Apple returned to aluminum for the entire iPhone 17 lineup, except for the new iPhone Air, which retained a titanium frame. Next year's much-rumored iPhone Fold could take a page from both books.

Analyst Jeff Pu claimed in an investor note (seen by MacRumors) that the foldable iPhone will feature a frame built from a combination of titanium and aluminum. Allegedly, he says that Apple will use titanium in both the iPhone Fold and next year's iPhone Air.

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This isn't the first time we've heard about mixed materials in the foldable Apple device. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman previously reported that the iPhone fold will look like "two titanium iPhone Airs side-by-side."

Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said earlier this year that the phone would have multiple metals, including a "liqu

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