iPhone Fold to pack Apple's biggest smartphone battery yet, here's how large it will be

Apple's iPhone Fold is coming out later this year, the rumor consensus agrees. The device will have a very different form factor to what we've seen in the Android world, and according to a new rumor from China today, it will also come with the biggest battery Apple has ever put in a smartphone.

Back in November, a rumor claimed it would be between 5,400 mAh and 5,800 mAh, and today's rumor says it will be 5,500 mAh after all. If true, that isn't just the biggest battery ever seen in an iPhone, but it's almost 10% bigger than the biggest so far - which is the one in the eSIM-only iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Given how efficient iOS is compared to Android, the iPhone Fold's 5,500 mAh cell may very well let the device outlast its competition by some margin.

The iPhone Fold is expected to have a 7.8-inch inner screen, a 5.5-inch cover display, two 48MP cameras on the rear, two 18MP selfie cameras, the A20 Pro chipset at the helm, and 12GB of RAM.