The iPhone Ultra, Apple’s foldable phone, is rumored to spell authoritative successful September alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup. However, a caller study suggests the foldable iPhone won't beryllium disposable for pre-orders instantly aft its unveiling, with shipments apt to statesman astatine a aboriginal date.
According to expert Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone Ultra volition beryllium disposable successful constricted quantities astatine motorboat owed to manufacturing challenges. As a result, pre-orders are expected to statesman aboriginal than those for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.
Kuo says Apple could statesman shipping the foldable iPhone successful the 4th fourth of 2026. Despite its expected terms tag of $2,300 to $2,500, the expert believes the iPhone Ultra volition merchantability retired instantly erstwhile it goes connected sale.
Limited proviso could besides thrust scalpers to resell the instrumentality astatine premiums of 50 to 100 percent supra its retail price. Kuo estimates Apple volition vessel astir 7-8 cardinal units of the foldable iPhone by the extremity of 2026.
Notably, a caller study claimed that Apple has accrued its 2026 accumulation people for the iPhone Ultra to astir 10 cardinal units.
The iPhone Ultra is rumored to connection a 7.76-inch main surface and a 5.49-inch screen display. It is said to beryllium powered by Apple’s upcoming A20 Pro chipset and battalion 12GB of RAM. The foldable is besides expected to connection a 5,500mAh battery.
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