Apple to Drive Big Growth in Foldable Smartphones

Will Apple Launch A Foldable iPhone Before 2027? You Can't Peek Inside Cupertino— But Traders Are Wagering On It - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Even as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stays silent on its product roadmap, prediction markets are increasingly confident the company will unveil a foldable iPhone before the decade’s end. Prediction Markets Bet Apple Will Fold Before 2027 Speculation around a foldable iPhone has moved beyond analyst notes and supply-chain whispers and into real-money markets. On Polymarket, traders currently assign a 76% probability that Apple will release a foldable…

Apple to drive big growth in foldable smartphones

Worldwide foldable smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 10% year-on-year (YoY) in 2025 to 20,6-million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The new foldable iPhone from Apple, alongside Samsung’s Galaxy Z Trifold, available from Q1 2026, are expected to ignite consumer demand for the category in 2026. “Next year will prove exciting for the foldable category with multiple laun…