Apple's 2027 Lineup Leaks: iPhone 19 Pro and Ultra 2 Foldable Enter Mold Testing

There’s something quietly revealing about seeing a phone company’s product roadmap two years out. Most of what ships in 2027 hasn’t been announced — but it’s already being carved into metal and glass in factories across Asia.

This week, leaker @数码闲聊站 posted what appears to be Apple’s 2027 iPhone lineup, and it includes some notable changes. The base models get incremental upgrades: the iPhone Air 2 gets a 6.55-inch 1.5K 120Hz LTPO OLED panel, the iPhone 18 keeps the 6.3-inch display with the same high-refresh-rate LTPO tech, and the budget iPhone 18e sticks with a 6.12-inch 60Hz LTPS OLED. Nothing radical there — but two names stand out.

iPhone 19 Pro is listed as entering mold testing, alongside something called the iPhone Ultra 2, described as a “large foldable.” The fact that both are already in tooling suggests Apple is serious about a two-pronged Pro strategy: a conventional flagship and a foldable that competes with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold series at the high end.

Other leaks add texture to the 2027 picture. TF International analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously said the lower-end 2027 iPhones — the iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e — will pack 9GB of DRAM, a 12.5% jump over the iPhone 17’s 8GB. That’s a solid generational bump for multitasking and on-device AI workloads.

But not everything moves up. A separate leak from yeux1122 suggests the iPhone Air 2 will use the standard A20 chip rather than the A20 Pro found in the Pro models and the foldable. If true, that’s a quiet demotion for the Air line — the first-gen iPhone Air launched with the same Pro-tier chip as the flagship, a premium thin-and-light. A standard chip would put the Air 2 closer to a mid-range lifestyle device.

Meanwhile, the first foldable iPhone — expected to launch this September — is still on track. Korean outlet The Elec reports that mass production will begin in late July at Foxconn, and despite earlier concerns about hinge durability, Apple hasn’t pushed the timeline. Suppliers have reportedly finalized the display, chassis, and structural component specs, putting the device into production readiness.

So here’s what the 2027 roadmap tells us: Apple is planning for a three-tier lineup — the budget e-series, the mid-range Air, the Pro flagships — plus a foldable that could eventually replace the Pro Max. It’s not a revolution. But for a company that has resisted foldables longer than any of its competitors, a two-foldable strategy says they’re all in now.