Some industry observers might come to the conclusion that iPhone presentations are no longer all that spectacular: Apple mostly retains the well-known design and only gives the Pro models some really remarkable functions. Last year, however, Cupertino showed more courage: The iPhone 17 received some features that were previously reserved for the Pro offshoots. The iPhone 17 Pro also shines with a new design. With the iPhone Air, the product of a completely new series even made its debut. This year, the company’s first foldable smartphone is likely to cause a stir. Foldable iPhone: Shaped like a passport, similar in thickness to the iPhone 18 Pro Max
Sonny Dickson is considered a fairly reliable leaker. Now he has the first pictures of a dummy of the folding iPhone. The device can be seen in the middle of the photos: its shape is reminiscent of a passport. The height of the device is significantly lower than that of the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, whose dummies can also be seen in the images. When unfolded, the foldable looks more like the iPad mini:
The differences are also clear in a video that another leaker published shortly afterwards. Dummies of the foldable iPhone and the iPhone 18 Pro Max can be seen in direct comparison. When folded, the thickness of both devices is quite similar:
Is the device called “iPhone Ultra”?
What is the name of the foldable iPhone? Digital Chat Station claims to know the answer to this question: Apple wants to call the product “iPhone Ultra,” as the leaker points out in a post Weibo executes. Chinese manufacturers would follow Cupertino’s example and also add the “Ultra” suffix to future foldables. In the Apple cosmos, the word has already established itself for selected high-end products such as the Apple Watch Ultra and CarPlay Ultra. According to Mark Gurman, the company could even come up with a “MacBook Ultra” at the end of the year, which will have a touch-sensitive OLED screen.
