The iPhone Fold leaks continue, as Tuesday marked the release of a number of new details via noted leaker Instant Digital on Weibo yesterday.
In the post, Instant Digital outlined the following, which are available via Google Translate:
The volume buttons are not on the left side, but are instead placed directly on the top right side of the device (similar to the volume button placement on the iPad mini), which will challenge users’ phone usage habits.
The power button (integrated with Touch ID) and the AI button (camera button) are still on the right side.
Why this placement? The motherboard is on the right side, and they didn’t want to run wires across the screen to the left side for the buttons, so the left side is completely free of physical buttons, with almost all the space dedicated to the screen structure and battery. This also results in the iPhone with the largest battery capacity ever.
Single punch-hole front camera design, with a smaller and cleaner active area cutout.
In short, the iPhone Fold features an extreme, yet reasonable and elegant internal stacking structure that is expected to shock the industry.
The rear dual cameras, microphone, and flash are arranged horizontally on the right side. The module “appears” to have a completely black base, not matching the body color.
Currently, only white is confirmed, but two color options are expected to be released.
The details sound fairly similar to the changes that were introduced with the introduction of the iPhone Air, with some iPad mini elements blended in.
As always, time will tell as to exactly how accurate this leak turns out to be, but there are definitely some interesting elements at work here.
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