{"id":8996,"date":"2026-09-01T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apadmi.com\/insights\/apple-folding-iphone-what-it-means-for-apps\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T11:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:10:56","slug":"apple-folding-iphone-what-it-means-for-apps","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.apadmi.com\/en-nl\/insights\/apple-folding-iphone-what-it-means-for-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Apple About to Launch a Folding iPhone? What This Means for Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"overflow-x-clip text-on-background flow-root\"\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"wrap:grid wrap:grid-cols-[1fr_minmax(0,90rem)_1fr] *:col-2\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col items-center-safe gap-18 md:gap-24 block-inset-x pt-64 pb-64\">\n\t<h1\t\tclass=\"uppercase text-36 md:text-64 leading-none font-black text-balance max-w-3xl text-center\"\n\t>\n\t\tIs Apple About to Launch a Folding iPhone? What This Means for Apps\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"overflow-x-clip text-on-background flow-root\"\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"wrap:grid wrap:grid-cols-[1fr_minmax(0,90rem)_1fr] *:col-2\">\n\t\t<img\n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/apadmi.com\/uploads\/2026\/09\/foldable-iphone-concept-insight.webp\"\n\talt=\"Abstract foldable smartphone with a flexible screen, illuminated in orange and blue.\"\n\tclass=\"object-cover aspect-2\/1 mid:aspect-cinema rounded-16 bg-(--img-avg-color)\"\n\t\t\tdata-brightness=\"dark\"\n\t\tstyle=\" --img-avg-color: #755A62;\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"1672\"\n\t\theight=\"941\"\n\t\/>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"overflow-x-clip text-on-background flow-root\"\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"wrap:grid wrap:grid-cols-[1fr_minmax(0,90rem)_1fr] *:col-2\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-inset-x group\/bodyCopy flex flex-col mid:gap-y-16 max-w-xl box-content mid:mx-auto pt-64 mid:pt-72 pb-64 mid:pb-72\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"text-pretty w-fill font-bold text-16 leading-minimal sm:text-20 not-first:mt-24 mid:not-first:mt-32\">\n\t\t\tApple will soon hold its annual iPhone event under the tagline &#8220;Surprise and Shine&#8221;. Alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, the industry consensus is that Apple will finally unveil its first folding iPhone.\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-y-24 w-fill mt-44 mid:mt-24\">\n\t\t\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tFolding phones are nothing new, with Samsung already seven generations deep. What is new is Apple entering the category, and when Apple enters a category, it stops being a niche hardware story and starts being a strategy conversation. Expect the question to land in your next roadmap session or QBR: &#8220;Do we need to do something about folding?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tFor most organisations, the honest answer is &#8220;not yet, but here&#8217;s what to watch.&#8221; For a specific subset, the answer is &#8220;yes, and there&#8217;s a first-mover window.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<h2\tdata-slug=\"what-were-expecting-from-the-announcement\"\n\tclass=\"text-balance font-black uppercase text-18 leading-tight sm:text-28 text-start\"\n>\n\tWhat we&#8217;re expecting from the announcement<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tNothing is confirmed until Apple says it, but the supply-chain reporting has converged tightly over the past six months:<\/p>\n\n<ul\tclass=\"[&amp;_:where(ul,ol)]:ml-20 list-outside pl-20 marker:text-icon-accent marker:font-custom-markers list-bullet! text-16\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n<li class=\"pl-16 text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4]\">\n\t<strong>A book-style design rather than a clamshell flip<\/strong><br>It opens horizontally into a roughly 7.6\u20137.8 inch inner display with an iPad-like aspect ratio, closer to 4:3 than to the tall, narrow shape of a standard iPhone. MacRumors&#8217; roundup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-fold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tracks the shift<\/a> from clamshell prototypes to a book form factor, and reports Apple has prioritised eliminating the visible crease that affects most current foldables.<br><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"pl-16 text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4]\">\n\t<strong>Ultra-premium pricing<\/strong><br>Reporting points to a starting price in the region of $1,999\u2013$2,399, which is roughly double a flagship iPhone.<br><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"pl-16 text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4]\">\n\t<strong>Constrained supply<\/strong><br>Analysts have suggested Apple may repeat the iPhone X playbook: announce in September, ship in October. Samsung Display is reportedly preparing around 11 million foldable panels for Apple this year, well short of mainline iPhone volumes.