Sep 10, 2026 – 5.30amThe rumours were right. Apple has finally launched a folding iPhone, seven years after its rivals.The rumours were wrong. The new folding iPhone won’t be called the iPhone Ultra, as was widely expected, but the iPhone Duo, and it will have a rounded, asymmetric design more akin to Google’s Pixel Fold than the passport-shaped Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 it was expected to ape.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles