Report: Samsung begins with screen production for Apple’s first foldable

The rumor mill still firmly believes that Apple will launch a foldable iPhone for the first time in the coming year. After the first details about a possible start to production, there is now new information from Apple’s supply chain. Apparently Samsung Display, the screen daughter of the electronics group (and Apple competitors), is currently in the process of only building its own production line for Apple. That reports The journal Etnewswhich even appears in South Korea. The manufacture is therefore created in Asan-Si in the province of South Chungcheong.

Double production capacai

Samsung Display uses the so-called A3 factory. It is said to be able to produce up to 15 million OLED panels in a size of 7 inches in one year. It is unclear whether Apple uses this entire capacity. The first iPhone foldable is said to be part of the iPhone 18 line, which then includes up to five models: iPhone 18, the particularly thin iPhone 18 Air, iPhone 18 Pro Max and the foldable iPhone 18, the naming of which has not yet leaked through.

According to ETNEWs, Samsung has succeeded in taking over the entire production for Apple – over several years. In 2026, up to eight million of foldable iPhones are to be delivered, the pre -production, di

e now begins, probably enclosed. One performance is not expected before autumn 2026. Samsung Display is a long -standing partner of Apple and produces the panels according to precise specifications that go beyond what other component buyers demand from the finished company.

Samsung has a lot of experience

Samsung Display was able to gain a lot of experience with its own products. The Samsung mobile phone department has had its own foldables in its program since 2019 and improved them from year to year. However, Apple wants to go beyond the existing one, has supposedly developed its own, very robust hinge design and an umbrella that shows almost no folds when opened.

Apple’s transition from LCD technology to OLED screens had already participated. This happened at Apple with the iPhone X in 2017, now all iPhones are equipped with the technology. The first iPhone foldable should also be very thin and can be opened into a kind of iPad. The 7-inch display will probably be aligned in 4: 3 format. Apple allegedly rely on a touch-ID fingerprint sensor. The price for the model could be 2500 euros.