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169 'iPhone Fold' to Feature Metallic Glass Hinge That Resists Deformation

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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · 03/27/2025 07:21 EDT

'iPhone Fold' to Feature Metallic Glass Hinge That Resists Deformation

Last week, we covered a report claiming that Apple's book-style foldable iPhone (or "iPhone Fold," as we are provisionally calling it here) will use liquid metal hinges to improve durability and help minimize screen creasing. Today, a Chinese leaker provided more details on the properties of this hinge material that help to clarify why Apple chose it for its first foldable device.


According to the Weibo account Instant Digital, Apple has chosen metallic glass (amorphous metal) for the iPhone Fold's hin

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