Alongside the iPhone “Fold,” Apple is believed to be working on a bigger folding device, which is about 19 inches in size, and an analyst believes it could be available as next year, possibly in conjunction with Apple’s foldable iPhone.
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In a research note, which examines likely Post-tariff possibilities for Apple the investment company GF Securities’ lead analyst Jeff Pu says that both 18.8-inch and 7.8-inch foldable devices have witnessed advancements in development and are expected to begin mass production in the fourth quarter of 2026.
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Pu stated the same earlier in the month in his announcement that Apple’s two foldable devices have recently been in the New Product Introduction (NPI) phase at Foxconn. Based on the exact date when mass production will begin in the second quarter of 2026, the devices may be launched later in the year or at a later time in 2027.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman believes that Apple is developing the possibility of a foldable iPad with a 20-inch screen which will be released in 2028. Analyst Ross Young has said that the company is planning to release a foldable tablet like device to launch in 2026 or 2027. Therefore, there’s no doubt that there’s no guarantee of the date of launch. There’s also different reports regarding what the bigger foldable is expected to be.
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Pu believes that the foldable device that Apple is developing is a hybrid of the MacBook and iPad with the touchscreen as well as compatibility with macOS. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Koo has been referring to Apple’s bigger folding device as the MacBook and Ross Young has also written about Apple’s development of the possibility of a notebook that has a 18.8-inch display. A report in the Wall Street Journal said in December that Apple is working on the development of a 19-inch MacBook with a folding screen.
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Yet, Gurman has referred to the large-screen foldable Apple product as a iPad and so the research company Omdia. The question of whether the large-screen foldable is actually an iPad or a Mac will depend on the operating system Apple plans to utilize. If the device is running macOS and macOS 16, it will be part of the Mac family. However, if it is running iPadOS then it’ll be part of the iPad family. Gurman has said that some of the design improvements that Apple is implementing in iOS 19 and macOS 16 to make it easier for users to connect the two operating systems will open the way to smartphones that fold and touchscreen Macs which means that it’s an option.