According toThe Information’sWayne Ma, the prototypes “fold widthwise like a clamshell.”

I have some ideas.

“AI and natural language processing have advanced significantly, but there are still limitations.

A clamshell-folding phone in a hand

Folding Phone.Onur Binay / Unsplash

Some handsets counter this with another screen you could see while the phone is folded.

“If I have a foldable phone I’ll just keep it unfolded all the time.”

Step one is AI.

iPhone Fold concept

iPhone Fold concept.Michal Dufka

Apple is already all-in on AI; only until now the company has called it machine-learning.

How might that all work?

Dynamic A-Island

Right now, Apple already offers plenty of non-full-screen ways to interact with your iPhone.

It reads incoming messages and notifications into your AirPods, and you might reply without even touching the phone.

But then, so isa foldable iPhone.

I can’t wait.