<br><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"pl-16 text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4]\">\n\t<strong>Naming is unsettled<\/strong><br>&#8220;iPhone Fold&#8221; is media shorthand, whilst &#8220;iPhone Ultra&#8221; is the stronger candidate in recent leaks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\t<strong>Two things stand out. First, this will be a low-volume but high-profile product in year one. Second, and more importantly for anyone shipping an iOS app, users will effectively be switching between an iPhone and a small iPad every time they fold and unfold the device.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2\tdata-slug=\"the-signal-weve-already-seen-in-app-store-review\"\n\tclass=\"text-balance font-black uppercase text-18 leading-tight sm:text-28 text-start\"\n>\n\tThe signal we&#8217;ve already seen in App Store review<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tRumours are one thing, but behaviour changes at Apple&#8217;s review gate are another.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tOver recent weeks we&#8217;ve seen noticeably increased scrutiny of iPad behaviour in apps that are configured as iPhone-only.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tWe&#8217;re not alone. Apple&#8217;s own developer forums carry multiple threads from developers whose iPhone-only builds were rejected over iPad behaviour, with reviewers testing on iPad hardware regardless of the declared device family.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tRead that alongside a device whose inner screen is iPad-sized and the inference is straightforward: Apple is quietly raising the floor on how gracefully apps handle a larger, unexpected window. Our practical advice to every team we work with is the same; run an iPad smoke test on every App Store release from now on, whether or not you claim iPad support. It&#8217;s cheap insurance against a rejection that costs you a release window.<\/p>\n\n<h2\tdata-slug=\"folding-is-old-news-everywhere-except-ios\"\n\tclass=\"text-balance font-black uppercase text-18 leading-tight sm:text-28 text-start\"\n>\n\tFolding is old news everywhere except iOS<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tHere&#8217;s the part worth being clear-eyed about: the design and engineering problems are largely solved. Android has had adaptive tooling for years with <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/develop\/adaptive-apps\/guides\/use-window-size-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">window size classes<\/a> that let a layout reconfigure the moment a device unfolds, and APIs that expose hinge position so content isn&#8217;t sliced in half by a fold.<br><br>Apple will almost certainly ensure the majority of existing iOS apps run acceptably out of the box, as Android did. &#8220;Acceptable&#8221; is the operative word. On Android, the apps that stand out on foldables are the ones that treated the extra space as a design opportunity rather than a scaling problem, and that took deliberate effort.<br><\/p>\n\n<h2\tdata-slug=\"not-every-app-needs-a-folding-strategy\"\n\tclass=\"text-balance font-black uppercase text-18 leading-tight sm:text-28 text-start\"\n>\n\tNot every app needs a folding strategy<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tThe market maths matters here. Global foldable shipments reached around 20.6 million units in 2025, a rounding error against total smartphone volumes. <a href=\"https:\/\/counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/samsung-to-retain-lead-as-global-foldable-market-set-for-21percent-yoy-growth\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/samsung-to-retain-lead-as-global-foldable-market-set-for-21percent-yoy-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Counterpoint Research forecasts<\/a> roughly 21% growth in 2026, with Apple taking about 25% share in its debut year behind Samsung&#8217;s 32%.<br><br>So a folding iPhone will be a genuinely small population of a genuinely wealthy audience. If your app is a utility used in short bursts, a loyalty card, a booking confirmation, a meter reading, a two-tap check-in, a folding-specific experience is not a good use of your budget. The priority will be to make sure it doesn&#8217;t look broken when unfolded, or impede overall experience.<br><\/p>\n\n<h2\tdata-slug=\"where-it-does-warrant-attention\"\n\tclass=\"text-balance font-black uppercase text-18 leading-tight sm:text-28 text-start\"\n>\n\tWhere it does warrant attention<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tThere are a number of reasons why this change might impact your brand, and where you may need to take action.<\/p>\n\n<ul\tclass=\"[&amp;_:where(ul,ol)]:ml-20 list-outside pl-20 marker:text-icon-accent marker:font-custom-markers list-bullet! text-16\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n<li class=\"pl-16 text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4]\">\n\t<strong>Retail and commerce<\/strong>, where a larger canvas supports side-by-side browsing, richer product imagery and shorter paths to basket.<br><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"pl-16 text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4]\">\n\t<strong>Premium and luxury brands<\/strong>, whose customers disproportionately populate the \u00a32,000-phone demographic.<br><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"pl-16 text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4]\">\n\t<strong>Media, travel and anything comparison-heavy<\/strong>; timetables, seat maps, fixtures, portfolios where multi-pane layouts genuinely reduce cognitive load.