{"id":268162,"date":"2026-06-09T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/apple-just-all-but-confirmed-the-iphone-ultra-in-the-ios-27-beta\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:50:13","slug":"apple-just-all-but-confirmed-the-iphone-ultra-in-the-ios-27-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/apple-just-all-but-confirmed-the-iphone-ultra-in-the-ios-27-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple just all-but-confirmed the iPhone Ultra in the iOS 27 beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/apple-just-all-but-confirmed-the-iphone-ultra-in-the-ios-27-beta\">Apple just all-but-confirmed the iPhone Ultra in the iOS 27 beta<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/apple-just-all-but-confirmed-the-iphone-ultra-in-the-ios-27-beta\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/apple-just-all-but-confirmed-the-iphone-ultra-in-the-ios-27-beta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-09 05:55:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-8892a865-a13d-47f5-b56e-e17bf5ca6f3a\">\n<li><strong>References to a foldable phone have been found in iOS 27 beta code<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>These references weren&#8217;t present in iOS 26<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They strongly suggest both that a foldable phone is in the works and that it will be launching soon<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-27cc3c34-3846-41cf-acb1-4ff737b3034c\">The long-rumored iPhone Ultra could be the most exciting iPhone of the year, as this is set to be Apple\u2019s first foldable phone. And if there was any doubt that it\u2019s coming soon, that\u2019s largely been put to rest by some code found in the first iOS 27 beta.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by Sam Henri Gold (via 9to5Mac), some code in the iOS 27 developer beta mentions \u201cfoldState\u201d and \u201cangleDegrees\u201d. The first of those seems like an obvious reference to a foldable phone, and the second presumably refers to the different angles you could have the screen open at \u2014 so, again, a clear hint that a foldable phone is coming soon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-27cc3c34-3846-41cf-acb1-4ff737b3034c-2\">If that wasn\u2019t enough, they also found a check for the total number of built-in displays, which would be completely unnecessary if a foldable device isn\u2019t on the way, since the answer would always be one with a conventional phone.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">iOS 27 framework references \u201cfoldState\u201d and \u201cangleDegrees\u201d but I\u2019m sure that\u2019s nothing pic.twitter.com\/PcYNVvymmsJune 8, 2026<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"probably-launching-this-year-3\">Probably launching this year<\/h2>\n<p id=\"elk-ff47ed92-921b-4648-9526-1378ed31e431\">Not only are these clear signs of an Apple-made foldable phone being in the works, but they strongly suggest it\u2019s coming soon \u2014 likely in time for the finished launch of iOS 27 in September, especially as 9to5Mac has verified that iOS 26 didn\u2019t have any of these references.<\/p>\n<p>So, while it\u2019s always possible the iPhone Ultra will be delayed, right now, it looks like Apple plans to launch it this year \u2014 just like most recent release date leaks have suggested.<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>In which case, you can probably expect it to land alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max in September, with the base iPhone 18 and the iPhone 18e reportedly not launching until early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s best iPhone&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/apple-just-all-but-confirmed-the-iphone-ultra-in-the-ios-27-beta\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple just all-but-confirmed the iPhone Ultra in the iOS 27 beta https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/apple-just-all-but-confirmed-the-iphone-ultra-in-the-ios-27-beta Publish Date: 2026-06-09&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":268163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YUVUCV4zB4zqEF2zwErrjD-2560-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[69,77,81],"class_list":["post-268162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-ios","tag-ios-26","tag-iphone-18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268162"}],"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=268162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268164,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268162\/revisions\/268164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}