Apple news today: a foldable ramp up, a security patch, and an email bug.

Apple ramps the foldable iPhone to 10 million units

Apple told suppliers to prepare roughly 10 million foldable iPhones this year, up from an earlier forecast of 7 to 8 million, according to Nikkei Asia. Apple has already booked parts for about 80 million smartphones for the second half of 2026, covering the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the first ever foldable, which is widely expected to launch as the "iPhone Ultra" alongside the Pro models in September. Engineering issues with the hinge reportedly got resolved, though a small initial shipment is still likely, with a bigger production run closer to year end. Analyst estimates put the price around $2,500, with higher storage configurations reaching $3,000. (MacRumors)

That 10 million figure matters beyond Apple fandom. Rivals like Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo have each cut their own annual production targets below 100 million units because of the same industry wide memory shortage that pushed Apple to raise Mac and iPad prices in June. Apple's purchasing power is letting it order more while everyone else scales back, a sign of how much leverage sits with whoever can pay up for scarce chips.

A Hide My Email bug has been exposing real addresses for a year

A researcher, Tyler Murphy of EasyOptOuts, reported a flaw in Apple's Hide My Email feature to Apple back in June 2025, and as of this week it still has not been fixed. In tests with volunteers, Murphy found the flaw let him uncover the real email address behind essentially every generated alias he tried. Apple told him in March it had "addressed the reported issue in a recent system change," but the flaw reportedly still works. 404 Media independently verified the issue using one of its own Hide My Email addresses this week and is withholding the technical details since it remains exploitable. (404 Media)

Hide My Email exists specifically so you can hand out a disposable address instead of your real one when you sign up for something. If the real address is recoverable, the feature is not doing the one job it promises, and it is worth remembering that a leaked email address can often be matched to your name and other details through the people search sites that sell that kind of lookup. Nothing to do here yet except be aware, this is on Apple to patch.

iOS 26.5.2 ships early with 25+ security fixes

Apple pushed iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 out ahead of schedule, pulling forward a long list of security fixes that would normally have waited for the 26.6 release. More than 25 vulnerabilities got patched, over half of them in WebKit, the engine behind Safari and in app browsing. Several kernel level bugs were also addressed, the kind that could let a malicious app crash the system, write to protected memory, or leak data it should not see. Apple said the early release responds to a rise in AI assisted hacking attempts. (AppleInsider)

It is available for iPhone 11 and later and most iPads from the last several years. Given how much of this update is WebKit and kernel patches, the practical advice is simple, install it soon rather than waiting for a future bundle.

A new iPad Pro and a cheaper MacBook Pro are reportedly coming in 2027

Bloomberg reports Apple is working on four new iPad Pro models with faster chips and a new "entry level" MacBook Pro, internally called K104, both targeted for the first half of 2027. The same period is reportedly the target for Apple's first M7 chip. The current iPad Pro dates to October 2025, and the most recent MacBook Pro update, with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, shipped in March. Apple also released the budget focused MacBook Neo in March, though that machine uses an A18 chip originally built for iPhone rather than a full Mac chip. (TechCrunch)

A cheaper Pro laptop lines up with the moment. Apple just raised Mac and iPad prices by $100 to $300 in June because of the memory shortage, so a lower priced entry point next year would give budget conscious buyers something to aim for once current prices settle in.

For more on why Apple's prices moved this summer, see the buyer's guide to what to get now and what to skip, and for the Creator Studio software side of Apple's summer, the June 30 Creator Studio update. You can see what this studio builds at jcmobileappstudio.com.