Apple to Unveil Foldable iPhone on Sept. 8 as 7 Million-Unit Output Delays Shipments
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Updated · ChannelNews · Aug 13
Apple to Unveil Foldable iPhone on Sept. 8 as 7 Million-Unit Output Delays Shipments
3 articles · Updated · ChannelNews · Aug 13
Summary
Sept. 8 will bring Apple’s first foldable iPhone reveal, but the device is not expected to go on sale with the iPhone 18 lineup and may reach Australia months later.
Supply, pricing and testing problems are driving the delay, with suppliers citing hinge and foldable-display issues and saying production models have already run into verification setbacks.
Mass production, first planned for June and then early August, has slipped again; Foxconn was still adjusting plans in late July, and Apple is targeting only 7 million units in the second half of 2026.
Pricing is also unresolved at launch, with the foldable tipped to cost up to $700 more in Australia than Samsung’s Galaxy Fold 8, which sells for A$2,999 in a 256GB version.
The limited rollout is expected to prioritize the US, then China, leaving Samsung’s newly launched Fold 8 range with a clearer opening in markets such as Australia.