{"id":288014,"date":"2026-07-10T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/folding-iphone-ultra-may-not-have-the-battery-we-hoped-for\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:45:06","slug":"folding-iphone-ultra-may-not-have-the-battery-we-hoped-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/folding-iphone-ultra-may-not-have-the-battery-we-hoped-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Folding iPhone Ultra may not have the battery we hoped for"},"content":{"rendered":"

Folding iPhone Ultra may not have the battery we hoped for<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/news\/iphone-ultra-foldable-battery-rumor<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-10 12:42:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cultofmac.com<\/a><\/p>\n

So much for Apple packing in the biggest battery ever in a foldable phone history. The latest leak about Apple\u2019s first folding iPhone \u2014 supposedly dubbed the iPhone Ultra \u2014 claims the company might be playing it safer on battery capacity than most early rumors let on.<\/p>\n

If you were banking on a foldable with an all-day battery life, this is worth pausing on.<\/p>\n

The numbers, according to the leak<\/h2>\n

Battery life is the single biggest question mark hanging over any foldable phone, including the one Apple is expected to unveil this September. Previous reports hinted Apple was going to use the larger chassis of its upcoming device to pack in a super-size battery, but a new leak says otherwise.<\/p>\n

The claim comes from Digital Chat Station, who has a pretty strong track record on Apple\u2019s supply chain. The leaker says Apple\u2019s battery supplier registered two cells for the foldable \u2013 one rated at 1,921mAh and the other at 2,962mAh.<\/p>\n

Add them together, and you get a 4,883mAh battery split across the two halves, which is standard for a foldable. The leaker adds that the supply chain is expecting somewhere between 4,800mAh and 5,000mAh, so the numbers add up.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a huge comedown from earlier reports, which hinted at figures between 5,400mAh and 5,800mAh. That older figure was reportedly tied to an engineering test unit, not Apple\u2019s final design. Apple may have changed its plans since then, or that early number was never accurate to start with.<\/p>\n

How it stacks up against the competition<\/h3>\n

Even with a 4,900mAh battery, Apple\u2019s foldable won\u2019t be the runt of the litter. Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Z Fold7 still has a measly 4,400mAh battery, which means the foldable iPhone could out-muscle Samsung\u2019s flagship fold. Still, it would lose out to the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, which has a 5,015mAh battery.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s just on paper. Apple devices usually squeeze out more real-world battery life out of smaller cells…<\/p>\n

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