{"id":248056,"date":"2026-05-18T03:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/apples-foldable-iphone-is-4-5mm-thin-when-open\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:05:08","slug":"apples-foldable-iphone-is-4-5mm-thin-when-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/apples-foldable-iphone-is-4-5mm-thin-when-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s Foldable iPhone Is 4.5mm Thin When Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-foldable-iphone-is-45mm-thin-when-open\">Apple&#8217;s Foldable iPhone Is 4.5mm Thin When Open<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-foldable-iphone-is-45mm-thin-when-open\">https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-foldable-iphone-is-45mm-thin-when-open<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 03:56:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.gizchina.com\">www.gizchina.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The thickness number is the headline. But it&#8217;s the fourth or fifth most remarkable thing about this device.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"heading-content\">Summary<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"\n          list-content list-outside pl-10\n          list-disc\n        \"><\/p>\n<li class=\"[&#038;>a]:text-primary dark:[&#038;a]:text-white [&#038;a]:underline md:text-lg text-base&#8221;Multiple credible sources confirm Apple&#8217;s first foldable iPhone \u2014 likely called iPhone Ultra, though Apple hasn&#8217;t confirmed any name \u2014 will measure approximately 4.5mm when unfolded and 9mm to 9.5mm when folded, making it thinner than any current iPhone when open.<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&#038;>a]:text-primary dark:[&#038;a]:text-white [&#038;a]:underline md:text-lg text-base&#8221;The device uses a 7.76-inch inner OLED display and a 5.49-inch outer display, both with a 4:3 aspect ratio, powered by the A20 Pro chip on TSMC&#8217;s 2nm process with 12GB RAM.<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&#038;>a]:text-primary dark:[&#038;a]:text-white [&#038;a]:underline md:text-lg text-base&#8221;Samsung Display developed a near-creaseless panel with a 0.15mm crease depth and under 2.5 degree crease angle specifically for this device \u2014 far below the visible crease on current foldables.<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&#038;>a]:text-primary dark:[&#038;a]:text-white [&#038;a]:underline md:text-lg text-base&#8221;Space constraints forced real trade-offs: no telephoto camera (just two 48MP sensors), Touch ID via power button instead of Face ID, and a possible absence of internal MagSafe magnets \u2014 with leaked cases suggesting Apple may offload that function to a case accessory.<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&#038;>a]:text-primary dark:[&#038;a]:text-white [&#038;a]:underline md:text-lg text-base&#8221;Mass production, originally planned for June 2026, has been pushed to August. A September launch alongside the iPhone 18 Pro remains the target, but early supply will be tight. Starting price is expected above $2,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;At 4.5mm unfolded, the iPhone Ultra would be thinner than the iPhone Air, thinner than the 13-inch iPad Pro, and thinner than any iPhone Apple has ever sold. That&#8217;s not a spec tweak \u2014 that&#8217;s a structural statement about what Apple thinks a foldable should feel like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"heading-content\">The Thinness Number in Context<\/h4>\n<p>The 13-inch iPad Pro is Apple&#8217;s thinnest current product at 5.1mm. The iPhone Air \u2014 Apple&#8217;s&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-foldable-iphone-is-45mm-thin-when-open\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s Foldable iPhone Is 4.5mm Thin When Open https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-foldable-iphone-is-45mm-thin-when-open Publish Date: 2026-05-18 03:56:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/r.testifier.nl\/Acbs8526SDKI\/resizing_type:fill\/width:1200\/height:630\/plain\/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-newsifier.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fgizchina.com%2Fimages%2F2026-05%2Fimage-1779090715778-6a0ac5260356e.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-248056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248060,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248056\/revisions\/248060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}