Apple’s foldable iPad now rumored to be delayed

While a lot of rumors have recently converged upon the fact that Apple’s first foldable iPhone is coming in late 2026, or perhaps early 2027 at the latest, a foldable iPad – or Mac – with an 18.8-inch screen also used to be talked about a lot. At one point this was even said to be the first folding-screen Apple device to reach the market.

But all of that has changed now, and a new report from GF Securities analyst Jeff Pu claims we’ll be waiting a lot for this device to actually arrive. Specifically, Pu, who’s well versed in Apple-related information, says the larger foldable has been delayed by Apple internally.

This means it will no longer enter mass production in Q4 2026 for a likely release in 2027. Unfortunately, Pu hasn’t gone into more detail about how long the delay is going to be. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, a reliable source of Apple-related information, thinks a foldable iPad is only coming in 2028 (but with a 20″ screen).

It’s still unclear if this will be an iPad or a Mac, by the way, but anyway it’s a device with a folding screen, and one that’s bigger than the foldable iPhone will be. What exact OS it runs is kind of irrelevant if it’s still three years out.

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