iPhone Flip Less screen.
More presence.

An iPhone that fits in your pocket, and in your life.

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A concept by Dave Radparvar. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple.

Get the highlights.

A hand holding iPhone Flip closed, smaller than the palm
Fits in your pocket.
Actually.
iPhone Flip closed in Midnight, its outer display showing only the date and time
Tue Oct 20
A minimal outer screen means fewer distractions.
iPhone Flip open in Cosmic Orange
Opens to a stunning 5.4″ Super Retina XDR display.
iPhone Flip closed in Pearl, its outer display showing the iPhone battery at 82 percent
10:09
82%
iPhone
About 19 hrs of video
Less screen, more battery.
Size

A phone that actually fits in your pocket.

Open, it’s exactly the size of iPhone 13 mini, and thinner than iPhone Air. Closed, it’s half of one: 68 by 64 mm, smaller than a sticky note, and as thick as iPhone Duo.

68 mm
tall when closed, half an iPhone 13 mini
5.2 mm
thin when open, vs. 5.64 mm on iPhone Air
11.3 mm
closed, the same as iPhone Duo
Concept estimates. Thickness excludes the camera bar, as Apple measures it.
iPhone Flip open in Pearl, its lock screen showing 09:41 iPhone Flip closed in Pearl, half the height of the open phone beside it
Outer Display

Everything you need, to keep your phone closed.

A 40 mm touch display hides in the black camera bar. Same size and interface as Apple Watch, so any watchOS app or watch face runs right here.

iPhone Flip closed in Midnight, its outside screen showing Modular
TUE 20
10:09
DESIGN REVIEW
11:00–11:30
Studio 2 · in 51 min
82%
18°
62
Modular
Custom Info from your apps
iPhone Flip closed in Sky, its outside screen showing Utility
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Analog
A clock face to match you
iPhone Flip closed in Cosmic Orange, its outside screen showing Selfie Camera
MAIN CAMERA
Selfie Camera
Shoot on the main camera, closed
iPhone Flip closed in Sage, its outside screen showing Activity
TUE 20
10:09
Activity
Close your rings
iPhone Flip closed in Pearl, its outside screen showing Incoming Call
10:09
M
Mom
Incoming Call
Incoming Call
Know who is calling, and choose when to open
iPhone Flip closed in Midnight, its outside screen showing Apple Pay
10:09
Transit
•••• 0917
Library
•••• 2280
Debit
•••• 4821
Apple Pay
Double-click, swipe to a card, pay

Shown at true Apple Watch size, set to 10:09. Card art is a placeholder.

Apple Watch display
40 mm, 324 by 394 pixels, with Always-On. Apps made for Apple Watch run as they are.
Less to unlock
Notifications wait on the outside. Open the phone only when you mean to.
Swipe the side button
Closed, slide along it to scroll, like the Digital Crown.
Display

Open it when you mean it.

Unfold the full 5.4-inch Super Retina XDR display from iPhone 13 mini, with ProMotion and nano-texture glass that minimizes the crease. Five frosted finishes, each with a wallpaper tinted to match.

iPhone Flip open in Pearl, its lock screen on a pearl wallpaper
Open
The back of iPhone Flip open in Pearl: the black camera bar above the hinge, frosted glass and the Apple logo below
Open, back
iPhone Flip folded in Pearl
Folded
Pearl
Technical Drawings

Built to Spec

Nothing here is new to Apple. The swipeable side button. An Apple Watch 40 mm display, so watchOS runs on the outside as it is. iPhone Duo’s folding screen and hinge, cut to iPhone 13 mini’s 5.4 inches. iPhone 13 mini’s camera size. iPhone Duo’s battery. Every dimension comes from Apple’s published specs.

