Two trusted reports say Apple will drastically change the iPhone release schedule once the iPhone Fold joins the iPhone 18 series.

The tech giant is reportedly going back to the drawing board regarding which iPhones it launches each year, and when.

With the exception of irregular SE handsets and the recent iPhone 16e, in recent years, Apple has released its iPhones in a single batch at a big event at the start of fall. For the last decade that has almost always been September, slipping to October in 2020 thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.