Towards an iPhone that folds more than 2,500 euros?

A folding iPhone is the dream of certain users of Apple products, especially because the market is considered mature with the success of the Samsung Z-Flip. The South Korean giant will also offer in the summer of 2025 a new version together with the Z-Fold, a high-end model and assumes the idea that a smartphone becomes a tablet.

This is for this that Apple is directed according to many rumors in recent months (even years). There is no doubt to make an iPhone with a valve, but rather a model that will implement, once open, a large screen similar to what can be with an iPad Mini.

A future (very) premium iPhone

But to pay it, you will probably have to do (many) financial sacrifices. According to Digital Instant, which often reveals information before Apple’s time, the folding iPhone could rise to $ 2,300, potentially up to more than 2,500 euros (with taxes).

A premium positioning, very premium, when he knows that Samsung’s Z-Fold 6 was launched at 1,999 euros, or that Pixel 9 Pro fold is at 1,900 euros.

Therefore, for this price, it will be necessary to guarantee the quality, and to do so, Apple could use the liquidmetal, a material that is used so far … for the trombones, included in the box of its smartphones to open the location of the SIM card. This time, it would be used for the hinge, to guarantee a certain solidity. In addition, the fold that is felt and shown on folding phones could be invisible in the iPhone thanks to a lot of work with Apple suppliers.

On the other hand, it would be necessary to draw a facid line, the technology that allows the user to authenticate and unlock their iPhone with the characteristics of their face. For reasons of practicality, Apple could sign the return of Touchid, officially abandoned since the launch of the iPhone February 16, 2025.

The launch of this folding iPhone is in any case closer to what you think: it is scheduled by the end of 2026.

However, it remains to be seen if the iPhone will make a place in a market that already knows a certain fatigue given its lack of new things in recent years.