<br><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"pl-16 text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4]\">\n\t<strong>Complex enterprise and field tools<\/strong>, where the phone\/tablet compromise has always been the pain point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tGoogle&#8217;s own developer guidance claims foldable users spend roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/android-developers.googleblog.com\/2026\/08\/pixel-app-experience-made-by-google.html\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/android-developers.googleblog.com\/2026\/08\/pixel-app-experience-made-by-google.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14 times more than standard phone users.<\/a> Treat vendor figures with appropriate caution, but the direction is intuitive: people who buy a \u00a32,000 phone are not a low-value cohort.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"overflow-x-clip text-on-background flow-root\"\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"wrap:grid wrap:grid-cols-[1fr_minmax(0,90rem)_1fr] *:col-2\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-inset-x group\/bodyCopy flex flex-col mid:grid mid:grid-cols-2 mid:grid-rows-[auto_auto_auto_auto_1fr] mid:gap-x-96 pt-64 mid:pt-72 pb-64 mid:pb-72\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<h2\t\t\tclass=\"text-20 leading-tight sm:text-44 sm:leading-none uppercase text-balance font-black w-fill col-1 row-2\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tBuilding for the fold, not just the screen\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"text-pretty w-fill text-16 leading-tight mid:text-18 mid:leading-normal max-w-lg col-1 row-3 not-first:mt-24 mid:not-first:mt-44\">\n\t\t\tA folding iPhone would give product, design and engineering teams more space to work with, but simply stretching today\u2019s app experience across a bigger screen would miss the opportunity. <br><br>Apadmi\u2019s product, design and engineering experts give their view on what the fold could mean for apps, what teams should be thinking about now, and where the biggest opportunities could lie.\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-y-24 w-fill col-2 row-start-2 row-end-span-4 max-mid:mt-32\">\n\t\t\n<h2\tdata-slug=\"product\"\n\tclass=\"text-balance font-black uppercase text-18 leading-tight sm:text-28 text-start\"\n>\n\tProduct<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\t&#8220;We all know foldable phones aren&#8217;t new. The technology already exists, so we know the experience works. The bigger question is whether we can make it valuable.<br><br>We shouldn&#8217;t be asking, &#8216;How do we use the extra screen?&#8217; We should be asking, &#8216;What problem disappears when someone unfolds the device?&#8217;<br><br>If unfolding simply reveals more of the same experience, it&#8217;s just another feature. If it helps customers make better decisions, compare information more naturally, or complete tasks in ways they couldn&#8217;t before, that&#8217;s where we will create real value together.&#8221;<br><br> &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rebeccastephenson\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rebeccastephenson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rebecca Stephenson<\/a>, Director of Product, Apadmi<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n\n<h2\tdata-slug=\"design\"\n\tclass=\"text-balance font-black uppercase text-18 leading-tight sm:text-28 text-start\"\n>\n\tDesign<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\t\u201cA first question is how we should treat the fold itself. Do we design around it like a bezel, or let it become structural: a natural divider for comparing, sorting, or handing off between two things at once? The good news is, we already have some insights from Samsung and Honor owners so we can build on what we already know. <br><br>Opening the device is also a behavioural and context shift, not just a physical one. One-handed becomes two-handed, and suddenly the user is not quite as mobile as they were. That may help guide which tasks users unfold for, and which remain on the outer screen.\u201c<br><br>Landscape can&#8217;t be treated as a &#8216;nice to have&#8217; anymore. Most iOS apps are portrait only but a book hinge phone makes landscape a primary canvas; navigation, reachability, and layout patterns will need to be carefully considered. Multi-column and split view have already been solved on iPadOS but it&#8217;s going to be interesting to see if the fact that this is a phone (and by nature, more portable) introduces new patterns rather than just borrowing from what already exists.<br><br>Ultimately we&#8217;ll need to do research into what &#8216;unfolding&#8217; means to a user in the moment: is it starting something new, or continuing something they were already doing? Apple is going to need app designers to be engaged and actively explore the possibilities a more popular folding phone brings. Otherwise that second, bigger screen becomes a novelty rather than a reason to buy.