iPhone Ultra: New Leak Reveals Radical Design Of Apple’s Folding Phone

InnovationConsumer TechiPhone Ultra: New Leak Reveals Radical Design Of Apple’s Folding PhoneByDavid Phelan,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about lifestyle techFollow AuthorApr 25, 2026, 02:00pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max: how will the display on the iPhone Ultra compare?David PhelanThat intriguing time of the year has arrived, when objects purporting to be dummies of upcoming iPhones leak into the public domain. Now, a video shows how the folding iPhone may look, comparing it to the iPad mini and upcoming iPhone 18 Pro.ForbesApple iPhone 18 Pro: Latest Leak Doubles Down On Design Update NewsBy David PhelanThe iPhone Ultra Dummy Units SurfaceThese curious metallic lumps, sometimes stratified like igneous rock can provide clear ideas of what the final produce may be like. The video comes from YouTube channel Max Tech, where Vadim Yuryev excitedly describes the silver blocks as the real folding iPhone design.The folding iPhone, thought to be called the iPhone Ultra or iPhone Fold, is expected to be unveiled in September.Part of Yuryev’s insistence that they are real comes from the fact that the dummies he showed last year turned out to be “spot-on” representations of the iPhone 17 series.While that doesn’t prove the latest dummies will turn out to be accurate, it’s certainly a promising start. MORE FOR YOUDimensions And The Passport DesignThe iPhone Ultra’s shape, leaked by Sonny Dickson earlier in April (full details here), is replicated in Yuryev’s dummy and shows a shape similar to a passport, wide and not that tall. Yuryev’s measurement of the phone says it’s 11mm thick when folded, 5.5mm when opened — both metrics ignoring the extra bulk from the camera bump. This would mean that each half of the iPhone Ultra is a little thinner than the iPhone Air (5.64mm). Yuryev says the camera b...