{"id":23078,"date":"2026-09-05T21:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/?p=23078"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:53:34","slug":"the-iphone-fold-already-has-a-20-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/05\/the-iphone-fold-already-has-a-20-case\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone Fold Already Has a $20 Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We\u2019re getting very close to the point where the iPhone Fold<\/a> \u2014 or iPhone Ultra<\/a>, if Apple goes with the name we\u2019ve been hearing \u2014 stops feeling like a rumour and starts feeling like something you could actually walk into a shop and buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this might be my favourite example yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mark Gurman has shared a photo of what appears to be a $20 case<\/a> made for Apple\u2019s upcoming foldable iPhone<\/a><\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Mark Gurman (Bloomberg), originally posted on X<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yes, a case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a phone that hasn\u2019t even been officially announced yet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That feels slightly ludicrous<\/em><\/strong> when you stop and think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funny thing is that cases have become one of the more entertaining parts of the pre-iPhone rumour cycle. Long before Apple puts a new iPhone on a table, accessory manufacturers are already trying to work out its dimensions, camera layout, buttons and every tiny detail<\/a> that could determine whether their next batch of cases fits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with the foldable iPhone<\/strong>, there\u2019s obviously a lot more at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t just another iPhone getting a slightly different camera bump. We\u2019re supposedly looking at an entirely new form factor for Apple<\/a>, with a large inner display, a very thin body and a hinge running through the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early \u201ciPhone Ultra\u201d Concept – MacRumors<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yet somewhere out there, someone has apparently made a $20 case for it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gurman hasn\u2019t revealed where the case came from or where he bought it, and the image itself doesn\u2019t prove that this is exactly what Apple\u2019s final product will look like, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve seen plenty of cases over the years that have been based on rumours, early dimensions or information that ultimately turned out to be wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s still a fascinating little glimpse into just how close<\/em> we are getting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple\u2019s September media event is now only days away<\/a>, and the rumour cycle has reached that strange final stage where we\u2019re no longer just talking about what the iPhone might be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re looking at the accessories that will surround it. Cases. Dummies. Displays. Packaging. Retail listings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon enough, there won\u2019t be much left to leak<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On September 9<\/strong>, we\u2019ll finally find out whether all of these little pieces have been pointing towards the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or has Apple thrown us all a complete curveball<\/em>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honestly, after all these years of waiting for a foldable iPhone<\/a>, I\u2019m starting to get more excited about seeing the real thing<\/em> \u2014 than reading another potential rumour about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if someone has already made a case<\/a> for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re getting very close to the point where the iPhone Fold \u2014 or iPhone Ultra, if Apple goes with the name we\u2019ve been hearing \u2014 stops feeling like a rumour and starts feeling like something you could actually walk into a shop and buy. And this might be my favourite example yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2786,174,16],"tags":[4,196,3538,3541,2062],"class_list":["post-23078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple-blog","category-blog","category-iphone","tag-apple","tag-case","tag-foldable-iphone","tag-iphone-fold","tag-rumour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23078"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23087,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23078\/revisions\/23087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}