The rumor comes courtesy of leaker Jon Prosser, who claims the current prototype device has not a single bendable display but rather two panels on a hinge:
Even though they’re two separate panels, when the displays are extended, it looks fairly continuous and seamless. — Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) June 15, 2020 In other words, rather than being like the Galaxy Fold…
It’s more like the LG V60 Thinq… …or Microsoft’s Surface Neo:
Except, based on Prosser’s information, it appears Apple will try to make the screens looks “fairly continuous and seamless,” if not necessarily perfectly unblemished:
Even though they’re two separate panels, when the displays are extended, it looks fairly continuous and seamless. — Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) June 15, 2020 The phone reportedly has no notch, and has rounded steel edges; the latter seems odd given iPhone 12 leaks suggests the company is moving to flat sides akin to the iPad Pro. While it’s possible that design is simply a quirk of the prototype, leaker @OnLeaks, who has a longer track record of accurate rumors, called into question at least some of Prosser’s information:
— Steve H.McFly (@OnLeaks) June 15, 2020 Still, Prosser stands by his sources:
When I’m wrong, I’m wrong. When I’m not, I’m not. By the time I put my name on something, I’ve done the work to publish it. The responsibility falls on me. Just because you haven’t heard about it yet doesn’t make it “BS” — Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) June 15, 2020 It could just be that @OnLeaks doubts some of Prosser’s specifics. While a foldable iPhone seems like an obvious rumor at this point, it’s not like such a device would simply be joining the bandwagon; as MacRumors points out, rumors of a flexible iPhone date back to 2016 and a patent granted earlier in the year describes a device somewhat similar to what Prosser is positing. There’s no indication when such a device might launch, if at all. As always, take this rumor with a grain of salt.
