This 3D-printed iPhone Fold mockup might be as close as you can come to holding the real thing

Apple is building a folding iPhone. Even without confirmation from the Cupertino tech giant, we believe it, and every rumor and leak points to it, but tangible proof is hard to find – until now. After apparent CAD designs for an iPhone Fold leaked last week, someone fed those designs into a 3D printer and created an incredible mockup that you can see, touch, and, yes, fold.

The story begins with German site iPhone-ticker.de stumbling upon the CAD drawings and a virtual CAD render of the device. Less than a week later, someone on the 3D printing community site MakerWorld, used the CAD to design and print out what looks like a near-perfect replica of what Apple's first folding iPhone might look like.

As the maker, Subsy, admits, though, there are limits. This is only a render of the outside of the supposed iPhone Fold ...