iPhone Ultra: Apple's first foldable iPhone finally delayed?

Despite recent optimistic predictions from Bloomberg, difficulties encountered during the current engineering testing phases of the iPhone Ultra could see Apple's first foldable smartphone delayed by one to two months. DigiTimes suggests a postponement from September to November 2026. The device would therefore not arrive in September, but at the latest in November. This is according to the Taiwanese website DigiTimes, which is very well-informed about the inner workings of Asian factories. Large-scale production was initially planned for June 2026 but is now expected to be pushed back to August. Before that, and after the current engineering validation phase, the foldable iPhone will have to go through two other stages: design validation testing (ensuring compliance for proper use by consumers), and production validation testing (reliability of large-scale production).