The iPhone Fold could set the world on fire shortly after its long overdue commercial debut next year, at least according to Apple’s newest sales targets for 2026 and 2027.
Universally viewed as a potential savior of a currently-stagnating foldable market by analysts for several years now, Apple’s first product in the Huawei and Samsung-dominated category is finally on the horizon.
Widely expected to become a commercial reality at some point next year, the iPhone Fold (which may or may not be the real marketing name of the highly anticipated Galaxy Z Fold rival) could sell in as many as 10 million units around the world in 2026 and anywhere between 20 and 25 million copies in 2027.
Before attempting to answer that question, I should probably highlight the credibility of the newly rumored figures, which come from none other than Ming-Chi Kuo via the usual supply chain sources.
Obviously, companies can rarely estimate the sales results of an unreleased phone with any respectable degree of accuracy a year or so ahead of a product launch (especially a first-gen product), but if Apple strongly believes its foldable iPhone will be a hit, the odds of that happening are clearly pretty solid.
The current 8 to 10 million unit goal for 2026 would absolutely crush the combined sales total of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6, which reportedly stood at only a little over 5 million units as of the end of 2024.
