Ross Young, the founder of the well-known research organization Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), revealed that Apple’s foldable mobile phone will have to wait until 2023 at the earliest, and there is a high probability that it will not be released until 2024. Although there is no news about this in recent months, there is still a lot of evidence that Apple is developing foldable devices.
In September 2020, it was reported that Samsung provided Apple with samples of foldable display screens for testing, and there were also rumors that Apple was cooperating with LG Display. In January of this year, Bloomberg stated that Apple had begun “early work” on the foldable iPhone, but the development at that time had not yet expanded beyond the display.
In May of this year, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple is committed to launching a foldable iPhone with an 8-inch flexible OLED display in 2023, but has not shared more information in this regard since.
Looking ahead, Guo believes foldable smartphones will become all the major smartphone brands’ “essential goods”, at least three weeks must have been working to improve its foldable smartphone options. Earlier this year, Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold3, which is the third iteration of its foldable smartphone.