{"id":268165,"date":"2026-06-09T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/apple-may-have-pulled-a-samsung-by-leaking-iphone-ultra-details\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:50:21","slug":"apple-may-have-pulled-a-samsung-by-leaking-iphone-ultra-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/apple-may-have-pulled-a-samsung-by-leaking-iphone-ultra-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple may have pulled a Samsung by leaking iPhone Ultra details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/apple-ios-27-iphone-ultra-foldable-references-3675768\/\">Apple may have pulled a Samsung by leaking iPhone Ultra details<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/apple-ios-27-iphone-ultra-foldable-references-3675768\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/apple-ios-27-iphone-ultra-foldable-references-3675768\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-09 04:20:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple\u2019s iOS 27 code contains numerous references to the apparent iPhone Ultra foldable.<\/li>\n<li>The code includes references to a fold state, a second screen, and more.<\/li>\n<li>iOS 27 itself also has a few features that would work well on a foldable iPhone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple is expected to launch its first foldable iPhone, apparently called the iPhone Ultra, later this year. We\u2019ve already seen unofficial renders and leaked specs, but Apple\u2019s iOS 27 has now dished out even more clues.<\/p>\n<p>Software engineer M1Astra (via Bloomberg) and X user Sam Henri Gold have spotted numerous references to a potential foldable device, likely the iPhone Ultra, in the iOS 27 beta and framework code. For starters, there are references to \u201cfoldState,\u201d \u201cangleDegrees,\u201d \u201cmechanicalAngleDegrees,\u201d and \u201cisanglevalid.\u201d Check out Gold\u2019s screenshot below to see some of these hints.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"iOS 27 foldable hints Sam Henri Gold\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iOS-27-foldable-hints-Sam-Henri-Gold-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iOS-27-foldable-hints-Sam-Henri-Gold-64w-13h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iOS-27-foldable-hints-Sam-Henri-Gold-1000w-211h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iOS-27-foldable-hints-Sam-Henri-Gold-1920w-405h.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iOS-27-foldable-hints-Sam-Henri-Gold-1536w-324h.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iOS-27-foldable-hints-Sam-Henri-Gold-675w-142h.jpg 675w\" alt=\"iOS 27 foldable hints Sam Henri Gold\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/iOS-27-foldable-hints-Sam-Henri-Gold-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cfoldState\u201d term likely relates to the ability to detect whether the iPhone Ultra is folded or unfolded. Meanwhile, the other three references show that iOS can tell how much you\u2019ve opened the device, also pointing to a free-stop hinge (as opposed to an open or closed affair). These hints also suggest that Apple\u2019s foldable could gain the Flex Mode software functionality first seen on Android foldables. Flex Mode lets you partially fold your foldable phone, akin to a laptop. This folded state allows for hands-free video playback and video calls, a larger software keyboard on the bottom half of the display, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s operating system also has references to an internal service tool used to fix screens. However, the iOS 27 version of this utility apparently mentions a secondary display, a second protective screen, and two more light sensors. This strongly suggests we\u2019re looking at a foldable phone.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg also notes that some public iOS 27 features seem like a good fit for a foldable device. Apple now offers widgets that occupy the entire&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/apple-ios-27-iphone-ultra-foldable-references-3675768\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple may have pulled a Samsung by leaking iPhone Ultra details https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/apple-ios-27-iphone-ultra-foldable-references-3675768\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-09&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":268166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AI-generated-render-of-Apple-iPhone-Fold-3-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,86],"class_list":["post-268165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268165"}],"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=268165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268167,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268165\/revisions\/268167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}