[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-foldable-iphone-ultra-targets-july-production-despite-hinge-noise":10,"sections":40},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":35,"feedback":39,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":39,"total_tokens":39},2142,"foldable-iphone-ultra-targets-july-production-despite-hinge-noise","Foldable iPhone Ultra Targets July Production Despite Hinge Noise","Apple's book-style foldable is heading to mass production in late July, with hinge defects largely resolved and a September launch still in play.","Apple's foldable iPhone Ultra is on track for mass production at the end of July, keeping a September launch alive.\n\nThe Elec, citing Taiwan-based industry sources, reports that Apple will begin ramping production of the book-style device late next month. The phone's display — supplied by Samsung — uses a design that integrates the color-filtering layer directly into the display stack, trimming weight and power draw. The hinge comes from two suppliers: Taiwan's Shin Zu Shing and U.S.-based Amphenol, both using 3D-printing techniques to manufacture the mechanism. During durability testing involving millions of fold cycles, the hinge developed slight noise and manufacturing tolerances produced higher-than-expected defect rates, but sources say most of those problems have since been fixed.\n\nThe September window has wobbled before. In March, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported the foldable would not ship alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. By April, he revised that view, saying the device was back on track for a September debut — while adding that \"the release is six months away and production has yet to ramp up\" and that \"the timing isn't final.\" The Elec's report suggests Apple has since closed the gap enough to commit to a production start date.\n\nFor context, Samsung has shipped multiple generations of foldables and still fields noise complaints and durability questions — so Apple solving these issues before launch rather than after is a reasonable bar to clear, though whether it clears it by September remains a prediction, not a promise.","[\"apple\",\"foldable\",\"hardware\",\"iphone\"]","2026-06-24T13:29:57.000Z","2026-06-24T14:43:58.844Z","2026-06-24T14:44:01.545Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The article attributes Gurman's April caveat about timing to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman but the source material shows the March report (not April) was when Gurman said the foldable won't ship in September, with the April update being when he said it remained on track — the article conflates these two separate reports into a single misleading characterization, and should accurately distinguish Gurman's March and April statements.","resolved","hardware",[32,33,30,34],"apple","foldable","iphone",[36],{"name":37,"url":38},"MacRumors","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.macrumors.com\u002F2026\u002F06\u002F24\u002Ffoldable-iphone-ultra-set-for-production-july\u002F",0,{"sections":41},[42,47,52,57,62,67,71,76,81,86,91,96,101,106],{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"AI","ai",538,"2026-06-24T15:15:00.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Deals","deals",161,"2026-06-24T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Security","security",148,"2026-06-24T17:25:00.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Policy","policy",106,"2026-06-24T17:36:44.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",87,"2026-06-24T14:22:56.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":30,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Hardware",79,"2026-06-24T16:36:06.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Software","software",64,"2026-06-24T16:15:00.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",53,"2026-06-23T18:13:40.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Science","science",39,"2026-06-23T05:25:16.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Gaming","gaming",36,"2026-06-24T15:05:01.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Startups","startups",31,"2026-06-24T16:48:43.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"General","general",27,"2026-06-24T08:50:14.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]