Render of a possible iPhone fold
A new leak claims that the fully folded out display of the expected iPhone Fold will be in the same aspect ratio as older models of the iPad.
Among the myriad rumors about the iPhone fold, there have been multiple ones about the size of its display. One claim was that it would resembler two 6.1-inch iPhones folded together, and that may now have been backed up by a new rumor.
Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station says that the iPhone fold screen will retain an approximately 4:3 aspect ratio. It will have a customized screen size, so not precisely 4:3, but still roughly in line with the same shape as the majority of iPads Apple has made until recently.
Specifically, that 4:3 is the same ratio that was used for each version of the iPad from the original up to, and including, the ninth-generation iPad. Similarly, the iPad mini had this aspect ratio up to and including its fifth generation.
Every edition of the iPad Pro has been 4:3, while the iPad Air moved from it to approximately 16:23 with its fourth generation. The iPad tenth generation moved to the same 16:23 ratio.
“As I said before, Apple’s large folding is also a customized ratio, almost 4:3,” writes the leaker (in translation), “which is aimed at the consistency of the internal and external screens, and the software ecology is aligned with the iPad.”
While the leaker gives no further details, the previous report he or she refers to did specify sizes. It claimed that the folded out screen would be 7.74 inches diagonally, while there would also be an outer screen of 5.49 inches diagonally.
The new leak’s reference to the iPhone fold being “aligned with the iPad” suggests that this could be the first iPhone to include iPad-style multitasking, such as Slide Over.
Digital Chat Station has had accurate leaks in the past, although they have been about various camera details rather than screens. Most recently, the leaker claimed that the iPhone 17 Pro will be able to shoot 8K video.
