Jun 24, 2026BF3F-0023Partly right
The Elec: foldable iPhone still on track for September
Apple is still targeting a September 2026 launch for the foldable iPhone.
The Elec reported that Apple's foldable iPhone was still on track to begin mass production by the end of July, with a September 2026 launch planned despite earlier concerns about hinge-related delays.
How to read this record
- What was reportedApple is still targeting a September 2026 launch for the foldable iPhone.
- Who said it, and whenThe Elec reported it on Jun 24, 2026 in MacRumors.
- What happened, and whenApple iPhone Duo was announced on Sep 9, 2026, 77 days after this report.
- The verdict, and whyPartly rightSome of this was right and some of it was not.Why: The September target held for the announcement and not for the launch: Apple unveiled iPhone Duo on September 9 and ships it October 23. What the company published
What do these words mean?
- Right
- It turned out the way this report said.
- Partly right
- Some of this was right and some of it was not.
- Wrong
- It did not turn out this way.
- Moving target
- This was right about the plan at the time. The company then changed it.
- Never settled
- The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.
- Not comparable
- This measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared.
- No outcome yet
- Nothing has happened yet that would prove this right or wrong.
- Not checked yet
- The company has answered this. We have not finished checking this one.
- Checked
- Checked means the company has since given an answer and we compared it with what was reported. Details still waiting on an answer, details nothing can settle, details where the plan itself changed, and details we have not finished reviewing are all counted separately and are not part of that number.
- Moving target
- A moving target is a report that described the plan accurately at the time, on a product the company then changed. We count these on their own: it would flatter a reporter to call them right, and it would blame a reporter for a decision that was not theirs to call them wrong.
- Reported by
- The Elec
- We read it in
- MacRumors
- Product
- Apple iPhone Duo · reported as “foldable iPhone”