US EditionApple’s ‘iPad Fold’ Won’t Be Launching Any Time Soon, per New Report
- Apple has paused development of the foldable iPad indefinitely due to unresolved challenges and is focusing on the foldable iPhone launch set for 2026.
- The pause results from high production costs, design difficulties, and uncertain consumer demand, especially for an expensive device possibly priced over $2,000.
- While Apple refines patents on flexible displays and rolling screen technology, the foldable iPhone has reached prototype stages and is expected to lead foldable device releases.
- Analysts predict the foldable iPhone will release in the second half of 2026 with production continuing through EVT phases, while the foldable iPad may not debut until 2028 or later.
- Apple’s decision suggests cautious market entry focusing first on foldable phones, with the iPad Fold’s future hinged on cost, demand, and manufacturing advances.
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A rollable iPad won't break at the hinge, and Apple keeps working on one
To combat the common failure at the hinge that existing folding smartphones commonly suffer from, Apple has spent years looking at how to make iPhone or iPad screens that can be rolled out when needed, and rolled back up when not.It won't look like this - but it could. Apple's patent includes drawings similar to this. (Scroll source: Fae on Wiki Commons)Following at least two earlier patents about foldable displays, and also much older ones, App…
Alternative headline I had in mind: Rumor has it that a device from the rumor mill is no longer being developed. But that's just the way it is; the companies themselves don't discuss their plans. In any case, Apple has put the development of a foldable iPad on hold for the time being... Read the article: Forget it: Apple pauses development of the foldable iPad. You can support us with every purchase you make through Amazon. Your price remains th…
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