Start saving if you are interested in buying a foldable iPhone, the first model will be particularly expensive.
Years after Android manufacturers, Samsung in mind, Apple should finally launch its first foldable iPhone. It should not be ready this year, but the device is expected for 2026, with an outing that could take place at the same time as that of iPhone 18. This product should however be inaccessible to many consumers, the fault at a highest price.
The leaker Instant Digital believes that the price of the one called for the moment iPhone Fold will be between 2 100 et 2 300 dollars US. This estimate joins that of the famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who counts on a price range between 2,000 and 2,500 US dollars. Tim Long, a Barclays analyst, evokes a price around the US 2,300 dollars. In short, all these beautiful people agree enough and the iPhone Fold will not clearly be within the reach of all budgets.
The foldable iPhone more expensive than its Android competitors
Recall that these are the rates in USD out of tax. The price in euros will vary depending on the exchange rate of the moment, but by including VAT, we can anticipate that the first foldable iPhone will not be available at less than 2,500 euros with us, a minimum. It could even get closer to the 3,000 euros depending on the economic and geopolitical situation.
Pour Instant Digitalthe iPhone Fold will not “Not much more expensive” that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, which adopts the same format. In the United States, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 is sold for 1,899 US dollars. The next models may be more expensive, but the difference is still important if you are based on a price of 2,300 US dollars for the foldable iPhone. At Google, Oppo, OnePlus or Honor, prices are also lower than those announced for Apple mobile. Huawei is a special case with its foldable Mate XT in 3, marketed at 3,499 euros and without competitor on this segment.
The foldable iPhone would be equipped with an internal 7.8 -inch screen, an external 5.5 -inch external screen and a hinge leaving almost no traces of fold.
Source : Instant Digital
