Folding iPhone Liquid Metal hinge may pay off 16 years of Apple research
A new leak backs up recent claims that the folding iPhone hinge will use Liquid Metal, which is technology Apple has been working on since at least 2010. Render of a possible iPhone Fold, showing the hinge In March 2025 , analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that Apple would "use liquid metal materials for key components" of the iPhone Fold, such as the hinge. Now leaker Fixed Focus Digital on Chinese social media site Weibo, claims that this is confirmed. The leaker also says, in machine translation, that a prototype has been sent to "global operators" for testing. It presumably means a version with such a hinge is in manufacturing testing, although it's not clear whether it's the same one that has reportedly been causing problems . Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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A new leak backs up recent claims that the folding iPhone hinge will use Liquid Metal, which is technology Apple has been working on since at least 2010. Render of a possible iPhone Fold, showing the hinge In March 2025 , analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that Apple would "use liquid metal materials for key components" of the iPhone Fold, such as the hinge. Now leaker Fixed Focus Digital on Chinese social media site Weibo, claims that this is confirmed. The leaker also says, in machine translation, that a prototype has been sent to "global operators" for testing. It presumably means a version with such a hinge is in manufacturing testing, although it's not clear whether it's the same one that has reportedly been causing problems . Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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A new leak backs up recent claims that the folding iPhone hinge will use Liquid Metal, which is technology Apple has been working on since at least 2010.
Render of a possible iPhone Fold, showing the hinge In March 2025 , analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that Apple would "use liquid metal materials for key components" of the iPhone Fold, such as the hinge.
Now leaker Fixed Focus Digital on Chinese social media site Weibo, claims that this is confirmed.
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