NOTES: (UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED)1ALL DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETERS.2WIDTH, DISPLAY, CAMERAS AND BUTTONS FROM APPLE’S PUBLISHED IPHONE 13 MINI DRAWING.3THICKNESS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CAMERA BAR.4OUTER DISPLAY: APPLE WATCH 40 MM ACTIVE AREA, 324 × 394 PX.5FOLD AXIS AT HALF LENGTH. THE HALVES CLOSE FACE TO FACE.6CONCEPT ONLY. NOT A MANUFACTURING DRAWING.ACTION BUTTONVOLUME UPVOLUME DOWNSIDE BUTTONWITH TOUCH IDFOLD AXIS64.20PRODUCT WIDTH57.67DISPLAY ACTIVE AREA124.86DISPLAY131.50OPEN LENGTH65.75TO FOLD5.205.20OPENCAMERA BAR1.00 ABOVE BACK64.2068.00CLOSED HEIGHT11.30CLOSEDYX5.20HALF5.20HALF0.90 GAP11.30CLOSEDR 5.65 HINGEHINGE AXISDETAIL X · HINGE · SCALE 3:158.20CAMERA BAR25.24DISPLAY ACTIVE AREA35.90CAMERA BAR30.70DISPLAY11.632X Ø 14.00 REAR CAMERAØ 6.42 FLASHR 4.43 APPLE WATCH 40 MM DISPLAYR 7.20 CAMERA BARØ 2.45 REAR MICDETAIL Y · CAMERA BAR · SCALE 2:1METRICSIZE A2DRAWN BYDAVE RADPARVARDATE10/21/26BASED ONIPHONE 13 MINI DRAWINGSCALENONEPROJECTIONTHIRD ANGLETITLEiPhone FlipNOTICEA CONCEPT, NOT AN APPLE DRAWING.NOT AFFILIATED WITH OR ENDORSED BY APPLE.SHT 1 OF 1REV A
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How it stacks up.

iPhone Duo’s outside screen is 5.4 inches. On iPhone Flip, that’s the inside one.

Open
Folded
iPhone Flip
Concept
Inside display
5.4″
Outside display
Apple Watch 40 mm
Thickness
5.2 mm open
11.3 mm closed
Size, closed
68.0 × 64.2 mm
Weight
~125 g
Price
From $1,299
Doesn’t fold
iPhone 13 mini
2021, discontinued
Inside display
5.4″
Outside display
—
Thickness
7.65 mm
Size, closed
131.5 × 64.2 mm
Weight
140 g
Price
$699 at launch
Doesn’t fold
iPhone Air
2025
Inside display
6.5″
Outside display
—
Thickness
5.64 mm
Size, closed
156.2 × 74.7 mm
Weight
165 g
Price
From $999
Open
Folded
iPhone Duo
2026
Inside display
7.6″
Outside display
5.4″
Thickness
5.2 mm open
11.3 mm closed
Size, closed
117.8 × 84.1 mm
Weight
254 g
Price
From $1,999

Front views drawn to the same scale. iPhone Flip figures are concept estimates; others from Apple’s published specs.

The Ask

Hey Apple,
please steal this idea.

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About This Design

Why I made this.

A hand holding iPhone Flip closed in Midnight, the analog Utility watch face on its outer display
“I'd like to use my phone less, but make my interactions with it more intentional, meaningful, and delightful.”

Phones keep getting bigger, and so does the time we spend on them. Apple stopped making the iPhone mini in 2023, and people never really stopped asking for it. Meanwhile, foldables went the other way: a big phone that opens into a bigger one.

I wanted the opposite (and I’m not alone). A small phone that folds into a smaller one, with just enough screen on the outside to see the time, take a call or pay for a coffee, and nothing there to pull you in.

I spend my days building Reflection, an AI-enhanced journaling app (with native iOS and macOS apps), and thinking about how technology can give us our attention back instead of taking it. A phone you open on purpose felt like the clearest version of that idea.

So I designed it, starting from Apple’s own iPhone 13 mini and iPhone Duo technical specs and drawings, down to the millimeter, and including the existing tech needed to support it.

What I hope comes from it.

Honestly? That someone at Apple sees it. If enough of us ask, maybe the next iPhone folds smaller not larger.

And if it never ships, I hope it gets you thinking about the thing in your pocket: how much of your day it should get, and what you’d actually want it to do.

Dave Radparvar

P.S. Like this project and want to connect? Here is my website, newsletter and LinkedIn.

iPhone Flip is a concept by Dave Radparvar. It isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Apple. Concept figures are estimates. Images are renders and AI composites, not photos. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPhone mini, iPhone Air, iPhone Duo, Apple Watch, Apple Pay and Touch ID are trademarks of Apple Inc.
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