A foldable iPhone with a OLED and Apple Pencil support is set to be released by Apple in 2023.
According to an analysis released by investment firm EqualOcean, Omdia predicts that Apple will launch its foldable iPhone in 2023. The device is said to be between 7.3 and 7.6 inches in size with display .
Omdia, a global communications and digital media research organization, predicts that Apple may release a foldable smartphone with a 7.3-7.6-inch OLED display in 2023 and add the ability of an activity pen to its foldable phone .
While the initial report predicts support for an "activity pen," it seems likely that it's actually referring to the "Apple Pencil" or at least a variant of the existing iPad of the same name.
Apple Pencil support has been rumored for the iPhone for several years, but the feature never materialized. However, there's a clearer motivation behind building Apple Pencil support into a larger foldable iPhone. With a 7.6-inch display, the foldable iPhone would be almost as big as an iPad mini, which has a 7.9-inch display. The iPad mini has supported the Apple Pencil since 2019, so it would make sense that a foldable iPhone with a nearly identical screen size would support it as well.
The Apple Pencil is particularly useful for illustration, handwriting, and productivity tasks that require fine control, so Apple may have decided that its main utility wouldn't be significantly leveraged on smaller iPhones in recent years.
The report echoes previous speculation regarding the OLED display. Apple's rumored foldable "iPhone" is said to feature an OLED display, specifically from Samsung, according to reports of internal durability tests and order samples.
In January, Mark Gurman said that Apple is testing foldable iPhones with a range of screen sizes. A recent report from Taiwan website Economic Daily Newsclaimed that two prototype foldable iPhones had passed internal testing and said the device could launch in late 2022 or 2023.
Rumors that Apple is working on a foldable phone have been circulating since 2016, and the company has filed a significant number of patents related to a foldable phone. Many rumors about the features that the new foldable phone will have have been circulating from time to time, and we can only wait and see how many of them will be true.
