{"id":274124,"date":"2026-06-16T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/apples-iphone-fold-ultra-may-be-slipping-into-2027-again\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T04:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:05:14","slug":"apples-iphone-fold-ultra-may-be-slipping-into-2027-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/apples-iphone-fold-ultra-may-be-slipping-into-2027-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s iPhone Fold\/Ultra May Be Slipping Into 2027 \u2014 Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-iphone-foldultra-may-be-slipping-into-2027-again\">Apple&#8217;s iPhone Fold\/Ultra May Be Slipping Into 2027 \u2014 Again<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-iphone-foldultra-may-be-slipping-into-2027-again\">https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-iphone-foldultra-may-be-slipping-into-2027-again<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-16 03:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.gizchina.com\">www.gizchina.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s foldable iPhone has been &#8220;almost here&#8221; for about six years. And yet. Fresh signals from the supply chain are once again casting doubt on a 2026 launch, suggesting the long-rumored iPhone Fold \u2014 or Ultra, or whatever Apple ends up calling it \u2014 might not ship until early next year.<\/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;Largan Precision&#8217;s CEO hinted at staggered product launches, with some Apple devices pushed to early 2027.<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&#038;>a]:text-primary dark:[&#038;a]:text-white [&#038;a]:underline md:text-lg text-base&#8221;Multiple supply chain partners \u2014 including TSMC, Foxconn, and Largan \u2014 are reportedly preparing for an unusually extended production cycle.<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&#038;>a]:text-primary dark:[&#038;a]:text-white [&#038;a]:underline md:text-lg text-base&#8221;Apple may still unveil the foldable iPhone at its September event but hold off shipping it for months.<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&#038;>a]:text-primary dark:[&#038;a]:text-white [&#038;a]:underline md:text-lg text-base&#8221;A second interpretation of the supply chain comments points to the standard iPhone 18, not the foldable, as the delayed device.<\/li>\n<li class=\"[&#038;>a]:text-primary dark:[&#038;a]:text-white [&#038;a]:underline md:text-lg text-base&#8221;When it does launch, analysts expect the iPhone Fold\/Ultra to ship 11 million units in year one \u2014 double Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy Z Fold targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"heading-content\">What the Supply Chain Is Actually Saying<\/h3>\n<p>The key statement came from Largan Precision&#8217;s CEO, Lin En-ping, speaking at a shareholders&#8217; meeting. He noted that &#8220;the fourth quarter of this year will be busier than in previous years due to customer new product scheduling factors, with some new products expected to be launched in the third quarter and others postponed to early next year.&#8221;  Largan makes camera lenses for iPhones, so the industry read between the lines fast.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/r.testifier.nl\/Acbs8526SDKI\/resizing_type:fit\/width:720\/plain\/https:\/\/s3-newsifier.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/gizchina.com\/images\/2026-06\/gsmarena-002-1781593785278-6a30f6d2427de.jpg@webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"gsmarena_002_1781593785278\"\/>But here&#8217;s the catch \u2014 it&#8217;s not entirely clear which device he means. MacRumors points out that the delayed product could actually be the standard iPhone 18, not the foldable, since multiple reports already suggest the base model won&#8217;t launch&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-iphone-foldultra-may-be-slipping-into-2027-again\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s iPhone Fold\/Ultra May Be Slipping Into 2027 \u2014 Again https:\/\/www.gizchina.com\/apple\/apples-iphone-foldultra-may-be-slipping-into-2027-again Publish Date: 2026-06-16 03:15:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274126,"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%2F2026-06%2Fimage-1781593911094-6a30f73cb4cb2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-274124","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\/274124"}],"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=274124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274128,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274124\/revisions\/274128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}