Last update 22; Minutes of CLASS = “COL-SM-12″> it is not surprising that after so many years of design and production of the iPhone Apple, it has a very specific prototype process that it follows as soon as the AppleinSider is detected, according to Digitims, the IPhone Fold prototype is in the first round of testing. “COL-SM-12″> Digitimes says this testing earlier than expected, but, apparently, in accordance with the recent statements that Apple expects mass production in the summer of 2026 Class = “COL-SM-12” was previously reported that the Apple had not one, but two folding prototypes of iPhone and mdash;Some key details of the device are also regularly reported, for example, as Apple seeks to differentiate the iPhone warehouse from its competitors. In 2022, they said, Apple worked with Samsung & Mdash; which launched a folding phone in 2019 and MDash; Make screens without a fold.
in 2025 he still worked on this resistant screen, and, as reported, Samsung Display had to receive orders for this.
in general, although, despite the specific examples of the interest of Apple, such as patents covering complex loops for folding devices, the only constant is that the folds of the iPhone always in a year.
So it refers to this last report, although it is also not entirely clear how many of it is simply a repetition of earlier claims. Digitimes, however, says that this is based on the details of the supply chain.
These details include the fact that the iPhone folds entered its first, P1, prototype testing during June 2025. As AppleinSider was previously documented, it takes two months to go through this initial stage.
this stage then ideally followed another or two prototyping tests, each of which takes about two months again. If there are no significant problems, then theoretically the iPhone fold should complete the testing of prototypes by November 2025.
What will happen in the following
will be flexion of the iPhone, then will introduce the test for the designation for the designation for the designation for the designation for the designation EVT). This is less fixed, how much time the EVT process takes, since Apple will repeat through what it calls EVT-1, EVT-2, etc., until the device is reduced.
Then there are two additional stages: test testing (DVT) and testing for production check (PVT). The first is engaged in further testing of both equipment and software, and DVT models can now be sent to carriers for testing.
by the time the device reaches PVT, this should be what will ultimately be sold to users. But the PVT stage is focused in production and, in particular, at production in a scale, to guarantee that it can be produced by mass.
, while there is no known specific time scale for EVT, DVT or PVT, the fact that the IPhone folds are now at the first stage of the prototype, corresponds to the expected date of mass production. If everything goes in accordance with the planning, the iPhone folds will be in production along with the iPhone 18 assortment and at the same time starts.
note that this last report is one more that claims that Apple temporarily stopped the development of the iPad fold.
