes with an exorbitant price ticket that would begin at over $2,000? I’d say by no means guess towards the iPhone, however then once more, the iPhone mini, iPhone Plus, and now the iPhone Air reportedly didn’t promote sufficient.