- Apple’s first collapsible device could have impressive battery life
- It is, according to a new rumor that describes Apple’s latest effort
- It would compete with Samsung’s best collapsible on battery life
Apple’s first collapsible device seems to be on the way – we got another rumor that apparently confirms that just today – and now a new detail has come to help Apple compete with them like Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7.
According to a Chinese delicious known as telephone chip expert (via macaroors), Apple has drawn all stops to increase the effectiveness of its summary display. It could give it an edge against the best collapsible phones in it, which is a very competitive market.
To achieve this, phone chip expert claims that Apple has reduced the display driver integrated circuit from 28nm to 16NM. It is a massive reduction and can have a significant impact on the life of the battery.
Apple likes to promise that its devices come with “all day battery life” and when you are dealing with a large screen like on a foldable product, the life of the battery is the key. It makes phone chip expert’s claim to seem credible at first glance.
All day battery life
A trait like this makes a lot of sense. After all, a foldable iPhone or MacBook will have a much larger display than its non-folding siblings, and all the screen that is real estate can become terribly power-hungry. It’s something we’ve seen on other folding devices like Asus Zenbook 17 Fold, which has not impressed us with their mediocre battery life.
Apple is believed to build both a foldable iPhone and a MacBook-IPAD hybrid with a foldable screen. In the event of the former, it will probably directly compete with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is joined to get the same battery capacity as the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
That said, Samsung is apparently working to make his folding screen more efficient, so it will be fascinating to see which device is coming out here.
Currently, most of this is limited to the rumors, but it is worth noting that phone chip expert has a reasonably solid track record regarding Apple rumors.
They correctly predicted that Apple would build its own servers to run Apple Intelligence and that the iPhone 15 would continue to use the A15 Bionic Chip instead of the newer A16 chip, among other claims.
However, this does not mean that this latest rumor is spiced up to happen. Various sources have claimed that Apple’s first collapsible device could arrive in either 2026 or 2027, so we will have to wait until then to judge the efficiency and battery life of Apple’s first collapsible product.
