Key Highlights
- It’s not obvious whether the company has decided on releasing a clamshell foldable.
- Apple’s first folding phone, a book-style device like the Galaxy Z Fold, is expected later this year.
- Earlier this month, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that in addition to the so-called iPhone Fold, Apple was also weighing the possibility of releasing a clamshell-style foldable in the mold of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and Moto Razr lines.
- Today, a new report suggests that the company has already tested such a device. Spotted by MacRumors, a post on Weibo by user Fixed Focus Digital claims that Apple has already done some amount of work with hardware for a clamshell-style folding iPhone.
- It’s still not clear whether the company plans to release that type of device, however.
