Folding iPhone Liquid Metal hinge may pay off 16 years of Apple research

A new leak backs up recent claims that the folding iPhone hinge will use Liquid Metal, which is technology Apple has been working on since at least 2010. Render of a possible iPhone Fold, showing the hinge In March 2025 , analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that Apple would "use liquid metal materials for key components" of the iPhone Fold, such as the hinge. Now leaker Fixed Focus Digital on Chinese social media site Weibo, claims that this is confirmed.