\u201d<br><br><br> <em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mattharney\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mattharney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matt Harney<\/a>, Creative Director, Apadmi <\/em><\/p>\n\n<h2\tdata-slug=\"engineering\"\n\tclass=\"text-balance font-black uppercase text-18 leading-tight sm:text-28 text-start\"\n>\n\tEngineering<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\t\u201cThe initial effort will be to verify behaviour and de-risk. Size classes, Auto Layout and SwiftUI&#8217;s adaptive containers along with Atomic Design Systems have been a long established practice allowing layouts to reflow on their own. <br><br>On top of that, an app that handles accessibility well, especially Dynamic Type, is proof it can cope with variable spacing. Cross-platform stacks will need to catch up, both to whatever APIs Apple expose and the long tail of third-party libraries that need to update &#8211; a maintenance overhead, but one that should be familiar to a mature mobile-specialist team.\u201d<br><br><em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tom-t-0a224125\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tom-t-0a224125\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tom Thackstone<\/a>, Technical Director, Apadmi<\/em><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"overflow-x-clip text-on-background flow-root\"\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"wrap:grid wrap:grid-cols-[1fr_minmax(0,90rem)_1fr] *:col-2\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-inset-x group\/bodyCopy flex flex-col mid:gap-y-16 max-w-xl box-content mid:mx-auto pt-64 mid:pt-72 pb-64 mid:pb-72\">\n\t\n\t\t\t<h2\t\t\tclass=\"text-20 leading-tight sm:text-44 sm:leading-none uppercase text-balance font-black w-fill\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tIs there a first-mover advantage?\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-y-24 w-fill mt-44 mid:mt-24\">\n\t\t\n<p class=\"*:link:underline text-16 md:text-18 leading-minimal md:leading-[1.4] is-top-level:block-inset-x text-start\">\n\tProbably, and it&#8217;s narrow. Apple champions apps that showcase new hardware; App Store editorial placement and event stage time have historically followed the apps that adapted early. With initial supply constrained, the pool of optimised competitors will be small, but for the right brand, a well-executed folding experience buys disproportionate visibility for a modest investment.<br><br>For everyone else, the win is more of a practical one: use the announcement as the prompt to fix the adaptive-layout debt you&#8217;ve been carrying since the first iPad.<br><br><strong><a href=\"\/en-nl\/newsletter\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"\/en-nl\/newsletter\/\">Stay tuned for more details<\/a> from Apple, and what steps to take in the coming months to prepare for the new hardware.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"overflow-x-clip text-on-background flow-root bg-orange-300\"\n\t\t\tdata-theme=\"orange-light\"\n\t\t>\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div\n\tclass=\"py-64 md:py-144 block-inset-x flex items-center justify-center relative isolate overflow-clip js-block-flagship\"\n\tdata-theme=\"default\"\n\t>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"max-w-7xl max-mid:max-w-xl bg-background rounded-28 p-32 flex flex-col md:flex-row gap-32 text-on-background md:items-center w-fill sm:w-fit md:w-fill\">\n\t\t<img\n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/apadmi.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Apadmi-logo-white-square-rotation.webp\"\n\talt=\"\"\n\tclass=\"object-cover aspect-2\/3 sm:aspect-3\/2 rounded-20 sm:max-w-xl md:max-w-md max-md:mx-auto max-md:w-fill bg-(--img-avg-color)\"\n\t\t\tdata-brightness=\"light\"\n\t\tstyle=\" --img-avg-color: #FC753D;\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"1600\"\n\t\theight=\"900\"\n\t\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"sm:max-w-xl max-md:mx-auto\">\n\t\t\t<h2\t\t\t\tclass=\"text-36 md:text-44 leading-none font-black uppercase text-balance\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tLet&#8217;s build what&#8217;s next\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"mt-20 md:mt-16\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWe work with ambitious organisations to design, build, and scale digital products that solve real problems, improve customer experiences, and deliver measurable impact.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<a\t href='\/en-nl\/contact\/' class='focus:outline-hidden focus-visible:outline-auto transition uppercase leading-none outline-offset-8 disabled:grayscale disabled:pointer-events-none select-none px-24 py-18 rounded-full font-semibold text-16 bg-accent text-on-accent hocus:bg-on-accent hocus:inset-ring hocus:inset-ring-accent hocus:text-accent button max-md:mt-24 md:ml-36 max-md:mx-auto shrink-0'>\n\t\n\t<span class=\"\">\n\t\tContact Us\t<\/span>\n\n\t<\/a>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8926,"template":"","meta":{"es_utils_meta_schema":"","esPageTheme":"default","esPageBackground":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8996","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Apple Folding iPhone: What It Means for Apps | Insight | Apadmi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apple\u2019s first folding iPhone could change how iOS apps are built. 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