Apple ‘promotes’ Samsung in China, accidentally shows Samsung foldable phone in advert; Watch full video

In a clumsy slip-up, Apple’s official assist account on Chinese social media platform — Weibo, accidentally posted a promotional video for Samsung’s just lately launched Galaxy Z Flip 7 smartphone. The smartphone is claimed to be a direct competitors to Apple’s rumoured foldable iPhone. The embarrassing incident, which noticed a video for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 seem on an Apple-branded channel, has since been rectified, with the video promptly taken down. As reported by 9to5Mac, the put up on Apple’s assist account was initially created to spotlight Apple’s parental management options for App Store downloads. However, as a substitute of embedding an Apple-branded video, the account accidentally included a clip showcasing Samsung’s newest foldable smartphone.

Watch: Apple assist account ‘promotes’ Samsung foldable phone

As reported by 9to5Mac, the blunder occurred when Apple’s assist account was selling the parental controls the corporate provide for App Store downloads. Instead of including the Apple associated video, the put up accidentally carried a business for the just lately launched Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7. While the explanation for the mixup isn’t recognized proper now however two main theories are circulating. The most possible rationalization suggests a easy copy-paste error, the place the person managing the account could have supposed to embed an Apple video however nonetheless had a hyperlink to the Samsung promotion in their paste buffer. Another risk raised is that the account is managed by an area advertising and marketing company in China that handles campaigns for each Apple and Samsung.

Apple engaged on its foldable iPhone

Apple is claimed to be working by itself foldable machine. The Cupertino-based tech big is predicted to launch its first foldable iPhone in the second half of subsequent 12 months, based on JP Morgan. In a word to shoppers (by way of CNBC), JP Morgan analyst Samik Chatterjee stated “With the upgrades to the iPhone 17 series to be released this fall expected to be fairly limited, investor focus has already turned to the 2026 fall launches with Apple expected to launch its first foldable iPhone as part of the iPhone 18 lineup in September 2026”, The word additional acknowledged that Apple foldable iPhone could characteristic a book-style fold much like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold sequence.