Apple won’t make an iPhone Fold until foldables are perfect, so I don’t think we’ll ever see a foldable iPhone

Rumors have circulated for years that Apple is considering a foldable iPhone, and even folks who don’t follow every smartphone rumor have become curious enough to ask me about it.

‘Is Apple really making a foldable iPhone?’ was the most common phone question I got over the holidays, and the answer had me thinking. Apple doesn’t need to make a foldable phone. The rumors about Apple’s foldable phone are doing a good enough job of beating the competition.

Since the earliest Apple iPhone Fold rumors appeared, there has been one repeated refrain: Apple won’t accept a crease. Every foldable phone has a slight crease on the glass where it bends. It is hardly noticeable and not at all unpleasant. I’ve used every major folding phone – from the big Galaxy Z Fold 7 to the compact Motorola Razr Ultra. I have no complaints about the crease; it doesn’t bother me at all.

Still, it seems like a very Apple complaint, doesn’t it? By leaking rumors that it won’t build a foldable phone that has a noticeable crease, Apple directly calls attention to the biggest apparent flaw in all of its competition.