iPhone Fold just hit major milestone that’s good news for launch timing

The iPhone Fold is coming later this year, and per a notable leaker, the brand new model just hit a major milestone that’s good news for launch timing.

Foldable iPhone is now in trial production at Foxconn

Apple has been experimenting internally with foldable iPhones for years. But this is finally the year that the first ‘iPhone Fold’ arrives.

And per Weibo leaker Instant Digital, the new model just hit a big development milestone. Per a new post today (translated):

The iPhone Fold has now begun trial production at Foxconn.

Foxconn is Apple’s primary partner for iPhone production. Moving into trial production with Foxconn means Apple is moving steadily toward mass production of the iPhone Fold.

This is especially great news considering some recent reporting that the foldable might launch later than iPhone 18 Pro.

Barclays analyst Tim Long recently reported that he doesn’t expect iPhone Fold to arrive in users’ hands until December. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman corroborated this, in part.

Though Gurman was less specific on timing, he said “there is no doubt that [iPhone Fold] is going to come a little bit later than the Pro phones.” He attributed this delay to the challenges of producing foldable phones, and Apple’s history with major new models like iPhone X launching slightly later than other flagships.

Based on today’s leak though, it seems like Apple at least still aspires to a September launch.

In today’s new post, Instant Digital quoted a previous post claiming the iPhone Fold would launch simultaneously with iPhone 18 Pro. The movement into trial production at Foxconn is evidence that Apple’s timelines are so far going as planned.

When do you expect iPhone Fold’s launch timing to be? Let us know in the comments.

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