How Many $2,500 Foldable iPhones Will Apple Ship In Year One? IDC Has The Answer

Apple is set to unveil its first foldable iPhone at the company’s September 9 product event at 1300 ET. Ahead of what could be Apple’s biggest handset launch in many years, technology market research firm International Data Corporation, better known as IDC, issued a new forecast estimating just how many foldable iPhones Apple could ship during the device’s first year. Bloomberg first reported IDC’s estimate that the $2,500 foldable iPhone could generate more than 10 million shipments during its first year. Apple’s entry into foldable smartphones, a segment of the handset industry first pioneered commercially by Chinese manufacturer Royole with…