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Every year, around the month of September, Apple launches a new model of its flagship product, the iPhone. Although it is still too early to draw conclusions about what the new 2026 model will be like, there have been leaks that could suggest a radical change in the way these telephones are made.
The iPhone 18 could be foldable. This is a momentous piece of news in the technology world because, in a way, it is like going back to the origin, but in a much more evolved way. It is worth mentioning that other companies have already released foldable or extendable models, which are becoming more and more common and sought after by people. It is not known whether it will be a special model, or whether the iPhone itself will receive a radical change.
Goodbye to Face ID on new iPhones and back to Touch ID
According to analyst leaks and industry experts, the foldable iPhone would be in the style of the Galaxy ZFold: that is, it would open like a book, making it look like a mobile phone to an iPad. According to these leaks, the material for the manufacture of this device would be titanium, already found in other models from the US company.
In addition, another of the throwbacks to the past that this phone comprises is the fact that it stops using Face ID to return to Touch ID and give prominence to fingerprints.
One of the barriers the US brand wants to overcome is the fact that it wants to avoid the cross-branding left by the junction of the two screens, something that is difficult to achieve as no one has done it so far, so Apple is betting on its own assembly materials.
It will be one of the technology news stories of 2026, as it is the first iPhone that with its, supposedly, 8.3 inches reached after opening, this could resemble the iPad mini.