Apple appears to be quietly working on foldable devices in the background, and the iPhone maker seems to be moving another step closer to launching its lineup of foldables. The Cupertino tech giant hasn’t confirmed its plans yet, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has offered an overview of the new product line on Apple’s way. The company is said to be developing a new foldable device that will open up to the size of two iPad Pros sitting next to each other. Apple is reportedly aiming to sell a foldable iPad around 2028 and is trying to make it creaseless when opened.
Apple’s foldable iPad may be ready around 2028
In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman says Apple designers are working on something akin to a giant iPad that opens to the size of two iPad Pros side by side. The iPhone maker has reportedly been working on this product for a few years and plans to bring the device to the market around 2028.
The prototype of this new product from Apple has “an almost invisible crease,” Gurman writes, which other companies like Samsung have failed to achieve in their foldables. Apple reportedly wants the screen to look like a single, seamless piece of glass. Gurman speculates that the foldable will run on “iPadOS or some version of it.” The device is likely to combine elements of both the iPad and MacBook.
Apple wouldn’t be the first to try a mobile product with a larger display. This device may be similar to Microsoft’s Courier concept and Surface Neo. Priced at under $2,000, Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i features dual 13.3-inch OLED screens that work together. However, the Yoga Book 9i has a hinge and Apple’s version may resemble a frameless piece of glass and is likely to be more expensive.
Additionally, Gurman noted that a foldable iPhone is still in the works, though he doesn’t expect that “before 2026 at the earliest,” as other rumors have stated.
The latest report comes about a week after a leak suggested that an Apple foldable device with an 18.8-inch display would be released between 2028 and 2030. Gurman says this prediction is in line with information he received from his sources about the Apple foldable computer. ,
Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal also reported that Apple is aiming to launch two foldable devices in the next few years. The brand may unveil a larger device with a 19-inch screen and a smaller model that will serve as a foldable iPhone, which will have a larger screen than the iPhone 16 Pro Max. The latter is likely to see the light of day first.
