Rumor: Apple to start mass production of 20.3″ foldable at the end of 2025 – Tablets and phones – News

Apple reportedly plans to begin mass production of a 20.3-inch foldable device in late 2025. That’s what analyst Jeff Pu claims. The device is said to have a dual-screen MacBook/iPad hybrid design.

9to5Mac writes that Apple has accelerated its efforts in foldable devices, according to Pu. That’s not surprising, since Apple has reportedly put extra manpower on the foldable iPhone project. Due to the extra efforts, mass production of the 20.3″ foldable would start at the end of 2025, after which mass production of the first foldable iPhone would follow at the end of 2026. According to Pu, Apple is focusing on the ‘ultra high-end’ with the upcoming foldables. market’.

Rumors have been going around for some time about the foldable 20.3″ device and the iPhone foldable. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said that a MacBook with a foldable screen will be released in 2027. Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman also wrote a few years ago Already that Apple is developing a ‘hybrid of a MacBook and an iPad’. The device would not have a physical keyboard and trackpad. Users can use a virtual on-screen keyboard instead.

Apple is also said to have already produced two prototypes of the foldable iPhone. This is a clamshell device, or a folding phone that can be folded vertically. Apple is reportedly planning to release the foldable iPhone in two screen sizes: 7.9 and 8.3 inches. Previous rumors stated that mass production of the foldable iPhone would start in 2025, but according to Pu this will only happen a year later.