A new leak has offered the clearest look yet at Apple’s foldable iPhone, even as reports say the device’s early production runs are running into engineering trouble. Sonny Dickson shared photos on Bluesky this morning of what he says is a dummy unit of the foldable model, shown alongside similar mockups of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max.
The outside of the dummy shows two rear cameras placed side by side in a raised pill-shaped island that stretches about two thirds of the way across the phone’s unusually wide body. The inside, however, reveals little about the likely design, and it does not show the possible layout of a selfie camera or Face ID sensors.
The timing matters because Apple has been widely expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone at its usual iPhone launch event in September, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. The base iPhone 18 is expected to follow in 2027. A separate report from Nikkei Asia said early production runs have encountered engineering challenges that could delay the first shipment by months, with one source saying Apple and its supply chain are working under a pressured timeline and that current solutions are not enough to completely solve the problems.
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That leaves the company trying to hold to a familiar launch rhythm while a new product line is still being worked out behind the scenes. 's Mark Gurman has predicted the foldable will ship sometime after the two Pro iPhones, even if it is revealed alongside them. The dummy images do not settle the biggest questions around the device, but they do show Apple’s foldable arriving closer to public view at the same moment its production timeline appears most fragile.
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For now, the leak points to a phone that is taking shape in public before Apple is ready to sell it in volume. And if the engineering issues continue to slow the ramp, the first foldable iPhone may become less a September launch story than a test of how long Apple can keep a high-profile new category on schedule.
