
Apple is famously late to all sorts of product categories. Remember MP3 players like the Creative Nomad before the iPod? Smartphones like the BlackBerry before the iPhone? Tablet PCs before the iPad?
Apple sometimes takes several years before it decides to enter the market, and history looks to be repeating itself with the iPhone Fold, which could be called the iPhone Ultra. Yet Samsung has been making foldable phones since 2019 — this summer will see the release of the Galaxy Z Fold 8.