Apple’s first foldable iPhone could be a major leap for under-display selfi

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TL;DR

• The first folding iPhone could come with a 24-megapixel under-display selfie camera.
• Samsung’s latest Z Fold 7 moved away from the under-display selfie cameras previous models used.
• Apple’s first foldable could launch in the second half of 2026.

Smartphone manufacturers tend to get ideas from each other. Once Samsung or Google or Apple proves an idea is technically viable and, more importantly, marketable, the other players often move to implement it in their own products. Following the success of folding phones from the likes of Samsung and OPPO, Apple is reportedly working on a foldable of its own. We’ve known that for a while, but now, we’ve seen more evidence that suggests the first folding iPhone will use an under-display camera embedded in its internal display.

We first heard that the foldable iPhone would feature an under-display camera by way of a May leak. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold phones used similar technology through the Z Fold 6 until switching to a more conventional hole-punch design in the Z Fold 7. On balance, this was probably the right move — the Z Fold 6’s under-display camera used a four-megapixel sensor, making for a selfie camera that just wasn’t very good. According to a document posted to Twitter by Max Weinbach, Apple could be planning to incorporate a 24-megapixel camera under its foldable phone’s inner display.




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