iOS 27 beta reveals Apple's foldable iPhone engineering in progress
Source: Bloomberg (paywall)
Apple's inclusion of explicit folding hardware references and flexible display code in a public developer beta—rather than keeping this locked behind internal builds—indicates the company is moving toward production readiness, likely a 2026 launch window. This breaks Apple's typical secrecy pattern: the company rarely exposes this much hardware detail in public builds until months before announcement, suggesting internal confidence in the design and pressure to prepare developers early for apps optimized to folded screens.