John Ternus tapped to lead Apple's foldable product push
- Bloomberg reported Apple is tying incoming chief executive John Ternus to its first foldable iPhone, expected alongside the iPhone 18 lineup in September. - Mark Gurman reported Apple sees the roughly $2,000 foldable as Ternus’s defining debut, with a broader pipeline spanning smart glasses and home devices. - Apple named Ternus chief executive on April 20, with Tim Cook moving to chairman on September 1. (bloomberg.com)
Apple is making John Ternus the face of its first foldable iPhone, which Bloomberg reported is still on track for a September debut. (bloomberg.com 1) (bloomberg.com 2) Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, was named Tim Cook’s successor on April 20. The leadership change takes effect September 1, with Cook becoming executive chairman. (bloomberg.com 1) (bloomberg.com 2) Bloomberg reported Cook is handing Ternus a product slate that includes the foldable iPhone in September, plus work on smart glasses, home devices and other hardware bets. (bloomberg.com) (9to5mac.com) A foldable phone is a handset with a flexible display that opens like a book into a small tablet. Apple’s version is expected to join the iPhone 18 Pro line rather than replace the standard iPhone. (bloomberg.com) (macrumors.com) Bloomberg has described the device as Apple’s biggest iPhone redesign in years, and MacRumors says the current rumor set points to a roughly 5.5-inch outer screen and 7.8-inch inner display. (macrumors.com 1) (macrumors.com 2) Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said earlier this month that Apple’s first foldable iPhone could sell for more than $2,000 and $2,500. He also said larger screens make multitasking and on-device artificial intelligence features easier to use. (mingchikuo.craft.me) Reports circulating this week added other projects to Ternus’s expected watch list, including smart glasses, a foldable iPad and touchscreen Mac work. Those details are based on supply-chain and analyst reporting, not Apple announcements. (bloomberg.com) (macworld.com) Ternus has spent about 25 years at Apple and helped lead hardware engineering across the Mac, AirPods and Vision Pro. That background is why Apple insiders and outside watchers expect a more hardware-centered opening stretch under his leadership. (9to5mac.com) (bloomberg.com) The immediate test is simple: whether Apple can turn a long-rumored foldable into a mainstream iPhone launch, not a niche side project. September is when Ternus is expected to find out in public. (bloomberg.com) (bloomberg.com)
