Apple Follows Samsung, Working On Foldable iPhone: Reports

The multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, is in the process reportedly following Motorola, Samsung and LG by exploring the world of foldable smartphones.

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Apple has begun working on a foldable iPhone, which may be introduced at a later date. As per a Bloomberg report, Apple is still in the early phases of development and conducting internal testing on foldable screen prototypes.

The multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, is in the process of exploring the world of foldable smartphones reportedly following Motorola, Samsung and LG.

The report states, the foldable screen Apple is testing is similar to those from Samsung. Apple has, however, not yet finalised the actual size of the foldable screen as several sizes are being considered for the device.

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The screen is still being worked on with no reports yet on the rest of the device, including the battery size, processor and camera. Apple is looking to introduce an in-screen fingerprint sensor in its upcoming iPhone models, the report says. It is not yet certain that the in-display Touch ID feature will ship in the iPhones to be launched this year.

Meanwhile, Apple has as per another report has added another two dozen workouts to Apple Fitness+, its on-demand workout subscription service.

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The iPhone maker has introduced 26 new Fitness+ workouts covering all video categories, which include cycling, strength, yoga, HIIT, core, dance, treadmill, mindful cooldown and rowing. This takes the total number of workouts in the Fitness+ catalogue to 293 till now, IANS quoted MacRumors as reporting.

To use Fitness+, one must have an iPhone 6s or later updated to iOS 14.3 and an Apple Watch Series 3 or later updated to watchOS 7.2. It also works with an Apple TV HD or Apple TV 4K updated to tvOS 14.3 or an iPad Air 2 or later that is running iPadOS 14.3 and has the Fitness+ app installed.