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iPhone Ultra, Apple's first foldable, delayed? Episode twelve thousand…

Technical details on the latest production difficulties encountered by the first foldable iPhone.
For its iPhone Ultra, the very first foldable model, Apple is still aiming for a simultaneous, or very close, release with the iPhone 18 Pro/Max in September, despite the difficulties encountered during the current phases of large-scale production. SMT technology at the root of manufacturing problems. According to the latest information reported by the Chinese leaker Fixed Focus Digital, the recent issues are not due to a lack of reliability in the device's hinge, as previously reported, but rather to the Surface Mount Technology (SMT), the method of attaching components to printed circuit boards, which must be extremely precise in foldable models due to the limited internal space. This would generate too much loss as the production rate increases. Towards a postponement of the foldable iPhone's release date? An annoying situation according to the leaker, which could potentially cause production delays, and therefore delays in its commercial release.