Forget the iPhone 18 Pro’s Dynamic Island. The iPhone Fold will make it irrelevant
Forget the iPhone 18 Pro’s Dynamic Island. The iPhone Fold will make it irrelevant
Publish Date: 2026-04-01 12:58:00
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We just spent the better part of a week going back and forth about whether a 35% smaller Dynamic Island is enough to justify the iPhone 18 Pro as a worthy upgrade. I was right there with everyone else, picking apart screen protector leaks and questioning whether Apple is doing the bare minimum. But I think we’ve all been looking at the wrong phone.The iPhone Fold is coming this fall (or by December if rumors are correct), and it’s about to make the entire iPhone 18 Pro conversation feel like a footnote.
Apple’s first new iPhone shape in almost two decades
Think about this for a second. The last time Apple gave us a genuinely new iPhone form factor was 2007. Every model since has been some variation on the same rectangular slab. The iPhone Fold changes that.According to multiple reports, Apple is going with a wide, book-style design that opens up to a 7.76-inch inner display, roughly iPad mini territory. Fold it shut, and you get a 5.49-inch outer screen that works like a regular (if compact) phone.
Bloomberg’s lead Apple reporter Mark Gurman, in his latest Power On newsletter, called it “the most significant overhaul in the iPhone’s history” (subscription required to view). And when you look at what’s reportedly going into this thing, that tracks.
A nearly crease-free foldable display, a titanium frame, the same A20 Pro chip expected in the iPhone 18 Pro, and what could be the largest battery Apple has ever put in an iPhone at around 5,500 mAh.
The wide form factor already has people sold
Leaked render of the iPhone Fold with wide-body dimensions very similar to the original Pixel Fold. | Image by Sonny Dickson
I’ve seen this play out firsthand. I have several friends in the tech field who are already fully committed to buying the iPhone Fold based on the leaked renders alone. Not “interested.” Not…
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