Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple is on track to deliver its first foldable phone in 2023, with an 8-inch display and
While we’re still waiting to see just how small the notch on the iPhone 13 will be, often-accurate analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is looking a little further down the road. In a new report, Kuo predicts that Apple will launch a foldable iPhone in 2023. A folding iPhone has been rumored before, but Kuo’s claims are a bit stronger here. He claims that Apple is already shoring up suppliers for the parts and is looking to ship the “must-have” device in big numbers: We forecast that Apple will likely launch a foldable iPhone with an 8-inch QHD+ flexible OLED display in 2023, with SDC as the exclusive display supplier and Samsung Foundry as the exclusive DDI foundry provider. Based on Apple’s requested capacity plan, we predict that the foldable iPhone shipments will reach 15-20 million units in 2023.
