Expanding iPhone could use a sliding body design and a flexible screen

A future iPhone could have an expanding screen, if Apple’s research on how to make sliding sections within the smartphone’s body support a flexible display pans out.

Mockup of an iPhone with a slideable screen
Mockup of an iPhone with a slideable screen

The allure of a super-sized foldable iPhone that packs small has led to continuing rumors about foldable models. One analyst predicted that an 8-inch flexible OLED iPhone could arrive in 2023, for instance, while reports from back in December 2020 pointed to a pair of iPhone designs using foldable components being prototyped and tested by Foxconn.

Rumors of folding iPhones won’t stop until Apple actually releases one, but there is more to this than just speculation as Apple has now several times revealed that it is researching the idea.

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