"Our checks also suggest that Apple is working with suppliers on a foldable phone (that potentially could double up as a tablet) for launch in 2020," Merrill Lynch analyst Wamsi Mohan said in a report according to CNBC.
Apple might already be in talks with suppliers, but analysts are expecting Apple's foldable smartphone to come out at least two years after Samsung's, since demand could bottleneck production.
Samsung itself has yet to complete its prototype, and could even test it in smaller areas before releasing a final product to the general population, so we're probably still a few years out... but don't lose hope. With every year of hype, it seems as though pressure is increasing on manufacturers, and with it, the likelihood of a foldable smartphone.